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Anonymous Strikes Again- Massive DDoS Attack Brings Down 20 Thai Prison Sites

A couple of weeks ago Anonymous hacked Thai Police servers and also leaked 1GB data from country’s supreme court website — All against to expose wrongdoing in a murder investigation Just two weeks ago around 300, Thai Courts of Justice websites were taken down by Anonymous to register protest against the sentencing of two Myanmar […]

2016 Iowa Caucus Website Hacked by ‘Anonymous Conservative’

2016 Iowa Caucus Website Hacked by ‘Anonymous Conservative’ over Palin-Trump Endorsement Anonymous Conservative is the name of a group that has managed to hack the 2016 Iowa Caucus website on Monday. The group posted its manifesto and an official announcement on the Iowa Caucus website’s front page too. The announcement read: “The recent endorsement of Donald […]

Anonymous Hacks Costa Rica’s Ministry Of Foreign Affairs For OpPuraVida

Anonymous and supporters of the LulzSec group breached into the server of Cosa Rican government website for OpPuraVida. The online hacktivist Anonymous Costa Rica along with the supporters of LulzSec group breached into the server of country’s Ministry Of Foreign Affairs and leaked login credentials of registered users. The breach was conducted under the banner of operation […]

The Anonymous Group: What is it and How big is it

Research proved that Anonymous hacktivists group is relatively much bigger than you anticipated and become quite popular among people all over the world but how did it all start? The Anonymous group has been gaining a lot of attention in the past few years. This is mainly due to the way they act and the way they […]

Anonymous Shut Down Japanese Airport Website Against Dolphin Slaughter

Anonymous hackers shut down Japan’s Narita International Airport website against Dolphin slaughter. The online hacktivist Anonymous conducted a powerful DDoS attack on the official website of Narita International Airport of Japan disrupting the service on Friday night to Saturday. The local police and airport authorities have confirmed the attack and stated that a series of DDoS forced the site […]

Anonymous Declares Michigan Governor Guilty Over Flint Water Crisis

The infamous hacktivists collective Anonymous has declared Michigan governor Rick Snyder guilty for the ongoing Flint water contamination crisis. On Wednesday, a statement was released by the Anonymous Intelligence Group, which is associated with the hacktivists collective. It read: “Anonymous Activates #OpFlint…And Yes It’s About Time!” The statement was followed by a video posted by […]

10 Most Notorious Hacking Groups

Here are top 10 hacking and hacktivist groups that changed the world like no one else. Hacking has grown massively in the past few years. What merely started out as internet pranks on personal computers has now grown into a nexus of activities like holding large corporations to ransom over their critical data or shutting […]

Anonymous Exposes 1GB Data Belonging to Thailand’s Supreme Court

Ten days ago Anonymous launched operation #BoycottThailand and on the tenth day, the notorious hacktivist group had released 1GB data. The data reportedly belongs to the Supreme Court of Thailand. It seems like the data, which was uploaded yesterday, was stolen last Wednesday when the Anonymous launched DDoS attacks against hundreds of Thai court websites. […]

Anonymous Takes Down Nissan’s Website Against Illegal Whale Hunting In Japan

Short Bytes: With changing times, the international community has banned the whale hunting practice. However, it’s a common knowledge that Japanese people call whale meat their “nostalgia food” as it connects them to their culture and heritage. As a protest against Japan’s stance on whale hunting, Anonymous hacking collective has taken down Nissan’s website to put […]

8 Most Awesome Hacks Conducted By Anonymous Hackers

According to researchers, Anonymous hacktivists group is relatively much bigger than you anticipated and become quite popular among people all over the world. News about their existence first became public on social media, with members shown flaunting Guy Fawkes masks. It was all quite fitting, with the group calling themselves Anonymous and wearing such masks in all […]

