Alleged LulzSec hacker ‘Topiary’ named, charged with cybercrimes
A British court has released on bail alleged Lulz Security hacker Jake Davis, 18, who allegedly goes by the handle “Topiary,” reports the Guardian. Davis, who police say acted as a spokesman for the prolific hacker group and ran the @LulzSec Twitter account, was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion that he was involved in a variety of cybercrimes under the UK’s Computer Misuse Act, the Serious ...
Anonymous suspect ‘Topiary’ charged over DDOS attacks
The 18-year-old teenager identified by police as the spokesman for the hacking groups Anonymous and Lulz Security was charged on Sunday with five offenses and expected to appear Monday in a London court. Jake Davis, 18, was arrested in the Shetland Islands on Wednesday
AntiSec hackers claim breach of NATO security
Hackers affiliated with the “AntiSec” movement claim to have breached security systems of the North American Treaty Organization (NATO), and stolen “about one gigabyte” of restricted data, according to a post on the @AnonymousIRC Twitter feed. The AntiSec hackers include members of the two most notorious groups on the scene: Anonymous and Lulz Security (LulzSec).
Murdoch Newspaper Sites Down After Hacking
As of about 6:30 p.m. New York time, visitors to the Sun’s home page at thesun.co.uk were redirected to the Twitter feed for Lulz Security, or LulzSec, a hacking collective that said it had disbanded late last month. The rerouting has since stopped, and the Sun’s Web page was down after 9 p.m.
Hacker group Lulz Security attacks CIA
Hacker group Lulz Security claims it has attacked the CIA's website. The attack has not been verified but on its Twitter feed the group wrote: "Tango down - cia.gov - for the lulz".
LulzSec: Some love them, others loathe, yet others don’t care about them.
International Business Times LulzSec: Some love them, others loathe, yet others don't care about them International Business Times When the Sony hack resulted in a month long shut down of the PlayStation Network , a large section of PSN users were disappointed with the Japanese corporation than with LulzSec. A PSN user responded to Sony's comeback gifts, "They ( Sony ) are 100% at ..
Post-PSN Hack: Sony confirm LulzSec hack
ABC News Post- PSN Hack: Sony confirm LulzSec hack International Business Times # PSN compromised. Sony "> @ Sony " read a post on the group's Twitter page. "Our goal here is not to come across as master hackers, hence what we're about to reveal: SonyPictures.com was owned by a very simple SQL injection, one of the most primitive and ..
Rote Players and Role Players – CounterPunch
Rote Players and Role Players CounterPunch The New York Times runs endless articles about the role of Twitter and Facebook but now either ignores or reviles Julian Assange and Wikileaks .
State Department finds new voice, influence on Twitter amid crises from … – The Canadian Press
State Department finds new voice, influence on Twitter amid crises from ... The Canadian Press He dismissed as "pure legal fantasy" the claim by WikiLeak's founder Julian Assange's lawyer that Assange might end up in the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Twitter Challenges Gag Order, ‘Fights For The User’ – Geeks of Doom
Twitter Challenges Gag Order, 'Fights For The User' Geeks of Doom Regardless of where you stand on Wikileak's decision to publish hundreds of previously classified US Cables, Twitter stuck up for its users and refused to ...