Members of the loose hacker collective Anonymous followed through with their pledge to release the names of members of the Ku Klux Klan, but #OpKKK was flawed from the get-go by uncoordinated document dumps and erroneous information.
A hacker detained in Malaysia now faces extradition to the US under indictment for providing material support to the Islamic State, which US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials are calling a "first of its kind" case.
The hackers behind the massive breach of user data from AshleyMadison.com posted another dump of data from the cheaters' dating site, even larger than the one earlier this week.
Attackers threaten to publish nude pictures, secret sexual fantasies, real names and addresses of Ashley Madison users: all as comeuppance for what they say is an unkept promise of secrecy.
As Baltimore exploded in violent anti-police riots on Monday, the FBI was warning police officers and public officials across the US to be aware of targeted cyberattacks from hacktivists.