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Message from Anonymous: F.B.I. Arrests
You Cannot Arrest An Idea!-
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Anonymous Unfazed by Topiary Arrest, Starts Support Campaign
Anonymous, as you probably know by now, is a hacker group that is made up of countless individuals who claim to oppose certain ways different governments or high profile organizations work. Over the last few months their 'hackathon' has only been gaining momentum but
authorities like the FBI and various police departments from around the globe have been working overtime trying to crack down on their activities. While they have met with some amount of success, the response from these cyber activists has still been overwhelming.
The police have arrested a teenager, one Jake Davis who goes by the alias Topiary, in Scotland. The 18 year old hacker is believed to be a key member and spokesman for hacker groups LulzSec and Anonymous. He was released on bail on the condition of no 'Internet access'. However, besides being a spokesperson, there is no actual proof that he has taken part in any of the hacks. The hearing for his case has been scheduled for August 30th 2011.
Anonymous being a group that is not the type to take any of this lying down immediately started a campaign called 'Free Topiary' to seek justice for Jake Davis. According to a Pastebin post, Anonymous said, “Jake Davis brought lulz to the oppressed. He spoke in a voice that resonated globally and reached us personally. We are sick of the twisted corporatocracy that controls us through our government, our news media, and our internet. From the remote and desolate Shetland Islands, Jake's voice reached millions. Perhaps the success of his message was in its simplicity, Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve."
They state that Jake Davis may face jail time but a jail sentence to him was not a failure of any sort. The group goes on to state that if they were criminals, they would be rich. Since they are not, they are trying to raise money through BitCoin to help pay for his legal fees. The group is certainly sticking by each other and instead of worrying about getting caught; they still continue to target websites and 'expose' them .
http://tech2.in.com/news/general/anonymous-unfazed-by-topiary-arrest-starts-support-campaign/233742Anonymous, as you probably know by now, is a hacker group that is made up of countless... more-
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US Warns Anonymous, LulzSec Could up Their Game
Hacker groups such as Anonymous and Lulz Security may need to be monitored more closely in the event they are assisted by other hackers with higher skill levels and decide to strike critical infrastructure.
The warning comes from the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
"Some members of LulzSec have demonstrated moderately higher levels of skill and creativity that include using combinations of methods and techniques to target multiple networks," according to the six-page advisory. "This does not take into account the possibility of a higher-level actor providing LulzSec or Anonymous more advanced capabilities."
Anonymous and a splinter group known as LulzSec have wreaked havoc against government and business websites and servers, from low-level defacement of websites up to more sophisticated actions such as stealing sensitive data.
The agency categorized the attacks as "rudimentary" and associated with youths known as "script kiddies" for their use of simple tools to hack. But law enforcement agencies in countries such as the U.S., U.K., Spain and the Netherlands have made arrests in attempts to stem their activities.
On Monday, U.K. prosecutors charged an 18-year-old man with five offenses and said that he is "Topiary," a spokesman for Anonymous who ran a prolific Twitter account antagonizing law enforcement and promoting the groups' cybermischief. Jake Davis, of the Shetland Islands, was freed on bail and is not allowed to use a computer.
Anonymous and LulzSec have targeted defense contractors such as HBGary and ManTech as well as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.K. Serious Organised Crime Agency. Private industry targets included Fox.com and SonyPictures.com.
Anonymous coordinated a large campaign in defense of WikiLeaks in December 2010. The websites of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal and the Swiss Bank PostFinance were subjected to denial-of-service attacks after they stopped processing payments to WikiLeaks following the whistle-blowing site's release of secret U.S. diplomatic cables.
The NCCIC wrote that the groups often do "a significant amount of reconnaissance" before attacking an organization, heavily using social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook to announce their targets.
Those warnings can allow computer security experts to bolster their defense, the NCCIC wrote. The U.S. government expects further attacks on its infrastructure.
"Future attacks are likely to continue but will likely remain limited in scope due to a lack of advanced capabilities," the NCCIC wrote. "These attacks are also likely to target the Federal government and critical infrastructure sectors, particularly in response to publicized events relating to civil liberties, cyber security, or allegations of censorship (online or otherwise)."
The Twitter account "AnonymousIRC" acknowledged the NCCIC's warning: "Now they know what Lulz are," the group wrote, using the Internet term for "laugh out loud."
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237162/us_warns_anonymous_lulzsec_could_up_their_game.htmlHacker groups such as Anonymous and Lulz Security may need to be monitored more... more-
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'Free Topiary' - from Anonymous to celebrity hacktivist
For the Internet collective known as Anonymous, the lulz are bittersweet this week with the arrest of the hacktivist extraordinaire known as Topiary.
