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Another Anonymous Hacker Not So Anonymous Anymore
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-04-01 08:16
Authorities have arrested a man in Wisconsin that has been allegedly connected to the infamous hacking group Anonymous.
Officials say Eric J. Rosol, 37, participated in Anonymous’ take down of Koch Industries’ website during protests in the Wisconsin capital in 2011, including www.kochind.com and www.quiltednorthern.com on February 27 and 28 in 2011.
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Welcome to Generation Hack
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-04-01 08:15
Hacking seems to be everywhere right now. It's big news. The BBC got hacked on Twitter. Yahoo's email system got attacked by spammers. Even behemoths Apple and Facebook have felt the sting of hackers' digital dabblings.
Who are the humans behind the hacking? Well, sometimes it's organised criminals. Sometimes it's political activists. Occasionally it's government-sponsored attacks.
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Russian hackers implicated in major DDoS attack
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2013-03-29 10:37
A major cyberattack against a European spam tracking company this past week appears to have originated from a gang of Russian hackers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Spamhaus, a Geneva-based spam tracking firm, had been the target of a massive distributed-denial-of-service attack, where at one point traffic flowing to the site reached levels of 300 Gbps.
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Evasi0n iOS 6 Jailbreak Team 'Evad3rs' To Speak at HITB Amsterdam
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-03-27 07:08
L33tdawg: Online registration closes on the 7th of April, though walk in registrations will still be accepted (do expect to queue for a bit if you choose this option). See you guys in Amsterdam!
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Teenager Charged With Distributing Child Pornography After Hacking Phones
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-03-26 08:25
A US teenager has been arrested and charged with hacking into the phones of at least eight children and posting naked images to child pornography sites.
Michael William Cook, 17, of Acworth, Georgia was arrested on eight counts of cruelty to children and one count of sexually exploiting children. According to Cobb County Police Sgt. Dana Pierce, Cook was arrested at Harrison High School and is accused of posting photos of his victims, one of whom is as young as 14, to child pornography websites between November 2012 and January 2013.
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