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The Internet will soon be quite different, as downloaders of illegal software, movies and songs will be seen as criminals and will be cracked down as criminals under the TPP. You might be wondering how come this will happen? Well, the WikiLeaks documents dump from Trans-Pacific Partnership trade (PDF) calls for internet service providers to provide […]
The online hacktivist group Anonymous Belgian conducted a series of DDoS attacks on the official website of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, the Brussels parliament and the website of Federal Public Services Home Affairs this Sunday. The attack was conducted under the banner #OpGuerilla. Anonymous took the accomplishment to Twitter, announcing that the group has […]
Matthew Keys with his attorneys outside Federal Court in Sacramento. He was found guilty in the hacking case against L.A.Times and Tribune Co. Short Bytes: Matthew Keys, a former Reuters employee was convicted of conspiring with Anonymous hackers to attack L.A. Times and Tribune. This is more like a reel life revenge story that came […]
It’s time to Pull your Money Out of the Banks- Suggests the Online Hacktivist Group — Anonymous Takes Hacktivism to Another Level. The online hacktivist group Anonymous known for targeting government servers has now shifted its focus on the financial and banking sectors. Using its conventional approach, the group announced the launching of its latest campaign […]
A group of pro-Palestinian hackers took over the official website of Radio Tel Aviv (TLV) on Sunday and left a deface page on the homepage showing anti-Israeli messages. A group of Palestinian-friendly hackers going with the handle of AnonCoders hacked and defaced the official website of Radio Tel Aviv. Hackers left a deface page along with […]
Saudi Arabia’s Government’s decision to crucify Mohammed al-Nimr has prompted a strong response from the Hacktivist group Anonymous when various significant Saudi government websites were hacked to show protest over this decision. Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested on the charges of involvement in alleged anti-government activities when he was 17-years old. Critics and campaigners allege that the government is unnecessarily targeting al-Nimr just […]
Anonymous Philippines, an affiliate of the online hacktivist group Anonymous, hacked and defaced the official website of the country’s National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Sunday afternoon. The act of hacktivism was a result of slow Internet speed and bandwidths in relation to price the NTC charges in the Philippines. Anonymous left a deface page along with a message on […]
The online hacktivists affiliated to Anonymous, AntiSec and HagashTeam conducted a cyber attack on Vietnamese government websites against online censorship and human rights violations in the country. The hacktivist groups left a deface page along with a message on 8 Vietnamese government websites against the imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners. Anonymous, AntiSec and HagashTeam […]
Zimbabwe government’s websites are apparently in great danger yet again since the infamous hacktivist group is using DDoS this time to get its message through. Zimbabwe Herald is a state-run newspaper but on Friday its name was flashed in the news all over the world since Anonymous attacked it on grounds that it encouraged racism. […]
Another phase of an online battle against the members of the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group has been launched throughout the world by the Anonymous hacktivists. These activists are targeting and attacking the online network of supporters and suspected websites of the IS group. Recently, an emerging offshot of the Anonymous group codenamed GhostSec has revealed […]
Security researchers have suggested that corporations and enterprises should block all of the encrypted and anonymised traffic that they are receiving through a network called The Onion Router (widely known as TOR) in an attempt to secure their corporate networks …… And also to prevent themselves from becoming legally responsible for cyber attacks, distribution of […]
Remember the Anonymous hackers behind the massive World Trade Center (WTC) leak? Well, they are back with another breach. The online hacktivist Anonymous has changed its direction from the American soil to once the land of diamonds South Africa. The reason behind the sudden change is Internet censorship and Monsanto’s dominance in the country. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/anonymous-hacks-us-census-bureau-ttip-tpp/”]Anonymous Hacks U.S. […]
In 2013, we at HackRead reported how oil and gas sector faces serious physical and online security threats. Now researchers have found out that hackers like to hunt for gas stations offering Internet-linked fuel tanks. With the expansion in modernized gas stations offering Internet-linked fuel tanks, it is also imperative that proper security measures are […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous attacked the Mexican government website against the murder of Rubén Espinosa, a local photojournalist. Anonymous Mexico is all out to direct their cyber-activism towards demanding justice from local and international authorities in the wake of the murder of Rubén Espinosa, Mexican photojournalist. The Hack: Just a few hours before the attack […]
MuhmadEmad, a Kurdish hacker known for his anti-ISIS views is back in news and this time with yet another high-profile hack — The hack may not be a selected one but good enough to deliver the message. On Saturday, the Sheriff’s office at Etowah County and Hardin Center (Alabama) websites got hacked because when visited […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has shut down Taiwan government websites and has termed the act as “just the beginning” of a series of attacks. Anonymous’ Asian branch has issued a warning that the recent crippling of Taiwanese government websites is only the “beginning.” Boasting about its numerous conquests on Anonymous Asia’s Facebook page the hacktivists […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has been fighting an online battle against the Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL). And now they have just extended their fight against the organization by targeting those who express sympathy with the group’s ideology over social media platforms. The hacktivist group has using Japanese anime characters against a list of over 750 Twitter […]
Remember the Anonymous hackers behind the massive World Trade Center (WTC) leak? Well, he’s back with another breach and this time their target was the U.S. Census Bureau against TTIP/TPP. On 20th July 2015, the online hacktivist Anonymous breached into the official website of U.S. Census Bureau, accessed trove of data belonging to the Bureau’s officials and […]
This week, on July 17th, there was a police-involved shooting in Dawson Creek, British Columbia Canada, where one of the members of hacktivist group Anonymous was killed. On the following day, members of the international activist group Anonymous reportedly claimed that they have crashed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP’s website as a part of […]
About two weeks ago, we reported about the Raspberry Pi 2 based WiFi router that provided anonymous WiFi by putting you 2.5 miles away from your IP address. This device was called ProxyHam and Ben Caudill of Rhino Security was scheduled to introduce the device at DefCon 2015, few days ago. But, this highly anticipated […]
We all remember that game-changing personal hardware proxy device that guaranteed to provide you with Anonymous access to the Wi-Fi located up to 2.5 miles away from the actual location. The complete source code, blueprint as well as the detailed hardware specifications was planned to be unveiled during the Def Con Hacker Conference in the […]