"Topiary" is the online alias of 18-year-old Jake Davis. Authorities claim Davis is a key player in the Anonymous collective. Davis is also accused of association with Lulz Security (LulzSec) - the short lived but stunningly successful offshoot of Anonymous.
Davis appeared at a central London court Monday after London's Metropolitan Police, also known as Scotland Yard, announced Sunday they had charged the 18-year-old Davis with multiple offenses. Davis is being charged with unauthorized access to a computer system and conspiring with others to launch online attacks against the website of the U.K.'s Serious Organized Crime Agency, the British equivalent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Davis is reported to be the creator of press releases for both Anonymous and Lulz Security. Davis is being described by his fellow hacktivists as the "greatest digital graffiti artist of all time". As such, Davis is quickly becoming an Internet celebrity. The fact that media reports describe Davis as being autistic only contributes to the mystique and air of celebrity surrounding Topiary.
Davis supporters, via the Anonymous collective, have launched an online campaign - Free Topiary - planning protests and collecting donations to pay for legal fees.
The following is an excerpt from Free Topiary:
A purveyor of many lulz, this swank garden hedge known as Topiary left his personal Twitter account with a quotation... "You cannot arrest an idea."
Jake wrote many lulzy press releases for both Anonymous and Lulz Security.
The Lulz Boat's journey on the seven proxseas went underway only with the aid of Jake and his natural ability to entertain.
There was a great purpose and an important message behind these mischevious acts of cyber-vandalism. Jake Davis brought lulz to the oppressed. He spoke in a voice that resonated globally and reached us personally.
Jake Davis may face jail time, but he publicly spoke of this in the most noble of terms. A jail sentence is, to him, not a failure of any sort.
It is a triumph.
"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." ~ Henry David Thoreau
The following is a selection of relevant tweets in support of Topiary:
We need more people like #Topiary free him
As a crotchy oldman I say, Free #Topiary
Topiary used SQL in college but he never injected. #FreeTopiary
If I was a judge, I'd give Topiary 9001 hrs of community service & count every one of his crimes as hours off his sentence. #FreeTopiary
If I have kids, I'll raise them to be the nextTopiary #FreeTopiary
#Topiary is not a hacker or a DDoSer. His arrest will not slow us down. We are stronger than ever. We are #Anonymous. We are one! #AntiSec
Currently Jake "Topiary" Davis is out on bail.
https://www.examiner.com/anonymous-in-national/free-topiary-from-anonymous-to-celebrity-hacktivistFor the Internet collective known as Anonymous, the lulz are bittersweet this week... more-
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LulzSec Hackers Spokesman "Topiary" Arrested, U.K. Cops Say
The hacking group LulzSec may have just lost its mouthpiece.
U.K. police say they've arrested LulzSec's spokesman, known as "Topiary," from a residential address in the Shetland Islands. The 19-year-old man, whose real name was not revealed, is being transported to London, and a search is ongoing at his address, Slashgear reports.
Police also say they're searching the Lincolnshire residence of a 17-year-old male in a related case, but haven't made an arrest.
LulzSec is known as much for its numerous hacks on government agencies and corporations as it is for bravado. The group maintains an active Twitter account and issued press releases to brag about its latest hacking feats. Topiary was believed to be at the helm of these publicity efforts.
But lately, LulzSec has faded from the spotlight. Shortly after rival hackers released a trove of information that supposedly gave away the identities of several LulzSec members, the group announced that it was ending its hacking campaign. LulzSec did, however, return to take part in hacking News Corp. alongside with a larger group called Anonymous. (Anonymous also saw 14 of its own alleged members arrested last week.)
Arrest Details
Police announced the arrest of Topiary just hours after Anonymous and LulzSec called for a boycott of PayPal due to its withholding of funds from WikiLeaks. LulzSec's Twitter account has not been updated since about seven hours ago, when it denounced PayPal in a series of posts.
There's just one discrepancy about this arrest worth noting: In documents released last month that claimed to expose LulzSec members, Topiary is listed as living in Sweden under the name Daniel Ackerman Sandberg. That obviously conflicts with police's arrest of a man in the Shetland Islands. Surely it won't be long before LulzSec responds with its side of the story.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/236712/lulzsec_hackers_spokesman_topiary_arrested_uk_cops_say.htmlThe hacking group LulzSec may have just lost its mouthpiece. U.K. police say... more-
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Hacker Groups Anonymous LulzSec Call for PayPal Boycott Over Wikileaks Ban | Snark Food
Hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSecurity are calling for a boycott of online payment giant PayPal over its ban on accepting donations for Wikileaks. PayPal, Visa and Mastercard all began refusing to take donations for WikiLeaks in December. The move to ban WikiLeaks donations came after the the organization began releasing restricted State Department cables online.Hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSecurity are calling for a boycott of online payment... more-
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LulzSec Defaces Murdoch Paper With Mogul’s Fake Death Notice
They’re back. The hacker gang LulzSec, after declaring retirement last month, cracked the Rupert Murdoch–owned New Times on Monday and used it to host a fake news story declaring that the embattled media mogul had been found dead at his home.
