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The end is near – Facebook’s day of Destruction

05

Nov

2011

T minus 8 hours until we see if the threats of the hacktivist group Anonymous are fulfilled. November 5 is the scheduled demise of Facebook, according to a YouTube “press release” published months ago, and since removed. Last August a rally cry went out to willing hacktivists or guys who want “to protect the freedom […]

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Is Anonymous still a “hacktivist” collective?

14

Oct

2011

Members of the Internet collective known as “Anonymous” are often described as hacktivists. But are they really? Or are they really just activists (is that what they’ve become)? We follow various Anonymous news accounts on Twitter and ever since the sub-collective, LulzSec, petered out, Anonymous has shifted away from talking about online attacks and hacks […]

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Names and addresses of 25,000 police officers published by Anonymous cell

28

Sep

2011

Police officers are once again finding their names, dates of birth and home addresses have been published on the web. Meanwhile, over half a million customers of a health insurance company have their personal data put at risk. It’s a bad week for data security in Austria. Almost 25,000 Austrian police officers are the latest […]

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