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Anonymous Attacks The Canadian Government and Leaks Classified Data
In the real world, the establishment counteracts instances of criminality by an extensive array of resources and a structured organisation. In cyberspace, groups such as Anonymous are organised, well versed in operational hacking activities and are able to use tools which are inexpensive, perhaps this is why governments and companies…
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Tor Users Beware – You May Not Be As Hidden As You Thought
Tor claims to allow people to connect to the internet and through their network become invisible and untrackable, this has made it very popular in recent years in which privacy online has become a big issue for both companies and home users alike. Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and…
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ProxyHam Anonymising Router Disappears
A remote router that was to ensure absolute anonymity over Wi-Fi connections has been mysteriously shelved by its developers. ProxyHam, an untraceable “hardware proxy” designed to protect the identity of anyone who used it, was due to be unveiled at the DefCon conference later this month, but has now been pulled…
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Anonymous Accused of Running Botnet With Thousands of Hacked Home Routers
Haven’t yet changed your router username and password from “admin/admin”? If so, then your router could be part of a massive botnet, possibly run by members of Anonymous, according to cybersecurity experts Incapsula. The network of hacked routers discovered by Incapsula are mostly located in the US, Brazil, and Thailand – but…
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Anonymous Threatens Israel with Electronic Holocaust
Anonymous has been fighting Israel for a couple of years now, and while their attacks have gotten more sophisticated over time, the damage they’re causing is said to be decreasing. Now the group threatens Israel with what they call the electronic holocaust where they vowed to erase it from cyberspace…
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BBC Website Down, Simple Tech Error or Malicious Attack?
Earlier today the BBC News website went down, and they had one creepy clown image accompanying the error message. Here is what the error message said: “This might be because: We are experiencing abnormal traffic to our network or the service or servers it is on is not currently available.…
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Anonymous Threatens to Take down BBC If Jeremy Clarkson Isn’t Reinstated
Hackers from the self-proclaimed online activist group Anonymous have threatened to bring down the BBC website unless Jeremy Clarkson is reinstated. Anonymous new operation that reminds us more of a toddler that doesn’t get its way than anything else is dubbed #OpBringBackClarkson and is now in effect. “Dear BBC, you don’t wanna…
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Social Media Users Can Find Almost Anyone, including the ‘Anonymous M25 Hero’
Social media users have great power when it comes to spreading news and they’ve done so once again by making sure that the anonymous M25 hero got to know how much his help was appreciated. Gemma Elsey-Kail’s car had broken down on Friday on the M25 at the worst possible place…
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Anonymous’ Strike against ISIS Has Begun
Well known hacktivist group Anonymous may attract split opinions about their actions, but I think we can agree that their latest campaign is a good one. A couple of weeks ago the group announced that they would use their abilities to strike against the terrorist group ISIS and their online presence. Today…
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Tor Reassures Users After Hack Attempt
The Tor Project, victims of an attempted hack by a group known as Lizard Squad, has reassured users that the threat is being dealt with and that users’ anonymity remains intact. It seems that Lizard Squad launched what is known as a Cybil attack, creating new relays in the…
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Lizard Squad Claims Xbox and PSN Hack Was For Our Own Good, Anonymous Declares War
Lizard Squad, the hacker group responsible for taking down Xbox Live and PlayStation Network over Christmas, has claimed it committed the act for the good of gamers. Whatever the motivation, Anonymous has declared war on Lizard Squad, telling the collective that they’ve “made an enemy”. According to Lizard Squad, a company…
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Anonymous Attacks Ugandan Government Websites to Protest ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill
Uganda is pushing through an Anti-Homosexuality law. It has become nicknamed the ‘kill the gays’ bill. The name is not a misrepresentation: any person in Uganda found guilty of ‘Aggravated homosexuality’- a ‘gay act’ committed by a parent, authority figure, or, in a bizarre conflation, HIV-positive people and paedophiles –…
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Anonymous Hacks KKK Twitter Due to Ferguson Threats
As part of their new #OpKKK campaign, the well known internet group ‘Anonymous’ has taken control of the Klu Klux Klans public twitter account in a bid to fight back against some recent actions. The KKK’s USA branch decided to ‘call out’ Anonymous in a tweet, stating: “We are continuing…
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FBI Informant Leads Attacks on Turkish Government
A hacker who turned to being an FBI informant in order to avoid prison has been leading cyber attacks on Turkey. Hector Xavier Montague, or better know under the alias Sabu, has been working with the FBI since his arrest in 2011 after being charged for cyber crimes. Sabu was…
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A 4Chan Post Sold For $90,900 on eBay… Wait, What?
Everyone can sell literally anything on eBay nowadays. For example, this eBay seller has auctioned a simple 4Chan post and expected to get a lot of money for it. The really interesting part is that the user actually made a fortune off the post. It is said that Artnet originally…
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