The web defacement took the form of a mock article from Murdock’s The Sun, with the headline “Media moguls body discoverd” [sic]. The text goes on to claim falsely that Murdoch “ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night.”
“We have owned Sun/News of the World – that story is simply phase 1 – expect the lulz to flow in coming days,” the group announced on its Twitter feed.
At the same time, some visitors were redirected from The Sun’s home page to the fake story, which appeared to have been blocked within an hour.
Murdoch’s news empire has been badly shaken in the last month by a massive voice-mail hacking scandal involving reporters at the UK-based News of the World, which Murdoch recently shuttered.
In May, LulzSec made news for the the first time with a similar attack against the website of PBS Newshour, in which it posted a false news story announcing that deceased rapper Tupac Shakur had been found “alive and well” in New Zealand. By then the gang had already hacked Sony’s Japanese website, and before that Fox.com, where the group stole and posted 363 employee passwords, the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of 73,000 people who had signed up for audition information for the Fox talent show The X-Factor.
Subsequent hack targets included the Arizona Department of Public Safety. By late June, though, web vigilantes and rival hackers had exposed what they said were the real identities of LulzSec’s members, and on June 25 LulzSec announced its retirement. Group leader “Sabu” started a new outfit called AnonymousIRC, which continued targeting corporations and users, including the defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/murdoch/They’re back. The hacker gang LulzSec, after declaring retirement last month,... more-
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LulzSec Hacks The Times with Brutal Murdoch Death Notice
Well, seems like LulzSec has returned, and moved beyond the DDOS attack! Not content to merely shut down one of Rupert Murdoch's paper's websites, the hacking group has instead planted a bizarro-Onionesque account of the mogul's death-by-palladium on a Times redesign page masquerading as The Sun. Well played, #AntiSec.
The the hack was first announced by AnonymousIRC with a tweet, saying:
We have joy we have fun we will mess up Murdoch's Sun: http://t.co/JArvwg1 | Hi Rupert! Have fun tomorrow at the Parliament! #AntiSec
Murdoch's papers of course, and several of his lieutenants have been implicated in the massive hacking scandal that began to unfold earlier this month. Murdoch is scheduled to appear before the British parliament tomorrow.
As of the time of this post, the report was still up. Despite announcing the attack ten minutes after AnonymousIRC—and previous claims of retirement—LulzSec has taken credit for the hacking. They claimed in a tweet that visits to The Sun's homepage redirected to the Murdoch death notice page, though that no longer appears to be the case. And in case it gets taken down soon, here's the full text:
Media moguls [sic] body discovered
Rupert Murdoch, the controversial media mogul, has reportedly been found dead in his garden, police announce.
Murdoch, aged 80, has said to have ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night, passing out in the early hours of the morning.
"We found the chemicals sitting beside a kitchen table, recently cooked," one officer states. "From what we can gather, Murdoch melted and consumed large quantities of it before exiting into his garden."
Chemicals found in house
Authorities would not comment on whether this was a planned suicide, though the general consensus among locals and unnamed sources is that this is the case.
One detective elaborates. "Officers on the scene report a broken glass, a box of vintage wine, and what seems to be a family album strewn across the floor, containing images from days gone by; some containing handpainted portraits of Murdoch in his early days, donning a top hat and monocle."
Another officer reveals that Murdoch was found slumped over a particularly large garden hedge fashioned into a galloping horse. "His favourite", a butler, Davidson, reports.
Butler Davidson has since been taken into custody for additional questioning.
As far as post-modern takes on "who will watch the watchmen" go, it ain't half bad. Here's the full page image:
http://gizmodo.com/5822392/lulzsec-hacks-the-times-with-brutal-murdoch-death-notice
Update: The Times dummy page has finally been taken down—and visiting TheSun.co.uk will redirect you to the LulzSec twitter page—but will stay up indefinitely here on Gizmodo.
Also, the email logins of major News of the World players—including former top News Corp exec Rebeka Brooks—have begun trickling out.
