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PandaLabs: LulzSec, Anonymous caused ‘widespread mayhem’
SAN FRANCISCO — Hackers infected computers, derailed websites, and plundered networks in a memorably miserable quarter, according to a report released Wednesday by Internet security firm PandaLabs. Hacking groups Lulz Security and Anonymous caused “widespread mayhem” during the three months ending June 30, and malicious software “spread substantially,” according to…
Italian police raid suspected ‘Anonymous’ hackers: report
ROME — Italian police Tuesday detained 15 suspected members of an international hackers cabal called “Anonymous” blamed for several major online attacks, an Italian newspaper reported. The suspected hackers, including five minors, were picked up by police, questioned and later released, while authorities also seized dozens of computers, the Italian…
Exclusive: After arrests, Orlando activists feed homeless at City Hall
A group of Orlando activists with the organization Food Not Bombs figured out a clever way to avoid arrest while still feeding the city’s homeless population on public grounds: host their event at City Hall. Members of the group had previously been arrested during a food sharing event at the…
Hacker allegedly breaches Florida voting database
Voters concerned about the reliability of electronic voting may now have another reason to worry. A hacker known as Abhaxas claimed Saturday to have released data from one of Florida’s internal voting databases. “Who believes voting isn’t tampered with?” Abhaxas asked Twitter followers. Data in the file uploaded to Pastbin…
‘Anonymous’ hacks Apple, publishes data
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Internet vigilante hacker group Anonymous claimed to have broken into an Apple Inc server and published a small number of usernames and passwords for one of the U.S. technology company’s websites. Anonymous said on Sunday via its account on microblogging site Twitter that Apple could…
Hackers tweet ‘Obama assassinated’ from Fox News account
A group of hackers broke into a Fox News Twitter account Monday and tweeted that President Barack Obama had been shot and killed. “BREAKING NEWS: President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It’s a sad 4th for #america. #obamadead RIP,” one tweet said. The report is obviously…
Anonymous, Food Not Bombs to test Orlando police Monday by feeding homeless
Hacker activists with the protest group “Anonymous” have in recent weeks taken down over a half-dozen major Orlando, Florida-based websites and spammed tens of thousands of unsolicited faxes all over the city as a response to an ordinance that prohibits feeding homeless people in public parks. In a release Friday…
LulzSec manifesto promises to continue ‘causing mayhem and chaos throughout the Internet’
WASHINGTON — Computer hackers who have hit the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony and others during a month-long rampage said Friday that they were staging the attacks for their own entertainment. “You find it funny to watch havoc unfold, and we find it funny to cause it,” the…
LulzSec hackers claim to take down CIA website
The Lulz Security hacker group claimed to have briefly knocked the public website for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency offline on Wednesday. “Tango down – http://t.co/2QGXy6f – for the lulz,” the group tweeted around 6pm EST. The tweet apparently mocked the pro-U.S. hacker known as th3j35t3r. “We are looking into…
Spanish police website hit by cyber attack: report
MADRID (Reuters) – Access to the website of Spain’s national police force was blocked for over an hour late on Saturday in a reprisal attack by the Anonymous hackers group, El Mundo said on its website on Sunday. El Mundo said the group had warned police in a statement it…
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