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  • Anonymous hackers hacked by young Turks

    Anonymous hackers hacked by young Turks

    Anonymous hackers hacked by young Turks

    ‘Snobby, arrogant, IGNORANT little f*cking children’

    By John Leyden

    AnonPlus, the social network set up by anarcho-hacktivista collective Anonymous, has itself been hacked.

    Affiliates of the group began to set up the site after profiles established by its members on Google+ were turfed out last week. Days later the pre-beta site was defaced by rival hackers in Turkey, who replaced the site’s front page with the image of a dog wearing a suit, a joke version of the standard Anonymous logo, together with a message (below) mocking the group in Turkish and English.

    We Are TURKIYE We Are AKINCILAR

    This logo suits you more … How dare you rise against to the World … Do you really think that you are Ottoman Empire? We thought you before that you cannot challenge with the world and we teach you cannot be social Now all of you go to your doghouse …

    The tactics used to pull off the hack are unknown but most likely involved either easily exploited site vulnerabilities or sloppy password security: just the sort of slipup Anonymous has been criticising big business for, through its ongoing AntiSec campaign. It’s unlikely any personal data was exposed, not least because the site is purely in development at present.

    The motives of the attack are not exactly clear but this may be a patriot-hacker response for Anonymous operations in Turkey earlier this summer, Gizmodo suspects. Developers behind AnonPlus had a few choice words for Turkish hackers dismissing them, among other things, as “snobby, arrogant, IGNORANT little fucking children” in a counter-rant.

    Anonymous has been active in Turkey, attacking government websites in protest against controversial internet filtering plans back in June. Turkish police arrested 32 suspects days later. ®

    via Anonymous hackers hacked by young Turks • The Register.

  • Anonymous hacker group members arrested in all over Europe

    Anonymous hacker group members arrested in all over Europe

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    Police in Italy and Switzerland searched more than 30 apartments as part of an investigation into online activist collective “Anonymous,” amid a growing global law-enforcement crackdown on high-profile computer attacks claimed by the group’s followers.

    The move is the latest enforcement activity in a probe that since December has netted more than 40 arrests of individuals authorities in the U.K., Netherlands, Spain and Turkey have linked to Anonymous.

    In the U.S., the Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing a probe that has involved dozens of searches over recent months.

    That includes the raid last week of the home of a Hamilton, Ohio, man believed to have links to an Anonymous splinter group called LulzSec.

    Italian police said they suspect some 20 people, five of whom are ages 16 or 17, are behind so-called denial-of-service attacks, in which websites are bombarded with data with the aim of knocking them offline.

    The searches conducted on Tuesday included the home of someone the police identified as a leader of Anonymous’s Italian cell, a 26-year-old man who goes by the nickname “Phre” and lives in Switzerland.

    According to Italian authorities, the attacks targeted the websites of the Italian Parliament and top companies including Enel SpA, ENI SpA and Mediaset SpA, the country’s largest commercial broadcaster, which is owned by Silvio Berlusconi. No arrests were made.

    Anonymous grew out of an online message forum formed in 2003 called 4chan, a popular destination with hackers and gamers.

    It entered the spotlight late last year, claiming cyberattacks against companies and individuals the group said tried to impede the work of document-sharing website WikiLeaks. That included MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc.

    Over recent months, followers of Anonymous and LulzSec—which takes its name from Internet slang for laughter—have claimed responsibility for a number of denial-of-service attacks and computer breaches of a number of high-profile targets, ranging from corporations like Sony Corp. to the FBI and other government organizations.

    British police, who are cooperating with the FBI, have arrested seven individuals this year. That includes 19-year old Ryan Cleary, who had been a prominent figure in Anonymous and then LulzSec.

    U.K. prosecutors late last month charged him with five computer-related offenses.

    Authorities allege he infected computers in order to form a computer network, called a botnet, which he then used to launch online attacks against websites including that of the U.K. Serious Organised Crime Agency.

    Essex-based Mr. Cleary, who is out on bail, is cooperating with police, his lawyer has said. The other six individuals arrested in the U.K. have been released on bail and haven’t been charged.


    The Wall Street Journal

     

  • Turkey releases 14 suspected hackers

    Turkey releases 14 suspected hackers

    Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities have released all 23 people detained in a police sweep against alleged computer hackers linked to an international activist group.

    The Anatolia agency said nine of the suspects were released Wednesday following police questioning for suspected ties to the group “Anonymous.” Fourteen others were also questioned by prosecutors and then released.

    The prosecutors were expected to decide in the coming days whether to bring charges against the 14.

    “Anonymous” targeted the website of Turkey’s telecommunications watchdog last week to protest plans to introduce Internet filters in August. The watchdog said it was prepared and disruption was minimal.

    Nine minors, also arrested in the sweep, were released earlier.

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  • Turkey Arrests 32 Suspected Hackers After Protests Against Government Internet Filters

    Turkey Arrests 32 Suspected Hackers After Protests Against Government Internet Filters

    by Sarah Kessler

    Turkish police have arrested 32 people that they believe played a role in taking down government websites on Thursday.

    hackersA loosely affiliated group of hackers known as Anonymous attacked the websites in response to Internet filters that Turkey plans to implement in August, The Wall Street Journal reports. Government officials say the mandatory filters are intended to protect web users, but many consider the filters to be a censorship effort.

    Websites claiming to represent Anonymous, which is known for launching coordinated cyberattacks on corporate and government websites, announced plans to “fight” the Turkish government in response to the filters.

    The 32 arrests were made on Sunday, the day of Turkey’s national elections, in 12 different cities. Eight of the people arrested were minors and one was a lawyer, according to Turkish news outlet Anadolu Ajansi.

    Turkey isn’t the only country cracking down on hackers.

    On June 10, police in Spain arrested three people described as members of Anonymous after they found evidence suggesting that the suspects were involved in attacks on numerous government websites, as well as the cyberattack that shut down Sony’s PlayStation Network for more than a month.