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(...) 'Anonymous' unleashed their anger at a security firm who had been investigating
their membership. HBGary Federal had been working on unmasking their identities in
cooperation with an FBI investigation into the attacks against companies who were
cutting off WikiLeaks access and financing. Unlike the DDoS attacks for which
cooperation with an FBI investigation into the attacks against companies who were
cutting off WikiLeaks access and financing. Unlike the DDoS attacks for which
Anonymous has made headlines in recent months, this incident involved true hacking
skills. Anonymous compromised the HBGary website and replaced it with an image
explaining their motivation. In addition to the defacement, they downloaded over
60,000 emails from the company and posted them on The Pirate Bay.
Read the full story here:
Closely related:
This story on Gawker:
The 'Guardian' has some additional details:
A list of other 'Guardian' articles referring to 'Anonymous' in general is at
At the time of editing, http://www.hbgary.com/ is still showing a placeholder, while
http://hbgaryfederal.com/ and http://rootkit.com/ appear to be offline. The image used by
or http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2294/internetsanon.jpg, also at http://imagebin.org/136505.
Another instance of the 'modified' website is here --> http://imagebin.org/136490.
Aaron Barr's Twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/aaronbarr/ was definitely run by the hackers
until some hours ago (not quite sure at the moment...); an archived view is here:
http://chirpstory.com/li/667.
Another instance of the 'modified' website is here --> http://imagebin.org/136490.
Aaron Barr's Twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/aaronbarr/ was definitely run by the hackers
until some hours ago (not quite sure at the moment...); an archived view is here:
http://chirpstory.com/li/667.
The 'Financial Times' article mentioned above is available in the clear at
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Cyberactivists-warned-arrest-ftimes-3487898538.html?x=0
(no FT account required).
Related: FBI Raids Dozens In Pro-Wikileaks Hacktivist Investigation:
http://gawker.com/#!5745366/fbi-raids-dozens-in-pro+wikileaks-hacktivist-investigation
Finally, the full torrent link to all leaked emails (easily available via Google):
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6156166/HBGary_leaked_emails
Don't miss this sarcastic 'press release' from Anonymous for some laughs:
http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=377
Update (16:00 UT): We now have 'Anonymous's (serious) press release describing this action in
full detail: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=127412497328062&id=192003674161436;
this text can also be read on their own website at http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=378.
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We at SFU have been waiting for this story to make it today's item for our -->
'Mountain Man's DAILY HAHA' ... !! - Be prepared for more:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6156166/HBGary_leaked_emails
Don't miss this sarcastic 'press release' from Anonymous for some laughs:
http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=377
Update (16:00 UT): We now have 'Anonymous's (serious) press release describing this action in
full detail: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=127412497328062&id=192003674161436;
this text can also be read on their own website at http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=378.
*******
We at SFU have been waiting for this story to make it today's item for our -->
'Mountain Man's DAILY HAHA' ... !! - Be prepared for more:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mountain-Mans-Daily-Award/145263168853207
