Anonymous Hack Brings Security Firm To Its Knees

[Joanne98]

The hacktivist group Anonymous is at it again. This time, it has humiliated an Internet security firm that threatened to out the group's hierarchy.

If you remember, Anonymous has been in the news, first, because in support of WikiLeaks, it undertook cyberattacks that brought down the websites of Visa and Mastercard. Second, because it brought down the sites of some government entities in Egypt and helped the anti-government protesters with technical help. Third, because as NPR's Martin Kaste reported, the FBI is hot on the group's heels. (Kaste has more on tonight's All Things Considered.)

Today, the website ArsTechnica ran a piece that details how Anonymous methodically went after HBGary Federal's digital infrastructure. Earlier this month, HBGary Federal's CEO Aaron Barr said the company, which specializes in analyzing vulnerabilities in computer security for companies and even some government agencies, had undertaken an investigation of Anonymous and had used social media to unmask the group's most important people.

The Financial Times reported;

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/02/16/133814783/how-anonymous-exacted-revenge-on-firm-that-threatened-to-out-them

[RKP5637]

1. Excellent!!! n/t

[villager]

2. Remember, remember, the 5th of November...

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[RandomThoughts]

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4. K&R