Posts Tagged ‘anonymous’
May 16th, 2013 | 
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Opening The Lid On StrongBox, The Anonymous Leak System Aaron Swartz …
Forbes Since WikiLeaks' submission system went offline in late 2010, journalists and hacktivists have struggled to replicate its dropbox for anonymous leaks. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has prosecuted more leakers under the Espionage Act than all other … |
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Anonymous attacks government websites in support of the British creator of …
Insider Media Group (blog) The hacker group Anonymous carried out a series of attacks on Tuesday (21/8) to protest in favor of political asylum to the creator of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, who negotiates to prevent his extradition to Sweden – where he would be tried for assault and rape … |
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Anonymous hackers jailed for cyber attacks on financial firms and anti-piracy …
Mirror.co.uk They then shifted their attention to payment sites which would not process donations to the Wau Holland Foundation, which is involved in raising funds for WikiLeaks. Prosecutor Joel Smith said it was a “persistent campaign” designed to “cause damage, … |
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Andy Greenberg's 'This Machine Kills Secrets' reveals WikiLeaks, Anonymous …
Plain Dealer F orbes magazine journalist Andy Greenberg takes readers on a terrific and revealing — if considerably unsettling — investigation into the shadowy war rooms behind our computer screens in “This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks and … |
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Anonymous attacks 'cost PayPal £3.5m'
Computerworld New Zealand It was said that Weatherhead was part of the Anonymous hacking group, which targeted companies who opposed internet piracy, but who later attacked PayPal after it refused to process Wikileaks payments. Weatherhead denies a charge of conspiracy. |
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UK student in dock over Anonymous £3.5m PayPal attack
Register … was studying at Northampton University when he allegedly took part in "Operation Payback", the packet-flooding campaign against financial services firms that suspended payment processing of donations to WikiLeaks after the whistle-blowing site began … |
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Prosecution of Anonymous activists highlights war for Internet control
Infoshop News Whatever one thinks of WikiLeaks, it is an indisputable fact that the group has never been charged by any government with any crime, let alone convicted of one. Despite that crucial fact, WikiLeaks has been crippled by a staggering array of extra-judicial … |
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 The Droid Guy |
Anonymous hacking costs PayPal £3.5 million as its website was crippled
The Droid Guy He allegedly took part in a campaign that would serve as Anonymous' revenge for PayPal for refusing to process Wikileaks payments. Wau Holland Foundation is an organization involved in raising funds for Wikileaks. When PayPal refused to processed … |
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PayPal puts £3.5 million price tag on Anonymous attacks.
Finextra Christopher Weatherhead is alleged to have been one of the ring-leaders in a string of DDoS attacks on financial services firms last year that were initiated in retaliation to the blockade of payments to the whistleblowing Web site WikiLeaks. The operation … |
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Tags: $3.5, anonymous, attacks, Finextra, Million, PayPal, Price, Puts |
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 OpEdNews |
Prosecution of Anonymous activists highlights war for Internet control
OpEdNews Whatever one thinks of WikiLeaks, it is an indisputable fact that the group has never been charged by any government with any crime, let alone convicted of one. Despite that crucial fact, WikiLeaks has been crippled by a staggering array of extra-judicial … |
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