By Donna Leinwand Leger USA TODAY An influential computer hacker turned FBI informant led investigators to his former accomplices, helping federal agents make their first significant crack into Anonymous, a cybergroup that attacks corporate and government websites. Four members of the international computer hacking group LulzSec were charged Tuesday with a worldwide conspiracy after the…
By Tom Espiner ZDNet Daily Newsletters Businesses are not taking Anonymous and hacktivism seriously enough, according to an FBI special agent. The youth of alleged Anonymous hackers, who are often teenagers or in their early twenties, has lead a number of businesses to dismiss the hacking group without taking into account the ramifications of a…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous that obtained the personal information of some West Virginia police officers and posted the information online, in what the hackers called a warning against police brutality, reports ABC. The group of hackers, referred to as the CabinCr3w by the West Virginia…
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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Investigators in the prosecution of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking top secret documents to WikiLeaks, may face a backlash from activist hackers online, reports NextGov.com. Gregg Housh, an Internet activist who follows the pro-WikiLeaks hacking collective known as “Anonymous”, said there is talk in the chat rooms of retaliating…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a Connecticut man Tuesday in connection with a cyberattack on the website of KISS frontman Gene Simmons, NewsCore reports. Kevin George Poe is believed to be a part of the computer hacking collective Anonymous. Poe was released on a $10,000 bond after being taken into custody without incident,…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Some have been called criminals and troublemakers, some freedom fighters and political activists. Now, three can assuredly be called indicted. Two computer hackers affiliated with the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous have been arrested by the FBI, reports Fox News. Cody Kretsinger, 23, was charged in Phoenix with conspiracy and the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the hacking thefts of credit cards, email messages and other information from websites of rural law enforcement departments, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that the hackers collective Anonymous said Saturday it attacked 70 websites of law enforcement departments in retaliation for the arrests of some of…
