AntiSec hackers dump data after hacking police websites
The war between law enforcement and the Anonymous hacking collective continued this weekend as hackers dumped a 10 gigabyte database that included private e-mails and information sent by confidential...
View ArticleCell phones stay on, but protesters disrupt SF subway
San Francisco's commuter railway left mobile phone services untouched during a closely watched protest Monday, but for many commuters that didn't matter because they were locked out of the railway...
View ArticleAnonymous claims hack of Texas police website
Anonymous has attacked the website of the Texas Police Chiefs Association, in retaliation for the arrests of alleged members of the hacker group.
View ArticleAnonymous supporters claim NBC News Twitter hack
Hackers calling themselves the Script Kiddies took control of the NBC News Twitter account on Friday afternoon and used it to send out a series of hoax Twitter messages claiming there was a repeat...
View ArticleAnonymous may have slowed down NYSE site
The website of the New York Stock Exchange slowed down significantly twice on Monday afternoon, the day when the hacker group Anonymous was scheduled to launch a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service)...
View ArticleAnonymous threatens to expose Mexican drug cartel
Hacker group Anonymous has threatened to expose the identity of members and supporters of a Mexican drug cartel by Nov. 5, in retaliation for the kidnapping of a group member, and has already hacked...
View ArticleIsrael govt. websites down, after a hacker threat
Israeli government websites were down on Sunday, two days after the hacker group Anonymous had threatened to attack the government for its maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip.
View ArticleIsrael says a 'server glitch' took several government websites offline
Israeli government websites were up and running again Monday, after what the government described as a "server glitch" at a server farm took several of them offline.
View ArticleAnonymous' Robin Hood credit card fraud campaign could hurt more than just banks
Hacktivist groups Anonymous and TeaMp0isoN have joined together in a new campaign that involves compromising credit card details and using them to donate money to charities, homeless people and...
View ArticleAnonymous-backed demonstration unfolds outside U.K. Parliament
Members and followers of the Anonymous hacking group demonstrated outside the British Parliament in London Monday, following a series of hacking attacks to protest, among other things, the...
View ArticleAnonymous hits US government site, threatens release of secrets
Hackers working under the name of the Anonymous hacktivist collective hit a US government website on Saturday, replacing its home page with a 1340 word text detailing its frustrations with the way the...
View ArticlePetition asks Obama to legalize unlocking of mobile phones
More than 85,000 people have signed a Whitehouse.gov petition asking U.S. President Barack Obama to reverse a decision by the Library of Congress making the unlocking of mobile phones illegal under the...
View ArticleiPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 6
The iOSphere is gripped in a rumor drought regarding the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2. Most of this week's buzz was over a blogpost that claims an "April-ish" release for the Next iPads. Potentially. Maybe.
View ArticleFormer Tribune staffer accused of conspiring in Anonymous hack
A former Tribune Company employee could face as much as 10 years of jail time over federal charges accusing him of conspiring with members of the hacker group Anonymous to hack into a Tribune website.
View ArticleWisconsin man charged with participating in Anonymous DDoS
A man in Wisconsin has been charged with participation in a distributed denial-of-service attack in February, 2011 against Koch Industries by hacker group Anonymous .
View ArticleAustralia charges alleged Anonymous member
Australian police have charged an unidentified juvenile, who is suspected to be a member of the hacker group Anonymous, on a number of counts related to unauthorized access to computer data.
View ArticlePolice arrest Anonymous suspects in Italy
Italian police arrested four suspected hackers Friday, accusing them of having taken control of the Italian branch of the Anonymous network.
View ArticleUS indicts 13 Anonymous members for DDoS attacks
The U.S. has brought criminal charges against 13 persons, said to be members of the hacker group Anonymous, for their alleged participation in cyberattacks as part of a campaign called Operation Payback.
View ArticleUS judge sentences Anonymous hacker to 10 years in prison
A member of the hacker group Anonymous was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for hacking into the computers of a geopolitical analysis firm.
View ArticleUS man sentenced for participating in Anonymous DDoS
A man from Wisconsin was sentenced for participating in a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack by hacker group Anonymous on a Kansas company.
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