June 15, 2021

“Face of Anonymous” suspect deported from Mexico to face US hacking charges

After nearly a decade as a US expat dubbed "The Face of Anoynmous", he's back in the US facing cybercrime charges from almost a decade ago.

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June 23, 2020

‘BlueLeaks’ exposes sensitive files from hundreds of police departments

The journalist collective DDoSecrets published nearly 270GB of data on Juneteenth: the date commemorating the end of US enslavement.

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June 16, 2020

‘Anonymous’ takes down Atlanta Police Dept. site after police shooting

Hackers affiliating themselves with the hacktivist label have joined the Black Lives Matter backlash after a fatal police shooting on Friday.

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June 02, 2020

Hacker posts database stolen from Dark Net free hosting provider DH

Some 7,600 dark-web sites were obliterated in an attack on the most popular provider of .onion free hosting services, Daniel's Hosting.

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June 26, 2019

Hacker threw Molotov cocktail, dropped USB drive of his DDoS deeds

Those things drop out of pockets at the worst times. Like, say, when you're hurling a bomb at a brick-and-mortar that you've also DDoSed.

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January 14, 2019

10 years for Boston Children’s Hospital attacker

Martin Gottesfeld said he wishes he “had done more” than knock out BCH’s network for at least two weeks.

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August 22, 2017

News in brief: AWS buckets leak more data; NHS hit by hacker; ‘Mr Smith’ may publish GoT episodes

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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August 11, 2017

Latest viral sensation app Sarahah raises concerns about cyberbullying

'My son signed up for an account; within 24 hours someone posted a racist comment on his page including saying that he should be lynched'

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October 24, 2016

Anonymous hacker charged with #opJustina DDoS attacks on hospitals

To his horror, his lead prosecutor is Carmen Ortiz: she who went after Aaron Swartz and Jonathan James. Both committed suicide pre-trial.

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