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Anonymous strikes again and hacks government website
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-01-28 00:39
Anonymous, a group of self-described Internet vigilante hackers took control of a government website on Saturday morning.
They left behind a manifesto demanding reform to the American justice system and threats to the free flow of information. They also protested the treatment of recently deceased founder of Reddit, Aaron Swartz who was accused by the government of hacking into an MIT computer.
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Hackers Deface Entire MIT Website in Aaron Swartz Suicide Revenge Attack
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-01-23 01:25
Last time Anonymous plunged into MIT's servers, it was to set up a small memorial for Aaron Swartz. Today the whole homepage is defaced, and it's really just incoherent.
Where to begin? The defacement says LulzSec and Sabu are behind the attack, which is of course impossible.
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Hackers Leak 1.7 GB of Data from Azerbaijan's Special State Protection Service
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-01-21 01:57
Anonymous hackers have published more than 1.7 gigabytes’ worth of documents allegedly stolen from Azerbaijan’s Special State Protection Service (dmx.gov.az) on Par:AnoIA, a site belonging to the Anonymous Intelligence Agency.
The information leaked by the hacktivists doesn’t belong only to the Special State Protection Service, but also to other organizations linked to it, including ING Geneva, Sumato Energy, BNP Paribas, Taurus Petroleum and even security solutions provider Prolexic.
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'Anonymous Philippines' hacks gov sites anew
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-01-16 02:24
Hackers protesting against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 set off to infiltrate another round of government websites late on Monday.
The hackers, collectively known as "Anonymous Philippines," defaced the online presence of local government units including Bukidnon, Bolinao and Calasiao both in Pangasinan and Luna in Apayao Province and replaced them with a black screen, a logo and a message citing their right to freedom of expression.
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Anonymous wants DDoS attacks recognized as speech
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-01-10 03:06
The loosely organized hackers of Anonymous don't just launch distributed denial-of-service attacks for the lulz. They do it to send a message, which is why they've petitioned the Obama administration to recognize DDoS as a legal form of protest.
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