Anonymous
National Security Agency calls hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ a threat to national security
In Anonymous’s move away from denial of service attacks and toward real-world interaction — like recent threats against the Los Zetas Cartel — the hacktivists have attracted the attention of the National Security Agency. In private meetings at the White House, NSA director General Keith Alexander warned that in a year or two, the group could attack the American energy grid and shut off power for millions.
New WikiLeaks Document Dump
This morning the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks began publishing more than 5 million emails from a Texas-based global security analysis company that has been compared to a shadow CIA. WikiLeaks has not explained how it acquired the documents, which belong to the company Stratfor but it’s widely believed that WikiLeaks was given the information by the hacker […]
Lulz Security Collective: A Return to Old School Hacking?
UK authorities have arrested a 19-year-old under suspicion for his potential connection to the hacking group LulzSec. The group has claimed to have pulled off attacks on PBS, Sony and the Senate. The group has a mischievous persona. It has set up a hotline for people to call in and suggest sites that should be […]