hacktivism
Personal information of BART police officers published by hackers
Following the disruption of cell phone service by the operators of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) that foiled a planned protest regarding the death of a man shot by …
San Francisco protests halted by cell phone service shut down
As a wave of protests big and small sweeps over the entire globe, presidents, prime ministers and even companies are determined to not allow protesters to communicate and …
Hacktivists are “villains”, say IT security pros
The majority of IT security professionals have – unsurprisingly – a negative opinion of “hacktivists”, say the results of a survey of 211 attendees at …
Alleged LulzSec hacker released on bail
Jake Davis – the teenager from Shetland Islands that was arrested last week in connection to LulzSec and Anonymous attacks and is believed to be the infamous …
Anonymous hits US government contractor, law enforcement institutions
It has been a busy few days for hacktivist group Anonymous. On Friday they released some 400 MB of documents seemingly belonging to US government contractor Mantech, …
Arrested “Topiary” has a name, faces five charges
The alleged LulzSec member arrested last week by the e-Crime Unit of London’s Metropolitan Police on the Shetland Islands has a name: Jake Davis. He is 18 years old …
LulzSec member Topiary arrested?
Was LulzSec member Topiary arrested yesterday by the e-Crime Unit of London’s Metropolitan Police? “The man arrested is believed to be linked to an ongoing …
Hackers steal 8 GB of data from Italian anti-cybercrime unit
Evidence servers of the Italian National Anti-Cybercrime Center for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure (CNAIPIC) have been breached and some its contents published by a …
Anonymous won’t publish stolen NATO documents
Following the arrest of 16 individuals in the U.S. and five in the U.K. and the Netherlands who are allegedly connected to the various cyber attacks organized by Anonymous, …
Internet activist charged with hacking, theft of millions of digital documents
24-year-old Aaron Swartz, renowned programmer and Internet activist, stands accused of having stolen over 4 million digital documents from MIT’s JSTOR archive with the …
16 arrested for Anonymous-branded cyber attacks
Fourteen individuals were arrested on Monday by FBI agents on charges related to their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal’s website as part of an action …
LulzSec hacks News International servers, “kills” Murdoch
Hacktivist group LulzSec is back in business. It has added to the pressure put on Rupert Murdoch following the phone hacking scandal by hacking into News International …