Anonymous Says It Has Broken Into NATO

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Anonymous said on Thursday that they have broken into NATO in the latest addition to the infamous hacker activist group’s milestones.
The news comes after Anonymous attached a PDF file on one of the groups posts in Twitter. The file shows a document dated August 27, 2007 and headed “NATO Restricted”.
In another tweet, Anonymous said: “In the next few days, wait for interesting …

Anonymous AntiSec Group Leaks 90,000 Military Emails

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Hacker activist group Anonymous’ AntiSec campaign leaked about 90,000 military email addresses on Monday after attacking a security firm working with the U.S. military.
In a data dump uploaded on Pirate Bay on Monday 20:02:37 GMT, the AntiSec group of Anonymous leaked the said number of emails in an operation it called “Military Meltdown Monday: Mangling Booz Allen Hamilton.”
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Kiplinger Confirms Hacking of its Networks in June

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Kiplinger Washington Editors Inc. has confirmed that its computer networks were hacked last month by the hackers, reported Bloomberg. Kiplinger, which publishes Kiplinger Personal Finance, has cautioned its customers about the possible stealing of their account data by the …

McAfee Reveals South Korea Web Hits May Be North Korean War Exercise

Reputable tech security firm McAfee has revealed that attacks on South Korean government websites in 2009 and 2011 may have been war exercises conducted for North Korea.
According to McAfee’s Dmitri Alperovitch, the attacks are more likely the work of people working for North Korea than the work of hacker activists, Reuters says.
McAfee revealed its findings in a report detailing a technical analysis of data it culled about the attacks on South Korean sites, Reuters reports.
Hacktivists have …

Apple Promises to Address iOS Security Holes

After hackers and the official German IT Security agency warned of critical iOS security holes recently, Apple has promised that it will address these critical vulnerabilities, several reports say.
The news comes via The Associated Press which reported on Thursday that an Apple spokesperson has told them that they are working on a fix for the iOS security holes.
Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security warned on Wednesday that iOS security holes may allow other individuals to gain …

Apple hacked by Anonymous’ AntiSec Campaign

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Hacktivist group Anonymous announced on Sunday that a website from tech giant Apple has been infiltrated by the group.
According to reports, the Apple hacking was part of the Anti Security or AntiSec campaign of Anonymous and members of the now-disbanded LulzSec hacker group.
The announcement about the Apple hacking came from Anonymous via the group’s Twitter account.
“Not being so …

Fox’s @foxnewpolitics Twitter Account Hacked, Tweets Obama is Dead

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There’s a new hacker group making their name known and their first order of business was hacking the politicsTwitter account of Fox News, @foxnewspolitics.
According to reports, the group calling themselves Scriptkiddies broke into the Fox News politics Twitter account and used it to tweet bogus news.
First, they bragged about taking over the @foxnewspolitics account through several …

Citigroup Suffered US$ 2.7 Million Loss Due to Hackers

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Citigroup, the third largest bank in US, has revealed that it had to suffer a loss of about US$2.7 million due to theft of credit card numbers by the hackers, reports Bloomberg.
According to Citigroup, nearly 3,400 customers lost approx. $2.7 million due to breach of credit card information by hackers earlier this year. Now the bank will reimburse all the customers who lost money due to …

Jihadist Internet Forum Hacked

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An internet forum used by jihadist groups from around the world has been brought down by an unidentified hacker or group of hackers at the end of June, several reports say.
The al-Shamukh forum appears to have been hacked in a sophisticated attack, a report from The Associated Press reveals.
The al-Shamukh forum is used by the al-Qaida terrorist group and other groups as a trusted …

Facebook Hires iPhone, PS3 Hacker Geohot

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George Hotz, the white hat hacker famous for circumventing restrictions on Apple’s iPhone and Sony’s PlayStation 3, has reportedly been hired by Facebook.
Hotz, or more familiarly known in the tech world as Geohot, became famous in 2007 for jailbreaking the iPhone making it able to work with any carrier in the U.S. despite AT&T’s supposed exclusivity for the phone.
Geohot has …