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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 […]
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 […]
On the morning of February 10, 2014, the Las Vegas Sands casino, something was not right. Computers were flat-lining, telephone lines stopped working, emails were down, and several IT systems came to a halt and it wasn’t even time for the gamblers to be up yet. The $14 billion casino operation came to a standstill […]
Summary: On Nov 14, 2014, the online hacktivist Anonymous released a YouTube video announcing a cyber attack on Ku Klux Klan, (a White supremacist Christian group) due to its threats to use lethal force at the Ferguson protest. As a result, Anonymous has hacked the official Twitter account of KKK USA (@KuKluxKlanUSA). After taking over […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous is back with yet another cyber attack. This time the group has taken down 43 top Israeli government websites against shooting and killing of a 14-year-old U.S. citizen Orwah Hammad by Israeli Defence Forces. Anonymous conducted the cyber attack under the banner of #OpOrwahHammad in which websites belonging to Israeli government such as […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has conducted as massive cyber attack on Pakistanigovernment, as a result Pakistani Army and government websites have been taken down against police brutality on protesters in Islamabad, Pakistan. @AnonymousGlobo announced the news on their official Twitter account with the list of sites taken down as a result of DDoS attack. The […]
The online collective Anonymous has attacked the Boston Children’s Hospital over the recent Justina Pelletier child-custody case, said a recent report by The Boston Globe. The medical center has been experiencing cyber assaults since last few weeks. Although there are no direct indications that the attack could be from the Anonymous group, cybersecurity experts did not rule out their […]
Anonymous threatens cyberattack on Albuquerque Police Department for shooting and killing mentally ill homeless man James M. Boyd. File photo of mentally ill and homeless manJames M Boyd. The hacktivist collective Anonymous has released a video on YouTube in which the hacktivists have warned Albuquerque Police Department for a massive cyber attack on their servers. In 1:34 […]