Hackers group Anonymous warns of New Years Eve leak‎

In the latest information breach in retaliation for the prosecution of Bradley Manning, Anonymous releases more data from intelligence analysis firm, Stratfor, and issues a New Years Eve warning.

Members of the activist hackers group, Anonymous, calling themselves 'Antisec', posted links on the internet to what they said were 75,000 names, addresses, credit card numbers and passwords for Stratfor clients.

Antisec also said that it revealed another 860,000 user names, email addresses and passwords for those registered to Stratfor, using the data-sharing website Pastebin, and that 50,000 of the email addresses end in .mil and .gov, which are used by the US government.

Anonymous 'Robin Hood' hacking attack hits major firms

The attack targeted Stratfor, a Texas-based company which produces analysis on international security issues for international clients including banks, oil companies and police agencies.
As well as claiming to have donated $500,000 to charities online using the stolen data, the hackers posted parts of their haul online. The files included more than 50,000 credit card numbers of which 10,000 were not expired, 87,000 email addresses and 44,000 encrypted passwords, of which around half could be easily cracked.
Major British firms such as BP, HSBC and Tesco are named in the files.
On Boxing Day the hackers also published a sample of what they said were emails stolen from Stratfor’s servers.
“Just a small preview of the mayhem to come,” a message posted with the sample said, “one out of 2.7 million”.

Anonymous is apparently gearing up to shut Sony down again

The amorphous hacker collective known as "Anonymous" (or entities claiming to be, as it were) has once more announced its intentions to attack electronics manufacturer "Sony Company and Associates." Unlike the previous attack, which crippled Sony's PlayStation Network service during several months in the first half of 2011 and for which the group is suspected of involvement, this time the group pins its reasoning to Sony's support of the Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA").

Stratfor Says Hackers Only Nabbed Credit Card Information

After hackers broke into its website on Dec. 24, Stratfor has partnered with an identity protection service in an effort to give subscribers some measure of comfort. The company will offer its members 12 months of global identity protection for free.

McAfee says Anonymous will reorganize or disband in 2012

 McAfee released its online security threat predictions for 2012 today, predicting that much of the hacking drama that started in 2011 will only grow in the new year.

When technology evolves, so do cyber criminals’ tactics for compromising new software, hardware, online accounts and more. Whole conferences, such as the Black Hat and Defcon conferences in Las Vegas, focus on how people are able to gain access to our machines without permission. But 2011 was filled with the beginnings of a new breed of vigilante hacker, as well as the new world of mobile devices to breach.

'Anonymous' Hackers Target U.S. Security Think Tank

The loose-knit computer-hacking group known as "Anonymous" claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit-card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor.
One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations, and some victims confirmed unauthorized transactions linked to their credit cards.
Anonymous boasted of stealing Stratfor's confidential client list, which includes entities ranging from Apple Inc. to the U.S. Air Force to the Miami Police Department, and mining it for more than 4,000 credit card numbers, passwords and home addresses.
Stratfor, based in Austin, Texas, provides political, economic and military analysis to help clients reduce risk, according to a description on its YouTube page. The company's main website was down, with a banner saying the "site is currently undergoing maintenance."

Homeland Security uncovered Anonymous attack on Public Advocate’s office

Homeland Security officials were among the first to discover that the Public Advocate's Office website was hacked over Christmas weekend.

The federal Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center notified the city's tech department about the cyberattack in which data about thousands of users was stolen.

Anonymous Hacks SpecialForces.com, Posts Passwords and Credit Card Data

Members of the hacker collective Anonymous claim they have stolen about 14,000 user passwords and 8,000 credit card numbers from SpecialForces.com, a military and law enforcement equipment retailer. The data breach occurred several months ago, according to Anonymous, but the group only now decided to post the data online. The purloined password list had reportedly been posted online several weeks ago as well.

Iowa GOP Ups Protection Against Hacker Attack

The Iowa Republican Party is increasing security of the electronic systems it will use next week to count the votes from presidential caucusegoers. Law enforcement and cyber security geeks are also on high alert following a threat from a group of hackers delivered via video. 

Hackers 'to publish US security firm Stratfor's 2.7m client emails'

Hackers linked to the Anonymous group have threatened to publish 2.7million confidential emails stolen from US security firm Stratfor.

In a Christmas Eve attack on the security think tank, hackers affiliated with the loose-knit movement stole thousands of customers' credit card data, which was apparently used to divert $500,000 to various charities, including the Red Cross and Save the Children.