In Real Life

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.


January 23, 2012
News

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?


January 3, 2012
News

Anonymous Declare War On Sony Over Its Support Of SOPA

Kotaku AU

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.


August 18, 2011
PC

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?


June 17, 2011
In Real Life

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.


June 15, 2011
News

Roving Hackers ‘LulzSec’ Take Down Minecraft, EVE Online

According to their Twitter updates, LulzSec has launched DDoS attacks – either on purpose or as a side effect of a mass hack attempt – that has taken down EVE Online, Escapist magazine and Minecraft, proving conclusively that they hate everyone equally.


June 14, 2011
News

Turkish Cops Arrest 32 Suspect Anonymous Members

After Spanish cops arrested a trio of suspected Anonymous members, the Turkish police now say it has arrested 32 suspected Anonymous members, including eight minors. No word yet if they were involved in the PSN hacks. [The Guardian]


June 13, 2011
News

After PSN Hack Arrest, Spanish Police’s Website Knocked Offline

On Friday, Spanish police arrested three in the PSN hacks. On Sunday, the website for Spain’s national police was knocked offline by a denial of service attack. [BBC]


May 10, 2011
PlayStation

Some Of The PS3 Hackers May Be Turning On Themselves

It’s believed that members of Anonymous, a group of hackers and activists, are behind the attacks on the PlayStation Network. While the group’s “leaders” have dismissed these claims, the fact they’re seen as “leaders” at all may have become a bit of a problem.


May 9, 2011
PlayStation

‘Anonymous’ Respond To PSN Allegations

Kotaku AU

Plenty have suggested that the internet group ‘Anonymous’ were behind the PSN breach, whilst many security experts have claimed otherwise. Now a release from someone claiming to represent the group has responded to recent allegations published in the Financial Times claiming that the information was “incorrect”.