New Anonymous Communication Network PrivaTegrity Launched

PrivaTegrity communication network provides secure communication platform and Anonymity — Maybe better than Tor. A new anonymous communication network by the name of PrivaTegrity has been launched by renowned encryption specialist David Chaum. The network achieves same connection speed as Tor but provides better protection against cryptanalysis techniques. According to the encryption specialist, PrivaTegrity addresses as […]

Anonymous Targets Nigerian Government Sites, Wages War Against Corruption

Appalled by Corruption, Theft & Poverty- Anonymous Declares Cyberwar against Nigerian Government Anonymous, the infamous hacktivist group having footprints around the world, waged a cyber war against the Nigerian government on Friday. The group’s Nigeria division announced in an online post that they are ”tired” of the relentless corruption, poverty and theft prevailing in Nigeria […]

Anonymous Hacks Thailand Police, Expose Wrongdoing in Murder Investigation

Anonymous Responds to Thai Police’s Flawed Murder Investigation by Hacking 14 Thai Websites The hackers at Anonymous are yet again busy in protesting against a judge’s decision, this time in Thailand over the KohTao murder case. The background of this story is that on September 15, 2014, Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, two backpackers from […]

Anonymous To Target Chinese Police Sites Over Missing Bookseller

Missing Bookseller Case Compels Anonymous’ Hong Kong division to attack Chinese police websites The infamous hacking group Anonymous’ Hong Kong division has vowed to hack Chinese police official websites as well as government websites. This statement has arrived by the international hacktivist collective to show resentment towards the alleged abduction of Hong Kong’s bookseller by […]

Anonymous Takes Down Top Saudi Arabian Government Websites

Anonymous took things in its hands and conducted cyber attacks on Saudi government websites against the execution of Nimr Al Nimr. The online hacktivist Anonymous is not happy with the recent execution of 47 people in the Kingdom and to register their protest the hacktivists conducted a series of cyber attacks on high-profile Saudi Arabian […]

Hackers Shut Down Donald Trump Election Campaign Website

The official Election Campaign website of American Presidential candidate Donald Trump was taken offline by hackers who earlier claimed to conduct a cyber attack on BBC websites. The group goes with the handle of New World Hacktivists (NWH) and associated with the hacker collective Anonymous but conduct its operation as an independent entity who conducted […]

Anonymous Nailed 2015

In 2015, the hackers collective Anonymous probably garnered maximum headlines and initiated an array of top trending hashtags, so it can be said that the group had a pretty enjoyable yet hectic year. It was this year that Anonymous showed its disapproval of various personalities, policies and trends including the militant terrorist group Daesh or […]

Anonymous Vows To Help Man falsely Accused of Rape and Murder

The hacktivist group Anonymous have their eyes set on revealing the corruption plaguing the Police Department. The infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous has released a statement in which their plan to indulge in the Manitowoc County Sheriff Department Vs Steven Avery case were narrated. Avery was featured in a recently released documentary by Netflix called “Making […]

ISIS Terrorist Attack On Italy Blocked By Anonymous Hackers, Group Claims

Short Bytes: Anonymous hacktivist group has claimed to block a possible ISIS terror attack on Italy. While Anonymous hasn’t released any evidence to prove this claim, the group says, “we don’t need to be believed, the important thing is that no one dies.” The Anonymous hacktivist collective claims to have foiled an ISIS terror attack in […]

Top 15 Cyber Attacks and Security Breaches in 2015

With 2016, just a few days away, let’s have a flashback of the top 15 security incidents that took place this year. Hacking Team In June, the hacking team (a security exploit vendor) faced a data breach from an unknown hacker, who leaked their database, internal emails and their source code developed for the spying […]

Anonymous Claims To Avert Possible Terrorist Attack On Italy

The online hacktivist Anonymous claimed to have averted a terrorist attack in Italy planned by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) or Daesh terrorist group. Anonymous claimed the ”heroic” act on Twitter via @OpParisOfficial account which was created after the Paris terrorist attacks. The hacktivists also claimed that they are silently working on tracking Daesh terrorists […]