Tag Archives: 'Hackers'

FBI track Anonymous hacker using his girlfriend’s boobs
15 April 2012

The FBI swooped on Higinio O Ochoa III after he posted the snap, which included a gloating message to his online victims.He took the picture on his iPhone and posted it on Twitter without [...]

Anonymous takes down UK Home Office website
08 April 2012

Notorious hacktivist group Anonymous has taken down the UK Home Office website. The group owned up to the attack via Twitter, saying it was launched over “draconian surveillance proposals.” The Home Office, whose website returned [...]

EU declares war on hackers, threatens long jail terms
29 March 2012

Internet hackers will face significantly tougher criminal penalties after a new draft resolution was passed in the European Parliament with an overwhelming majority. “We are dealing here with serious criminal attacks, some of which [...]

OCCUPY: Infiltration of Political Movements is the Norm, Not the Exception in the United States. Part II
15 March 2012

by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers On March 6 members of an off-shoot of Anonymous, Lulzsec, were arrested as a result of an FBI informant, Sabu, whom the media describes as a Lulzsec leader. The six arrests were [...]

Anonymous take down anti-virus giant and Vatican, warn of ‘March storm’
08 March 2012

Picture: Anonymous hacks Vatican website, warning of ‘coming storm’ in March. (Reuters / Tobias Schwarz) Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched an online assault on anti-virus company Panda Security after Tuesday’s arrest of members of the [...]

Confirmed: FBI charge LulzSec, Anonymous hackers ‘betrayed by insider’
08 March 2012

Picture: Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka Sabu, LulzSec hacker Top members of the infamous computer hacking group LulzSec have been arrested and charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. The FBI New York field office [...]

Anonymous geek-topia: Hackers change Hungarian constitution
06 March 2012

In Hungary, IT workers retire at 32 and get pensions equal to 150 per cent of their salaries. That’s according to Anonymous’ version of the Hungarian Constitution, which they posted after hacking the website [...]

Anonymous hackers ratted out by infiltrators
02 March 2012

A law enforcement operation that ended with the arrest of 25 hackers in Europe and South America was not the result of police intelligence but rather an informers’ job within the hacker community, claims Anonymous. [...]

Anonymous promises attacks every Friday
21 February 2012

“You should have expected us.” It’s the calling card that Anonymous has signed-off their online assaults with since the start of their Internet crusades. As the hacktivists continue to come down hard on the [...]

Anonymous takes down government sites in massive anti-ACTA attack
19 February 2012

Early Friday, several websites owned and operated by the US government were defaced as part of latest protest against online censorship. Anonymous, the elusive hacktivist group known for masterminding similar assaults, is taking credit. [...]

‘Lay down your arms!’ Anonymous attacks US tear-gas maker
15 February 2012

Hackers have sent a sweet Valentine to an American weapons manufacturer, knocking out its website. The group says it was an act of retaliation for the company’s arming of security forces against pro-democracy protests [...]

Anonymous took down cia.gov
12 February 2012

Traditionally known as FuckFBIFriday, this weekend’s eve turned into FuckCIAFriday, as hacktivists downed the official website for the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States cia.gov. At approximately 3:10 p.m. Eastern time one of [...]