Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Three Government Websites Hacked

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.

Anonymous Hacks U.S. Department of Justice

Oh hey, that V-for-Vendetta-themed hacker collective is back, this time with a 1,7 GB lump of data that they claim “used to belong to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics.” The file was uploaded to the Pirate Bay yesterday, and allegedly contains “internal emails, and the entire database dump.”

Anonymous’ Hack Scandal Forces Head of HBGary’s Resignation

Anonymous, the online sort-of-anarchic sort-of-activist group, forced Aaron Barr, head of HBGary Federal, the massive American tech security company, to resign. Which is sort of a huge deal in the way that Charlie Sheen isn’t. Even though I love everything that Charlie Sheen touches.