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Short Bytes: In a top 10 countdown video, the online hacking group Anonymous has listed its 10 biggest achievements. Calling the operation against ISIS its biggest success, Anonymous includes other operations like Charlie Hebdo, Chanology, Iranian Elections etc. on this list. The online hacking group Anonymous declared a war last year on the Islamic State in […]
Anonymous Italy Launches #OperationGreenRights- Targets Italian Government Portals with DDoS Local government portals of Apulia and Basilicata regions in southern Italy have been attacked by the members of the infamous hacktivists collective Anonymous. The attack is being touted by Anonymous as a reactionary attempt to showcase resentment against the ongoing Trans Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP). […]
Anonymous activists’ Trio Due to be Sentenced in March for Targeting French Police and Government French judicial system is known for its speedy justice and serving the culprits well. This is, therefore, not a surprise that a Paris criminal court is due to sentence the three apprehended Anonymous members accused of targeting government websites and […]
Anonymous hacked the CIMD portal managed by the France’s Ministry of Defense to protest against French foreign arms trade operations. The Anonymous collective has hacked one of the websites managed by the France’s Ministry of Defense, the CIMD (Centre d’Identification des Materiels de la Defense). The hacktivists accessed the database and leaked it online to […]
The Anon Verdict hacktivists from Anonymous leaked personal information of around 52 Cincinnati Police Department employees on Sunday — Motive: Death of Paul Gaston. The group revealed in a video that it has acquired personal details of dozens of Cincinnati police employees from rank-and-file officers to Chief Issac. The 3-minute long video was posted on […]
Anonymous launched a series of cyber attacks against government websites of Saudi Arabia to protest the execution of 47 people, including Mr. Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr. The Anonymous collective is conducting a hacking campaign against the Saudi Arabian Government to protest executions of 47 people. On January 2nd, the Government announced the executions on terrorism charges, among the […]
Al-Qeeq’s Detention Enrages Anonymous- Widespread DDoS Campaigns Planned Against Israel Army The online hacktivist Anonymous is known for targeting Israeli cyberspace including government, defence and private sectors. Now, Anonymous’ protest against the Israeli military for Mohammed Al-Qeeq’s detention is getting intensified as the infamous hacker group has announced that it will be launched DDoS campaigns against the […]
Disney Cruise Ship Rescues Anonymous-associated Hacker and Hands him over to the FBI. The twists and turns of fate are hard to comprehend and predict. The very unlucky hacktivist who is an active ally of the infamous hacker group Anonymous, Martin Gottesfeld has been arrested by the FBI in Miami in a surprising manner. The […]
Short Bytes: Martin Gottesfeld, the alleged Anonymous hacker responsible for 2014’s hacking attack at Boston Children’s Hospital, has been arrested by the FBI. Martin’s co-workers and relatives contacted the security agency after he went missing, only to be rescued by a Disney Cruise ship. The FBI has arrested a man named Martin Gottesfeld in connection with […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has breached into the server of a Tanzanian Telecom Firm and leaked personal data of about 64,000 employees. OpAfrica is one of the most influential operations conducted by the hacktivist group Anonymous. Since the first day, the hackers have targeted several high-profile institutions in Africa against child abuse and corruption. The targeted parties […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous hacked Turkish National Police and leaked a huge amount of data The year 2015 was a difficult year for Turkey due to the uncertain situation on the ground and cyber attacks conducted by Anonymous on high-profile targets such as banks and national domain registrar. Now hacktivist collective Now hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to […]
Anonymous hackers breached a South African job portal which hosts job fair for the locals — However, Anonymous decided to leak the data of government officials only. As you may know, the OpAfrica is underway and the online hacktivist Anonymous has been targeting African governments against corruption, injustice, child abuse and child labour in the […]
The Online Hacktivist Anonymous Demands Exclusion of Saudi Arabia from Olympics for Battering Human Rights Saudi Arabia has always been criticized by the West for its strict civil laws and so-called Shari’ah abiding regulations. Lately, the Saudi government has been on a head-chopping spree. In fact, The Guardian noted that beheadings in Saudi Arabia have […]
A group of hackers famously known as New World Hackers (NWH) is claiming to attack a number of state websites in North Korea. The group is associated with the infamous hacktivists collective Anonymous and the cyber attack seems to be prompted by the recent satellite launch from North Korea. NWH shut down three websites merely […]
Anonymous and supporters of LulzSec hackers target African governments against massive corruption. The online hacktivist Anonymous is targeting African countries to protest against the increasing corruption in government sector — The cyber attacks are conducted under the banner of operation OpAfrica where targeted countries are Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda Uganda and Zimbabwe. The […]
Pro-rape and controversy child Roosh blames Hacktivists for hacking his family’s address and spreading hoax news The controversial ‘neo-masculinist” Roosh has claimed to have become the victim of online hacktivism as he was targeted by an Anonymous-linked hacker group. It was announced on Thursday that Roosh V, real name Daryush Valizadeh has called off Public […]
Twitter announced that since mid-2015 it has suspended over 125,000 accounts involved in promoting violent content. The social media giant Twitter has claimed to suspend over 125,000 ISIS accounts since mid-2015. The reason is quite simply that all the accounts in question were found violating Twitter rules and spreading hate plus terrorism-related content. On its official […]
NASA has denied that its drone was hijacked by any hacking group — Earlier a group on Facebook claimed to have hijacked a high-profile NASA drone. On Wednesday, NASA rejected the claim made by an Anonymous-linked group on Sunday regarding the hacking of one of its high-profile drones. The space agency stated that the 250GB […]
The Blink Hacker Group associated with Anonymous hackers claims to leak sensitive data from 100 Thai Prison Databases Last week a group of hackers (Blink Hacker Group) claiming to be associated with the infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous knocked down 20 Thai Corrections Department websites and also leaked 1GB of Thai supreme court data. However, yesterday, the Blink […]
The European Commission (EC) has decided to end anonymous virtual currency Bitcoin trading to track money-laundering that “helps terrorist group funding”. The EC published its Action Plan (PDF) yesterday, to intensify the fight against terrorism financing because as per the commission’s analysis criminals quickly find out newer strategies and techniques to move money through undetectable ways. […]
Pastebin.com faced heavy DDoS attacks which forced the platform to go offline. Pastebin.com is a world renowned online platform where users can store plain text but it is often under cyber attacks from hackers and cyber criminals. On 30th January 2016 someone started carrying a series of powerful Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS) on Pastebin.com forcing the platform to […]