Apparently News International attempted to put out a statement regarding what had happened to The Sun, but LulzSec redirected the page to its Twitter feed before it could be widely circulated.Well, seems like LulzSec has returned, and moved beyond the DDOS attack! Not content... more-
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Operation Anti-Security - Lulz Security
Salutations Lulz Lizards, As we're aware, the government and whitehat security terrorists across the world continue to dominate and control our Internet ocean. Sitting pretty on cargo bays full of corrupt booty, they think it's acceptable to condition and enslave all vessels in sight. Our Lulz Lizard battle fleet is now declaring immediate and unremitting war on the freedom-snatching moderators of 2011. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/free-stuff/42973-operation-anti-security-Salutations Lulz Lizards, As we're aware, the government and whitehat security... more-
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Hackers Temporarily Down CIA Website | Video
Hackers temporarily down CIA website
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/06/16/cia.hackers.lulzsec/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
CIA, Senate hackers gleefully promise more
Doug Gross
By Doug Gross, CNN
June 16, 2011 9:11 p.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Lulz Security, or LulzSec, is a group claiming responsibility for recent high-profile hacks and attacks
Group breached Sony, U.S. Senate sites and launched attacks on the CIA
LulzSec is likely a spin-off group from WikiLeaks supporters "Anonymous"
The name is derived from "LOL," since members say it's all for a laugh
(CNN) -- They've breached or busted the websites of the CIA, PBS and the U.S. Senate, and launched at least part of an extended attack on Sony, whose PlayStation Network was brought to a grinding halt for the better part of a month.
And, to hear them tell it, it's all for a laugh.
Meet Lulz Security, or LulzSec, the gleeful and secretive band of hackers who appear to be responsible for a string of high-profile and sometimes embarrassing Internet attacks.
Their most recent strike, and arguably the most ambitious, was a distributed denial-of-service attack Wednesday that shut down the Central Intelligence Agency's website for a couple of hours.
A DDoS attack is fairly easy with the right software. But the group has also hacked into sites ranging from Sony Pictures to porn sites, often publishing the passwords and other personal information they find.
Instead of hiding in the dark shadows of the Internet, they are front-and-center on an active Twitter feed fueled with taunts, crude jokes and hints about future attacks.
For those who don't speak the language, "lulz" is an offshoot of "LOL," webspeak for laughing out loud. Think of it as a substitute for "just for a laugh."
"Lulz Security, where the entertainment is always at your expense, whether you realize it or not," read a recent post on the account. "Wrecking your infrastructures since 2011."
Analysts said the group appears to be some sort of spin-off of "Anonymous," the loose coalition of hackers that formed in support of whistle-blower site WikiLeaks.
But while Anonymous has its own set of moral codes and is largely politically motivated, LulzSec tends to be random.
For every hack like the one on PBS, which the group said came out of anger over a documentary about WikiLeaks, there's the cracking of porn site pron.com -- and a subsequent public list of members' e-mail addresses and passwords.
Breaches are often followed by cautionary notes: Some have even denigrated their own hacking abilities, saying the sites they targeted were incredibly easy to penetrate.
"These seem like they're probably some kids in the garage or something that are just having fun," said David Gorodyansky, CEO and co-founder of security software firm AnchorFree.
A request for comment sent to the group's Twitter account was not returned Thursday.
Click on the group's website and the theme song from "The Love Boat" plays over an image of what the group calls "The Lulz Boat." The logo is a cartoon dandy in top hat, monocle and handlebar mustache.
But if the attitude is lighthearted (They've even set up a request line with a 614 Columbus, Ohio, area code, to solicit future target suggestions), the consequences can be serious.
For example, on Thursday LulzSec posted what it said were 62,000 e-mails and their passwords, gleaned from unknown sources (Gizmodo has posted a tool to help discover if your account is one of them).
Afterward, they retweeted messages from several followers who bragged they'd gotten access to PayPal, Amazon, Facebook and other accounts from the list.
One follower claimed to have hacked into a woman's Facebook account and broken up with her boyfriend.
It's unclear whether LulzSec members played a role in the Sony PlayStation Network breach that compromised the information of 77 million users. But they've posted on their website what they claim is proprietary information from Sony Pictures and other Sony properties' websites.
After the U.S. Senate breach, LulzSec posted what it called a "just-for-kicks" release of some internal data.
"We don't like the US government very much," it wrote. "Their boats are weak, their lulz are low, and their sites aren't very secure. In an attempt to help them fix their issues, we've decided to donate additional lulz in the form of owning them some more!"
To help avoid such attacks, Gorodyansky suggested website owners make sure to encrypt them. Using Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https), instead of the "http" that most sites use, makes data more difficult to obtain.
He also urged organizations, businesses and governments to make sure they are running the latest updates, or firmware, for their security tools.
"You may have the latest and most expensive equipment, but if you don't update the firmware as soon as it comes out, it's very easy for the hackers to exploit," he said.Hackers temporarily down CIA website... more-
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