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North Korean Propaganda Website Hacked, Apparently By Anonymous

Uriminzokkiri.com, the North Korean propaganda site, was hacked, it seems. As of posting, it is impossible to access the site. It’s gone dark.


At Least One Member Of Anonymous Wants To Take Down Zynga

Some people don’t like Zynga very much. In the wake of news last week that the FarmVille makers laid off 5 per cent of their worldwide staff (around 150 people), some people really don’t like Zynga very much.


Anonymous Claims PSN Hack Affecting 10 Million Accounts [Update: It's A Hoax]

Anonymous claims it broke into the PlayStation Network and has a 50 gigabyte database of email accounts and their passwords. 10 million accounts “are at risk,” says the hacker involved. The passwords appear to be encrypted, and many of the accounts published in this document appear to be from northern Europe. This still would be a great time to double-check your password security.


Japan Pokes Fun At Anonymous

Last month, internet collective Anonymous (or a group claiming the Anonymous moniker) launched Operation Japan, which was designed to protest the country’s strict copyright law. In the wake of the operation, several Japanese governmental sites were hit. However, there appears to have been a snafu — a blunder, if you will.


Japanese Ministry Unsure If It Was Cyberattacked By Anonymous

This week, hacker-activist collective Anonymous allegedly attacked a number of Japanese government sites, such as the Finance Ministry’s site and the Supreme Court’s site, among others.


How One Hacker Unintentionally Triggered One Of The Biggest Data Thefts Of All Time

George “geohot” Hotz found himself with overnight notoriety when, in 2007, at the age of 17, he successfully unlocked an iPhone — the first known to do so, bragging about it online.


Anonymous Deletes CBS, Universal Sites. Is Xbox Live Next?

Anonymous continues to lash out following the seizure of Megaupload and the jailing of its founder, having momentarily deleted both CBS.com and UniversalMusic.com. Xbox Live has been threatened, but is that credible?


Anonymous Declare War On Sony Over Its Support Of SOPA

The Stop Online Piracy Act is, essentially, a knee jerk, impotent reaction — one which will most likely have little impact on halting piracy. Despite an overwhelmingly negative response from users online, many major companies, including Sony, support SOPA and that has attracted the attention of online group Anonymous who have issued a threat to directly to Sony.


Anonymous Hacks The Secret World — Never Mind, False Alarm

Sorry, I see a guy in a modern-day setting wearing a white face mask and jump to conclusions. Still, the conspiracy-laden Earth of The Secret World seems like a great place for Anonymous to hang out, doesn’t it?


Troll Faces, Empty Jackets Populate Animated Look At Hacker Civil War

Next Media Animation’s army of computer graphic animators churned out a story today neatly encapsulating the week’s escalating hacker wars.


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