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Anonymous: We'll kill Facebook on bonfire night
5 November date of attack 10 August 2011 10:11 GMT TweetRemember remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder, treason, should ever be forgot...
Written about Guy Fawkes' "Gunpowder plot", a plan to bring down the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King...
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Sony wins Pwnie award for PlayStation Network hack
My little Pwnie 8 August 2011 10:48 GMT TweetSony has grabbed themselves a very special Pwnie award at this year's Black Hat security conference in Caesars Palace Las Vegas. The company scooped the prize for the PlayStation Network hack and lengthy service outage that ensued.
The Pwnies...
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Anonymous gives Syrian Ministry of Defence website a redesign
In support of Syrian people 8 August 2011 10:02 GMT TweetAnonymous went all out with its latest hack, completely transforming the Syrian Ministry of Defence website into a set of videos and links that pointed to the actions of leader Bashar Al-Assad.
Inside the redesigned site's source code was a...
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UK police: Jack Davis is definitely LulzSec's Topiary
Authorities convinced 1 August 2011 11:34 GMT TweetThe British authorities are convinced that the now-named 18-year-old Jack Davis, arrested on one of the Shetland Islands, Scotland last week is indeed the famed Topiary, one of the leaders and founders of LulzSec.
Reports at the end of the...
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Could latest LulzSec leader arrest be the wrong Topiary?
Chat logs suggest so 28 July 2011 10:07 GMT TweetYesterday, police arrested a 19-year-old man on one of the remote Shetland Islands, Scotland, believing him to be LulzSec co-founder and leader Topiary. And, by all accounts, it is widely believed that he does, indeed, go by that name online. However,...
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Anonymous and LulzSec mount anti PayPal campaign
Antisec asks users to close accounts 27 July 2011 14:11 GMT TweetPastebin, the hackers favourite text hosting website, has become home to a written plea, from LulzSec and Anonymous, for readers to close down their PayPal accounts.
The FBI continues to crack down on internet based hacking groups, something...
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Anonymous to create own social network after Google+ banning
Open to all 18 July 2011 16:56 GMT TweetAnonymous is to create its own social network called anonplus in response to the recent removal of its page from Google+.
Your Anon News was removed from Google's social network after a violation of its community standards. Soon after a splash...
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JailbreakMe ready to hack your iPad 2
Or any other iOS 4.3.3 device 6 July 2011 9:39 GMT TweetJailbreakMe 3.0 has gone live, making it possible to jailbreak your iPad, iPad 2 or iPhone - all from your iDevice's mobile Safari browser, and with just one click of a button.
As long as you're running iOS 4.3.3, you simply need to visit JailbreakMe.com...
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LulzSec: Lessons can be learned from hacking spree
Group forces companies to improve 5 July 2011 16:13 GMT TweetA member of the now retired hacking group LulzSec has broken cover for an interview with the New Scientist magazine. And Sabu claims that, although originally for the "lulz", the team's attacks on several large company websites and databases have been...
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Fox News has Twitter feed hacked - claims Obama is dead
Anonymous links claimed 4 July 2011 15:08 GMT TweetFollowing an alleged hack by members of Anonymous, Fox News had posted a tweet that claimed US president Barack Obama had been shot dead.
The tweet, which read: "BREAKING NEWS: President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved...
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Anonymous targets Apple in latest hack
Even the mighty Apple may not be safe 4 July 2011 13:06 GMT TweetWith the PSN all but restored and LulzSec gone quiet, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Summer hackathon was over. Not so..it now looks like Anonymous has gone and hacked the mighty Apple.
Before you get too excited, no there wasn't...
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FBI LulzSec raids continue - Iowa women gets visit
Time running out for retired hacking group 29 June 2011 11:01 GMT TweetThe LulzSec hacking group may have pronounced its retirement a few days back, but that won't stop the FBI and other international police forces from pursuing the individuals involved. One suspected member, Ryan Cleary, has been released on bail after...
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The greatest hacks in history
FEATURE The world of phreaks, worms and trojans 27 June 2011 12:45 GMT TweetAll the guffor currently surrounding LulzSec's hacking shenanigans got us thinking. The more stories we wrote about the group, the more we wondered where it all began...
We set about sorting our DDoS attacks from our phreaks, our worms from...
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LulzSec gets political with Arizona police hack
Not just for Lulz anymore 24 June 2011 10:06 GMT TweetIn recent times we've seen technology blogs inundated with stories of the latest hack from LulzSec. Only earlier this week there was news that the outfit had potentially lost its leader dominated headlines.
It looks like it didn't. The hacking...
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19 year old LulzSec mastermind arrested
Update: LulzSec says not necessarily leader 21 June 2011 13:16 GMT TweetLooks like the days of LulzSec's hackathon are now numbered, with the arrest of a 19 year old from Essex said to be the mastermind behind the cyber attacks.
A joint operation between the FBI and Scotland Yard led to the eventual arrest of the...
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