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February 8, 2012

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:11 AM/CST

Attackers Breached Foxconn, Dumped Data For Fun

SwaggSec has picked up where LulzSec left off, attacking Apple's China-based iPhone manufacturer for fun and dumping passwords online

January 7, 2012

Saturday, January 07, 2012 2:47 PM/CST

McAfee Predicts More Hacktivism in 2012

McAfee addressed hacktivism in their 2012 security predictions.

October 24, 2011

Monday, October 24, 2011 8:39 PM/CST

Tango Down: WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks has shut its doors because it has run out of money.

October 14, 2011

Friday, October 14, 2011 2:44 PM/CST

Hackers Target Bankers' Personal Data as Part of "Occupy Wall Street"

Some people are taking the protest against bankers and Wall Street executives online by searching for and dumping personal data

October 12, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:57 AM/CST

RIM, Bank of America Outages Weren't Part of a Hack

Not every outage is a cyber-attack, but if companies aren't up front about why their services are not available, customers will assume hackers are at fault.

September 28, 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:24 PM/CST

Personal Info on Goldman Sachs CEO, NYPD Officer Leaked

Occupy Wall Street supporters dug up personal information on Goldman Sachs CEO and on the NYPD police officer who pepper sprayed women without cause.

September 2, 2011

Friday, September 02, 2011 1:02 PM/CST

Anonymous Defaces Texas Police Website After Latest Arrests

U.K. police arrest someone for taking part in an Anonymous or LulzSec attack. Anonymous attacks and defaces Websites, leaks documents. Wash, rinse, repeat.

September 1, 2011

Thursday, September 01, 2011 6:00 PM/CST

WikiLeaks Battles Leaked Password, DDoS Attacks

WikiLeaks is faced with a leak of its own, as an encrypted file containing the uncensored diplomatic cables are readily on public Torrent sites.

August 2, 2011

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:35 AM/CST

Anonymous Member Plans Open Source Malware, Automated Tools

A member of Anonymous posted code for a framework to develop malware easily and efficiently and automated tools to launch attacks on PasteBin days before Black Hat and DEFcon.

July 14, 2011

Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:42 PM/CST

Anti-Anonymous Vigilantism Goes Awry

Anti-Anonymous group outed the wrong person as a major Anonymous ringleader, highlighting the fact that vigilantism is not the best way to get justice

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