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Anonymous’ #OpAfrica Claims 64,000 Workers Data of Tanzanian Telecom Firm

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 […]

Anonymous Hacks Turkish National Police Server, Leaks A Trove of Data

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 Hacks South African Job Portal Against Child Labour

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 […]

Anonymous Wants Saudi Arabia Out from Olympics for Battering Human Rights

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 […]

Anonymous Doxes and Forces Pro-Rape Pick-up Artist To Cancel His Meetings

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 […]

Anonymous Strike Again- This time 100 Thai Prison Databases Leaked

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 […]

Hackers Target Pastebin.com with Powerful DDoS Attack

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

Uganda High Commission Website For 20 Countries Hacked

The defaced sites were left with messages against the US invasion of Iraq, human rights violations in Afghanistan and Palestine. A hacker going with the online handle of GeNiuS-JorDan hacked and defaced the official website of The Republic of Uganda – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and websites representing the country’s High Commission in twenty countries. The Jordanian hacker […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

No, Anonymous is not supporting Bernie Sanders or anyone else

An online blog falsely claiming to represent Anonymous has announced its support for presidential candidate Mr. Bernie Sanders — In reply Anonymous hacktivists have denied any support for any presidential candidate. AnonHQ blog claims to be the official voice of the online hacktivist group Anonymous however the reality is far from the truth — The blog has […]

11 Ongoing Anonymous Operations You Must Know About

Anonymous is known for conducting cyber attacks against injustice but not every operation makes it to the news — There are several ongoing ops which the readers should know about. There are some campaigns which Anonymous collective has been running and are hardly ever noticed by anyone. Most of the readers only know the famous […]

ISIS Leakes Military Data Against ‘Anonymous ISIS Troll Day’

ShortRead: Anonymous trolled the ISIS terrorists a couple of days ago but rather than replying to the hacktivists, the group leaked personal data and claimed that it belongs to military officials in France and US. ISIS in response to Anonymous trolling day on 11th December has leaked personal information of 160 alleged military personnel from […]

Anonymous ‘Trolls ISIS’ with Memes and Photoshopped Images

Earlier this week Anonymous announced that the group will not only conduct cyber attacks against ISIS but also troll them with additional humor on 11th December. Anonymous also urged people from around the world to join the hacktivist group, post memes and photoshopped images of the terrorist group to annoy the supporters and the sympathizers of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group. […]

Anonymous Knockoff Donald Trump’ Website Against Anti-Muslim Speech

Remember a couple of months ago a hacker defaced Donald Trump’s official website with a tribute message for Jon Stewart? — Now Anonymous has done the same but with a DDoS attack. The online hacktivist group Anonymous has conducted a powerful DDoS attack on one of the Donald trump’s website for Trump Tower New York “trumptowerny.com” […]