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Court Charges Kid with Bomb Threats and DDoS Attacks

A 15-year-old guy in Plymouth has been arrested by British police on the charges of launching DDoS attacks and for sending false bomb alerts via social media. According to the police, the boy was involved in launching DDoS attacks to servers belonging to companies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Furthermore, he also sent false […]

CloudFlare CEO Denies Anonymous’ allegation of protecting ISIS sites

In a reaction to Paris Attacks last Friday, Anonymous declared a war against the ISIS on Monday and were determined to knock ISIS-linked sites and hack their social media accounts which are a big medium of spreading their false ideology and of choosing their sympathizers to spread it. While fighting this war, the Anonymous yesterday […]

Anonymous Publishes Three Guides To Teach You “How To Hack” And Fight ISIS

Short Bytes: Encouraging the people to join the cyber-war against ISIS, hacktivist group Anonymous has published three hacking guides. These guides have instructions regarding recognizing ISIS-affiliated websites, using a Twitter bot to uncover social media accounts of ISIS, and learning how to hack using a “NoobGuide”  The war between the hackers and terrorists is escalating […]

French Blogger Accuses Anonymous of Impeding Police in Fight Against ISIS

Anonymous has declared full-time war against ISIS and warned the terrorist group to expect the worse. In a recent video, they left a message for ISIS “You should know that we will find you and we will not let you go under #OpISIS.” The operation has become a success among followers of the Anonymous group but […]

ISIS Calls Anonymous Hackers “Idiots” For Declaring War

Short Bytes: ISIS has responded to Anonymous’ declaration of war and threat of hunting them down from all over the world. The terrorist group has referred to them as “idiots” who just hack “twitter accounts and emails.” In a development in the hackers vs. terrorists story, the terrorists have labeled the hackers as ‘idiots.’ Yes, […]

Anonymous Expose and Shutdown 8824 Pro-ISIS Twitter Accounts

The online hacktivist group Anonymous has declared a “total war” against the terrorist group and so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group. To keep up with their words, the hacktivists have exposed a list of hundreds of Twitter users allegedly sympathizing or having a soft corner for the group and helping it to spread its ideology. Anonymous has also […]

Anonymous Waging War on ISIS, Vows to Hunt Down Terrorists After Paris Attacks

The online hacktivist group Anonymous has announced a new series of cyber attacks against the ISIS/ISIL terrorist group. This Friday, terrorists targeted seven different locations in Paris including a Rock band “Eagles of Death Metal” concert, a café and outside a stadium where there was a football match between Germany and France. The terrorist group […]

Anonymous Announces Payback for ISIS Paris Attacks

It didn’t take long for Anonymous members to rally and swear payback for the recent ISIS terror attacks that took place in Paris, France, on Friday, November 13, 2015. Having run #OpISIS back at the beginning of the year, after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January, various smaller branches of the Anonymous hacktivism group are […]

Anonymous Announces Revenge Campaign For Paris Attacks By ISIS #OpParis

Short Bytes: In response to the Paris attacks, Hacktivist group Anonymous was quick to issue a warning to its long-time foe ISIS. The group has released two videos that warn ISIS and ask them to “expect a total mobilization on their part.” In the past, hacktivist group Anonymous has shown its commitment to crush ISIS […]

Facebook blocked anti-ISIS group setup by Anonymous hours before Paris attacks.

Just hours before the Paris attacks, Facebook blocked a group “Report ISIS accounts” that was made by anonymous members for unmasking ISIS group members on Facebook. The Facebook group was started by the Anonymous group “Red Cult” and was part of the operation which was termed as #OpISIS by the Anonymous group. Social media has been the main weapon […]

Anonymous Exposes Identity of Alleged Halifax Rapist, Police Reopens The Case

Halifax police forced to re-open investigation in a sexual assault case after Anonymous exposes the identity of the alleged culprit. The online hacktivist collective Anonymous managed to force Halifax Regional Municipality police into reopening the investigation of an alleged sexual assault case involving an 18-year-old girl who was attacked by a fellow student on Halloween […]

Pro-Palestinian Hackers Took over Twitter Account of Israeli Ha’aretz Newspaper

Pro-Palestine activists Hacked Ha’aretz Newspaper’s Twitter Account and Posted: “Our martyrs’ mothers will drink your soldier’s blood.” The Twitter feed of Israeli Ha’aretz newspaper website was hacked by pro-Palestinian hacktivists on Tuesday, in response to which the publication officially released a statement confirming the hack. The hack attack occurred on the day of the 100th […]

Anonymous Hacks National Agriculture Library Domain for OpMonsanto

The online hacktivist Anonymous breached into the subdomain of the National Agriculture Library (NAL) and leaked personal details of staff and other users. The attack was conducted 28th October 2015 under the banner of operation OpMonsanto in which NAL, a subdomain of the official website of the U.S. Department of Agriculture was under attack.  Anonymous hackers […]

Anonymous stands true to its words, leaks more data on alleged KKK members

The online hacktivist Anonymous released what they called a list of Ku Klux Klan members and sympathizers on Thursday. As reported earlier, the Anonymous hacktivists are leaking personal information of the members belonging to the white supremacist Christian organization the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).  Now, in the second phase of their OpKKK the hacktivists have leaked a trove of […]

Anonymous Vows To Leak Personal Information of 1,000 KKK Members

The online hacktivist Anonymous is planning to leak personal information of around 1000 members of the white supremacist Christian organization the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Last year, anonymous gave a brutal response to Ku Klux Klan when they threatened the Ferguson protestors. Many of KKK’s websites went offline; members were exposed (their identities were made public) and […]

Anonymous Targets Thai Govt, Leaks Data from State-owned Telecom Firm

Anonymous, the world famous hacktivist group, has now declared war on the Thai government due to its implementation of single internet gateway consolidation policy. CAT Telecom Pcl, the premier telecommunication website of Thailand, became the first target of Anonymous’ rage. CAT is a state-owned telecom firm that has been selected by Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut […]

Anonymous Hacks Egyptian Presidency and Other Government Websites

The Egyptian branch of the online hacktivist Anonymous conducted a massive cyber attack on Egyptian government websites in solidarity with protesters killed in August 2013. On Thursday, the Egyptian presidency website went offline, which in reality was a hacking attempt made on the site. The attack was carried out by an Anonymous group, told a Cabinet […]

Privacy Advocates Launch Anonymous Calling App

For those who seek privacy while working online,  you now have a solution in “Warble,” an Anonymous calling app for Android, iOS and Windows OS. Warble is an app developed to allow users to communicate via phone calls without getting spied on by Govt agencies, who are always on the look out for data collection. […]

Pro-Palestinian High School Students Hacked CIA Boss John Brennan’s Email

Some high school students are claiming to have hacked the email account of CIA’s director John Brennan. After hacking into the account, they published the personal information of more than 20 CIA agents. The leaked information included email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers and clearance level of the CIA employees. All this information was […]

Anonymous Shut Down Japanese Airport websites against Dolphin Slaughter

The online hacktivist Anonymous conducted powerful DDoS attacks on the official websites of two of the Japan‘s busiest airports and forced them to stay down for about 8 hours. The attack was conducted under the banner of #OpKillingBay, an online operation against the slaughter of Dolphin and trade to aquariums. Anonymous Shut Down Japanese Airport websites against Dolphin […]