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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” […]

Anonymous Crushes Japan Prime Minister Website Against Whale Hunt

Earlier this year we reported Anonymous is targeting Japanese airport websites against dolphin slaughter in the country — The cyber attacks were conducted under the banner of operation OpKillingBay. Now, Anonymous group is believed to have attacked the website of Japanese Prime Minister “Shinzo Abe” in protest to the resumption of the hunting of Whales […]

Join Anonymous on 11 December, It’s The Official ISIS Trolling Day

After creating havoc among ISIS circles by hacking their social media accounts, Anonymous is back again and this time it aims at sabotaging the militant group’s image for good. As per Anonymous’ statement, December 11 will see a formal launching of ISIS trolling campaign. The militant group that claims to be warriors taking actions to […]

Anonymous Crushes Almost Every Iceland Govt Site Against Whale Slaughter

Anonymous kicked started the operation #OpWhales and shut down almost all the Iceland government websites for about 13 hours as a protest against the whaling practices in Iceland. The online Hacktivist group launched a DDoS attack on 27th November at night during the #OpWhales and successfully shutting down every ministry website except the Ministry of Welfare. […]

Anonymous Hacks ISIS Website, Defaces it with Viagra Ad

Just a week after the news of ISIS moving their online operations to the dark web, one of their main websites has been taken down by Ghost Sec hackers who have been in a relationship with the Anonymous group. Ghost Sec, a faction of the hacktivist collective Anonymous (unaffiliated with the counter-terrorism organisation Ghost Security […]

Anonymous Has Shutdown 28,000+ ISIS’ Twitter Accounts Since OpParis Began

The online hacktivist Anonymous shut down 8824 Twitter accounts of ISIS members + followers in the first phase of OpParis — In the second phase the hacktivists claim to shut down more 20,000 twitter accounts — 20,000 + 8824 = 28,824. By enduring the death of more than 120 people in Paris attacks, the ISIS has made […]

Self-Proclaimed Anonymous Hacktivists Predict Potential ISIS Terror Attacks

Someone is using Anonymous’s name to spread rumors about ISIS planning to target different events worldwide. A Pastebin post posted by someone claiming to have a connection with the Anonymous hacktivist movement claims they have prior knowledge to a series of terrorist attacks planned by the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group starting from 22nd November 2015. The post claims the inside […]

Anonymous Expose and Shutdown 8824 Pro-ISIS Twitter Accounts

The online hacktivist group Anonymous has declared a “total war” against the terrorist group and so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group. To keep up with their words, the hacktivists have exposed a list of hundreds of Twitter users allegedly sympathizing or having a soft corner for the group and helping it to spread its ideology. Anonymous has also […]

Anonymous Waging War on ISIS, Vows to Hunt Down Terrorists After Paris Attacks

The online hacktivist group Anonymous has announced a new series of cyber attacks against the ISIS/ISIL terrorist group. This Friday, terrorists targeted seven different locations in Paris including a Rock band “Eagles of Death Metal” concert, a café and outside a stadium where there was a football match between Germany and France. The terrorist group […]

Facebook blocked anti-ISIS group setup by Anonymous hours before Paris attacks.

Just hours before the Paris attacks, Facebook blocked a group “Report ISIS accounts” that was made by anonymous members for unmasking ISIS group members on Facebook. The Facebook group was started by the Anonymous group “Red Cult” and was part of the operation which was termed as #OpISIS by the Anonymous group. Social media has been the main weapon […]

Anonymous stands true to its words, leaks more data on alleged KKK members

The online hacktivist Anonymous released what they called a list of Ku Klux Klan members and sympathizers on Thursday. As reported earlier, the Anonymous hacktivists are leaking personal information of the members belonging to the white supremacist Christian organization the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).  Now, in the second phase of their OpKKK the hacktivists have leaked a trove of […]

Anonymous Vows To Leak Personal Information of 1,000 KKK Members

The online hacktivist Anonymous is planning to leak personal information of around 1000 members of the white supremacist Christian organization the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Last year, anonymous gave a brutal response to Ku Klux Klan when they threatened the Ferguson protestors. Many of KKK’s websites went offline; members were exposed (their identities were made public) and […]

Anonymous Targets Thai Govt, Leaks Data from State-owned Telecom Firm

Anonymous, the world famous hacktivist group, has now declared war on the Thai government due to its implementation of single internet gateway consolidation policy. CAT Telecom Pcl, the premier telecommunication website of Thailand, became the first target of Anonymous’ rage. CAT is a state-owned telecom firm that has been selected by Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut […]

Hacker Puts Crude Poem on Hacked Electronic Signpost in France

If you see a crude poem on an electronic signpost,  it is not the handy work of the municipal authorities rather, it is the work of an annoyed, attention-seeking hacker. Reality is definitely stranger than fiction. Until now we believed that hackers used vulgar content to blackmail users but now they have gone a step further […]

Royal Saudi Air Force Website Hacked By Iranian Hackers

An Iranian hacker from Iran Hack Security Team hacked and defaced the official website of Royal Saudi Air Force this Friday morning. Though the hacker didn’t upload any deface page on the Saudi Air Force website, but the message in text form “Hacked By Mr.Xpr! Iran Hack Security Team” made it obvious that somehow the hacker was […]

Unicef India Website Hacked by Turkish Hackers

A group of Turkish hackers hacked and defaced the official website of Unicef India (The United Nations Children’s Fund) last Sunday.  A group of three Turkish hackers going with the online handles of RootDevilz, Jonturk75 and Bozkurt97 claimed responsibility for defacing the official website of Unicef India with one of their own page along with a message […]

Hackers Target Saudi Government Websites with “Good Intentions”

A group of hackers going with an online “Cyber of Emotion” hacked Saudi websites with “good intentions.” According to Al-Riyadh newspaper, more than 24 Saudi government websites have been hacked by a group despite the fact that the hackers warned the authorities that they would be attacking them. The hack attack was carried out on Friday over […]

Azerbaijan Embassy to Russia Website Hacked With an Anti-War Message

A hacker going with the handle of Mr.H4rD3n hacked and defaced the official website of Embassy of Azerbaijan to Russia Thursday morning. The hacker left a deface page along with a message on the hacked website against the ongoing conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic.  It is unclear if the hacker is on the pro-Assad side like the Syrian […]

Anonymous Hacks Mexican Govt Website, Demand Justice For Rubén Espinosa

The online hacktivist Anonymous attacked the Mexican government website against the murder of Rubén Espinosa, a local photojournalist. Anonymous Mexico is all out to direct their cyber-activism towards demanding justice from local and international authorities in the wake of the murder of Rubén Espinosa, Mexican photojournalist. The Hack: Just a few hours before the attack […]

Anti-abortion Hackers Shut Down Planned Parenthood Website

On 29th July 2015, we reported how a group of anti-abortionist hackers hacked into the servers of Planned Parenthood, a pro-abortion organization. Now, the same hackers have conducted a massive DDoS attack on the organization’s website forcing it to go offline.  The cyber attack was apparently conducted in the wake of controversial videos revealing that the organization […]