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OpIsrael: Pro-Palestine hackers stole Israeli credit cards to fund charities

AnonGhost hacktivist group’s leader and founder, Mauritania Attacker, revealed on Tuesday that his team has funded Palestinian charities through stolen Israeli credit cards during OpIsrael. AnonGhost, the hacktivist group, acquired access to credit card credentials of Israelis by hacking into dozens of websites from Israel. According to Mauritania, until now the group has managed to churn […]

OpIsrael: Hackers leak 820 Israeli login data, deface 100+ websites

OpIsrael is kind of over but AnonGhost has leaked yet another list of login credentials of Israeli citizens — At the other hand another group of hackers going with the handle of AnonCoders is making news for defacing 100 Israeli websites. The online hacktivist AnonGhost has left a list of 820 login credentials on Pastebin, claiming the […]

Russians Hacked White House Computer: Report

U.S. officials have blamed Russian hackers for hacking an “unclassified computer” at White House and keeping an eye on Obama’s communications and daily schedule. Hackers used a phishing-style attack to take over a State Department computer, which allowed them to gain access to the system inside White House. Despite having access to the system, the Russian hackers were not able […]

OpIsrael: 700 sites hacked, thousands of Social Media, Paypal credentials leaked

Just few days ago we reported how Anonymous and AnonGhost hacking groups are gearing up to carryout cyber attacks on Israeli servers under the banner of OpIsrael. As promised, hackers (both from Anonymous and AnonGhost hackitivist groups) are carrying out massive cyber attacks on Israeli government and business websites (mostly owned by civilians).  The teams involved in these […]

Anonymous Hackers Vow to Shutdown IT System of Irish Government

Anonymous hackers from Ireland have vowed to target government of Ireland on 5th May 2015, shutting down its IT system and leaking confidential information online. Now this can be termed as a clear cut threat to the Irish government. Anonymous, the notorious group of hacktivists, has posted on its Facebook page “Anonymous Ireland expect us” […]

Hackers Knockdown Indiana ‘Right to Life’ Website for Supporting RFRA

After attacking Indiana government website for passing Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), hackers have now started attacking anyone supporting the RFRA. The official website of an Indiana based Nonprofit organization ‘Right to Life’ was taken down by hackers in a powerful DDoS attack Tuesday morning for supporting the controversial anti-LGBT — Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The individuals behind this cyber […]

Op_Israel: Anonymous Threatens Israel with ‘Electronic Holocaust’

In a latest video footage from Anonymous, the notorious hacker group, a masked individual appears in a suit and delivers a well-structured statement announcing a possible attack on Israel’s online servers on April 7. The operation will be carried out under the famous banner of OpIsrael. The video features pictures of distraught Palestinian children and the […]

U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal Website Hacked by Saudi Hackers

Saudi hackers from Team Bad Dream have hacked and defaced the official website of  U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal earlier today.  Hackers who go with the handles of TrYaG Al Arab, 1337kSa and Faisal Al Hamzi left a message for the U.S. Army along with a deface page showing picture of new Saudi Arabian king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. […]

Hackers shutdown police website for third time in one week

The DDoS attack on Finish Police website forced the servers to remain offline for hours. The official website of Finnish Police (poliisi.fi) was forced to go offline for several hours on Thursday after a massive DDoS attack. This was the third attack on police website in last few days. The first attack was carried out on […]

Anonymous Targets NYPD Captains Union Website with Malware

On Friday, a cyberattack on NYPD captains union website infected it with malware and forced it to shut down. According to union officials, the infamous hacker group Anonymous is behind this attack since it openly supported the Occupy Wall Street movement and also got involved in an online dispute with ISIS. Roy Richter, the Union’s […]

South Korea Blames North Korea for Hacking its Nuclear Plants

A hacker group labelled “Who am I = No nuclear power” released data regarding the advanced power reactor (APR) 1400 and system plans from Kori nuclear plant on Twitter this Tuesday. The tweet also had a ransom message for an unknown amount for not exporting the stolen data to other countries. There were clues regarding the […]

Pentagon Wants Unhackable Boeing Drone Helicopters by 2018

Unhackable Drone Helicopters a must have for the Pentagon before 2018 – The Pentagon is looking for unhackable drone helicopters to avoid getting pwned through cyber attacks. An unavoidable expense of modern warfare is losing a few UAVs to the enemy forces. However, there is a vast difference between losing a Scan Eagle and saying the […]

Pay Ransom or Secret Data on South Korean Nuke Reactors Will Be Leaked: Hacker

An individual seems to be threatening the South Korean government with the confidential information associated with the country’s power plants and says that if the monetary demands are not met, the information will be released. The Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) is being victimized by being attacked in December 2014. The group of attackers, […]

University of Chicago Computers Hacked, Social Security Numbers Stolen

Summary: The university of Chicago was hacked – The officials got to know in January 2015 that social security numbers and other sensitive information was compromised. The university of Chicago was under a massive cyber attack where unknown hackers breached into the computer networks stealing person details of staff and students. According to reports the duration and exact […]

OpSaudi: Hackers Shutdown Saudi ”Arab National Bank” website

A Saudi based “oppressed defenders” hacking group has taken down the online banking domain of Arab National Bank, early Monday.  The cyber attack on ANB bank is part of the ongoing Operation Saudi in which hacker had vowed to attack Saudi based financial institutions until the end of human rights violations in the kingdom. In an exclusive conversation with […]

Facebook outage yesterday—a technical glitch, not a cyber attack

The Facebook outage yesterday, which lasted for about one hour, was an internal technical glitch, said Facebook in a statement on its website. “This was not the result of a third party attack but instead occurred after we introduced a change that affected our configuration systems,” said the statement. Facebook and its photo site Instagram […]

Charlie Hebdo Aftermath:- About 19,000 French websites hacked so far

As the aftermath of the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, more than 19,000 French websites have been hacked by some “more or less” structured Islamic groups of hackers—reveals the French chief of Cyberdefense On Thursday the head of French military’s cybersecurity department Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, told reporters that such attacks have been categorized […]

Ohio city’ Website Hacked by Free Syrian Hacker

The Famous Syrian Hacker Dr.SHA6H known for his anti-Bashar Al Assad views has struck again. This time the hackers has hacked and defaced the official Ohio City website of City of Perrysburg, Ohio today early morning. He left a deface page along with a message on the hacked Perrysburg city website with his usual deface page with a message bashing the governments of […]

Pro-Russian Hackers Take Down German Govt. Websites

A group of pro-Russian hackers is claiming responsibility for recent attacks that brought down German government websites including the page for Chancellor Angela Merkel, the foreign ministry and the lower parliament. The group calls itself CyberBerkut and claims itlaunched those cyber-attacks over Germany�s supporting stance towards the �criminal regime in Kiev�. The timing of the […]

South Korean nuclear operator hacked, personal data, blueprints leaked

Unknown hackers have hacked the computer systems of South Korea’s nuclear plant operator and leaked noncritical data claim the officials. The targeted institution was Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), where latest designs and manuals of two reactors, personal details of over 10,000 workers, flow charts and estimates of radiation exposure among local residents were leaked. At the moment […]