Hacker Group Anonymous Takes Up Arms in SOPA Battle

The "hacktivist" network known as Anonymous has stepped into the fray in the battle among legacy media companies, Internet firms, and politicians over the federal Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).


The controversial proposed legislation would make it more difficult for websites to display pirated content, but many tech companies -- including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, and others -- argue that it is overkill, and would unfairly restrict information-sharing.

Stratfor CEO: Data wasn't encrypted, and hackers made multiple attacks

The CEO of Stratfor acknowledged Wednesday that the Austin company failed to encrypt the data that was taken by hackers last month and said the hackers actually made multiple attacks on Stratfor's servers.


Stratfor, which publishes geopolitical analysis, has said hackers took its website down on Christmas. The site has been restored with bolstered security, Stratfor CEO George Friedman said in a Wednesday interview with the American-Statesman.

Israeli government vows to catch Saudi hacker teen who published thousands of credit card numbers, personal data

Hacker claims to have released 400,000 credit card numbers and supposedly has a million more

The Israeli government has vowed to go after a 19-year-old Saudi who posted thousands of credit card numbers and claims to have a million more he's itching to publish.

Anonymous Hacker Group Hacks Symantec’s 2 Antivirus Products

A hacker group, Anonymous from India, has now attacked Symantec after hacking the official data of security analyst firm Stratfor. Symantec officials informed that hackers have stolen the source code of their two anti-virus products which were created five to six years back.
They got know about the theft on Wednesday when they uploaded a latest trophy on the internet forum. They found documentation of two anti-viruses on their website. When they checked it with their experts, they found the source code hacked.

Saudi Hackers Post Israeli Credit Card Numbers Online

A group of Saudi hackers dubbed Group-XP claimed on Monday to have posted the personal information of nearly half a million Israelis online, though credit card companies said the number of compromised records is actually much lower.

The hackers said they broke into one of Israel's top sports Web sites, One.co.il, and redirected visitors to a site where they could download a file containing the personal information of 400,000 Israelis. According to one member of the group, the information included credit card details, including expiration dates and security codes listed on the back of the cards, as well as victims' names, addresses, mobile and home phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.

German Neo Nazi Sites Hacked

Computer hackers from the Anonymous Operations “hacktivist” collective, attacked several German neo-Nazi websites around New Year’s Day. While the group’s attacks forced several right-wing Internet portals to shut down, the hackers captured customer data from other neo-Nazi sites.
On the newly created site Nazi-Leaks.net the hackers published personal data they took from right-wing websites from mail order, newspapers, and networks in an effort to expose neo-Nazi sympathizer and activists, reported German public broadcaster ARD. The published names include high-ranking politicians of the Bavarian wing of the ruling Christian Democrats who subscribe to a right-wing weekly newspaper.

Anonymous imposters: hiding behind the AntiSec identity

Anyone can say they're part of Anonymous.


It's the perfect cover for hackers with motives more sinister than fun and propaganda.


Could that be why private intelligence firm Stratfor was just hacked?


The Operation AntiSec collaborators Anonymous and LulzSec dominated media coverage of online security through 2011, taking credit for hacks of Sony, AT&T, the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency and News International newspapers - even though the more serious cybercriminals continued working on the money-spinners.