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USA Today’s Twitter account falls foul of hackers

26

Sep

2011

USA Today is the latest high profile Twitter account to have fallen victim to a group of hackers. A group calling themselves the Script Kiddies have claimed responsibility for the hack, which involved posting a series of messages to the official USA Today Twitter account, including: “Fox News, Wal-mart, Unilevel, Pfizer, NBC and now USA […]

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Suspected hackers arrested over Anonymous/LulzSec internet attacks

02

Sep

2011

Two men, aged 20 and 24, have been arrested by British police in connection with a series of internet attacks orchestrated by the Anonymous and LulzSec gangs. Scotland Yard says that the men, who were arrested in Mexborough, Doncaster, and Warminster in Wiltshire, remain in custody for questioning, and are being held at police stations […]

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Topiary: Have the police arrested the right man?

29

Jul

2011

Since the British police arrested a teenager yesterday in connection with the hacktivist activities of LulzSec and Anonymous, I’ve been asked, time and time again, the same question: Have the cops got the right man? Have they arrested the “real” Topiary? It seems that the reason why they’re asking is that folks are supicious that […]

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