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Anonymous responds after suspected hacktivists arrested in Italy and Switzerland

06

Jul

2011

15 people, suspected of involvement in the Anonymous hacktivism movement which has launched a series of internet attacks, were arrested earlier this week following raids in Italy and Switzerland. According to media reports, a 26-year-old Swiss-Italian called “Phre”, based in Canton Ticino, was amongst those detained and charged. It is alleged that “Phre” was a […]

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MasterCard.com website down in apparent Wikileaks-motivated internet attack

28

Jun

2011

MasterCard’s website is currently inaccessible following what appears to be a WikiLeaks-inspired internet attack against it. In what appears to be the latest salvo by hactivists, the mastercard.com website is thought to be suffering from a denial-of-service attack – where an internet site is bombarded with a large amount of traffic making it impossible for […]

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SOCA website scalp claimed by LulzSec in apparent DDoS attack

21

Jun

2011

SOCA, the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency, appears to have become the latest casualty of the LulzSec hacking group as its website was sporadically inaccessible today.In an echo of the announcement LulzSec made about its attack on the CIA’s website, a message on Twitter announced the news of the denial-of-service attack in simple terms: Tango […]

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Anonymous responds after suspected hacktivists arrested in Italy and Switzerland

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