It’s not often that the South African government faces attacks from hackers. Sure, Anonymous has its fair share of information it’s retrieved over time, but this wasn’t the work of Anonymous.
Most of us are smart enough not to do our Internet banking using a computer we’re not familiar with, but did you know, you’re also quite vulnerable when you jump onto that free Wi-Fi connection you might encounter while out doing whatever it is you’re doing, or while abroad?
Members of “hacktivist” group Anonymous have denied that they’re planning an attack on Facebook, in spite of a video claiming to speak for the group that has declared that the social network will be brought down on January 28th. This would be the second fake Anonymous threat in some months.
Hacker group, Anonymous, evidently not content with taking down three major corporations and the US Department of Justice’s websites, are continuing their MegaUpload revenge spree, having gained access to CBS.com and deleting every file on the server, while keeping Universal Music inoperative with sustained denial-of-service attacks.
Yesterday the popular file-sharing site, MegaUpload was taken down by the US government. In response, hackers aligned with the global cyber-collective known as Anonymous took down at least six prominent websites, including those of the US Department of Justice and Universal Music Group.
While it might not be doing too well at the moment, the New York Stock Exchange is fairly important. One of the world’s biggest markets, the daily business of the NYSE has been threatened for a while now by the Occupy Wall Street protests. Internet hacker group, Anonymous, has now also jumped on the bandwagon, […]
A Russian man has just been sentenced for hacking into one of the video billboards around Moscow and looping a porn video over it. The best part of all is that someone managed to capture a video of the event. You know you want to see it.
Nic Dawes, editor of local investigative news publication, the Mail & Guardian, has said that the paper’s website, MG.co.za, is the victim of sustained organised hacking attempts.
A dyslexic individual hacked into Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook profile and posted his philanthropic thoughts on how the site should distribute wealth. Facebook quickly deleted the page and has not commented on the matter. Give up all their money for social good? Not going to happen.