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World Cup DDoS blackmailer sentenced to jail

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Jun

2011

A court in Dusseldorf, Germany, has convicted a man who extorted money out of online gambling websites in the run-up to the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa. The Frankfurt man, who has not been identified, successfully blackmailed three online betting sites (and attempted to extort money from three others) by threatening them with […]

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CIA website brought down by DDoS attack, LulzSec hackers claim responsibility

16

Jun

2011

The CIA website at cia.gov is currently inaccessible, having apparently fallen foul of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by hackers. Almost inevitably, fingers are pointing towards the notorious LulzSec hacktivist group who have made a name for themselves recently with a series of attacks against corporations, organisations and websites – sometimes forcing them offline, and […]

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Spanish police arrest Anonymous hacking suspects

10

Jun

2011

Spanish police have arrested three men, suspected of being members of the notorious Anonymous hacking group. The men, whose names have not been made public, were detained in Alicante, Almeria and Barcelona. Spain’s Technological Investigation Brigade (BIT), the police unit who conducted the investigation, have held a live TV press conference about the arrests. According […]

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