The hackers behind the year-end attack on the security consulting firm Stratfor have struck again, although this time it appears they are just out for a few laughs.
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Every time there is a door, you need a lock because there’s a bad guy that wants to get in and the Internet is no different. Corporations generally sit on the leading edge of new technology and in this case … Continue reading → Security Trends of 2011: The Shadow of Anonymous and the Year of the Internet Hactivist is a post from: SiliconANGLE We’re now available on the Kindle! Subscribe today .
A year ago,few people had heard of Anonymous, understood what a DDoS attack was, or even realized that hackers were capable of bringing down entire networks. But as geek bloggers love to point out, 2011 was the year of the hack, the year that Anonymous became a household name and armies of its devotees took to the streets, all wearing Guy Fawkes masks like that final, mind-blowing, Parliament …
Hacking movement boasts of stealing confidential client list and mining it for credit card numbers The loose-knit hacking movement Anonymous claims to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of US-based security thinktank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations …
Marconi and assistants erecting a radio antenna.
LONDON (AP) — The loose-knit hacking movement "Anonymous" claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor.
A century ago, one of the world’s first hackers used Morse code insults to disrupt a public demo of Marconi’s wireless telegraph. Paul Marks reports
The loose-knit hacking movement "Anonymous" claims to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of an Austin-based security think tank.
The loose-knit hacking movement Anonymous claims to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security thinktank Stratfor.
LONDON (AP) — The loose-knit hacking movement "Anonymous" claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor.