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By Kelly Faircloth 1/09 1:15pm

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Once more into the breach, eh?

Anonymous Wants DDoS Considered Free Speech, Hops on the White House Petition Bandwagon

The loosely organized Internet philosophizers of Anonymous have decided to take a brief break from hassling Steubenville, the Westboro Baptist Church and Hunter Moore for a bit of good, old-fashioned soapboxery. The Daily Dot reports that the group has just launched a petition on WhiteHouse.gov titled “Make, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), a legal form of protesting.”

In short, they want DDoS attacks considered free speech, and they want anyone arrested for DDoS attacks released immediately. A provocative idea! Read More

By Steve Huff 1/09 10:32am

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U.S. Intelligence Suspects Iran of Using ‘bRobots’ to DDoS American Banks

U.S. officials are still convinced that continuing denial of service (DDoS) attacks against American banks by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters are cover for state-sponsored cyber sabotage by Iran, according to a report in today’s New York Times.

The Times reports that the U.S. doesn’t believe the hacking group’s repeated claim they are targeting banks because the anti-Islam video Innocence of Muslims hasn’t been taken off the Internet: Read More

By Steve Huff 12/21/12 2:31pm

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Qassam Cyber Fighters Still All Up in Your Online Banking

Earlier this week the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters announced new distributed denial of service (DDos) attacks on U.S. banks, part of what they’ve referred to as Phase 2 of their “Operation Ababil.” It appears that they have been true to their word.

As of 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, virtually all of the most recent site outage reports on SiteDown.co, one of the largest website outage notification services, were for either Wells Fargo or Bank of America. Comments from Wells Fargo customers ranged from the questioning–”What idiots do you hire to manage to your website?” to the timely: “Did the mayans shut down wells fargo as well no world no monies (sic).” Read More

By Jessica Roy 12/20/12 4:24pm

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CIA.gov Goes Down, UG Nazi Claims Responsibility

CIA.gov, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s official web portal, went down this afternoon and continues to be inaccessible, according to Down For Everybody or Just Me. Osama the God, “leader of #UGNazi,” a hacktivist crew, has taken responsibility on Twitter.

“#TangoDown #UGNazi #OpAntiGov http://cia.gov,” he tweeted, following that message up with several retweets that credit UGNazi for the attack. The move is part of #OpAntiGov, a longstanding UG Nazi operation. Read More

By Jessica Roy 12/19/12 12:26pm

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Twitter Suspends Anonymous’s Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews (Update: It’s Back)

Twitter has suspended one of the Anonymous’s most followed accounts, @YourAnonNews, which boasted almost 800,000 followers prior to its suspension. Some members of the hacktivist collective believe that the account was suspended for its work in helping to organize an operation meant to keep the Westboro Baptist Church from protesting at the funerals of Sandy Hook victims. As Twitter does not comment on the status of individual accounts, Betabeat cannot confirm why the account was suspended. Read More

By Steve Huff 12/18/12 6:06pm

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Wells Fargo, hit by al-Qassam Cyber Fighters DDoS attacks.

The Qassam Cyber Fighters Send Holiday Greetings With Renewed DDoS Attacks On Banks

Denial of service elves Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters issued a new statement Tuesday and apparently renewed DDoS attacks on American bank websites.

In a brief Pastebin post the hackers–who claim they are mainly motivated by outrage over the anti-Muslim video, Innocence of Muslims–acknowledged the horrific school shootings that took place in Newtown Connecticut on December 14th, but re-committed to their efforts against U.S. financial institutions: Read More

By Jessica Roy 12/18/12 3:43pm

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Anonymous Plans to Form Human Shield to Protect Sandy Hook Funeral Goers From Westboro Baptist Church

Anonymous has been hitting the Westboro Baptist Church hard after the hate group announced it would picket funerals in Newtown. The hacker collective has released private information about the church’s most influential members, hacked into its spokesperson’s Twitter account and taken down 19 of its registered domains. Now, Anonymous is planning to take its efforts offline and into the town itself. Read More

By Kelly Faircloth 12/17/12 6:03pm

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It was probably a bad idea to mess with this woman, honestly.

The ‘Hollywood Hacker’ Who Leaked ScarJo Nudes Is Going Away for 10 Years

The AP reports that the so-called “Hollywood hacker,” a creeper convicted of cracking the email accounts of starlets like Scarlet Johansson and Mila Kunis, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Mr. Chaney pled guilty to several charges, including wiretapping.

Just goes to show that crime doesn’t pay–especially when you splash your wrongdoing all over the celebugossip blogs. Read More

By Jessica Roy 12/17/12 1:57pm

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Anonymous Takes Down Westboro Baptist Church Website

Anonymous is currently executing a distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) on the website of the Westboro Baptist Church, GodHatesFags.com. The website is currently inaccessible.

The hacktivist collective launched an operation against the notorious hate group after Westboro announced that they will picket the funerals of victims of Friday’s devastating school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. An Anonymous source told Beteabeat that they intend to continue the DDOS attack throughout the day; he also said that the group plans to gain control of the website and deface it. Read More

By Jessica Roy 12/17/12 8:37am

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Twitter Account of Westboro Baptist Church Spokesperson Hacked; Teen Hacker Cosmo the God Claims Responsibility

Anonymous announced its intention to “destroy” Westboro Baptist Church this weekend following news that the group would be picketing the funerals of children who died in Friday’s horrific school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Now, infamous 15-year-old hacker Cosmo the God of the Underground Nazi Hacktivist Group (UGNazi) appears to have joined the fray. The Twitter account of much-reviled Westboro spokesperson Shirley Phelps-Roper has been hacked, and Cosmo is claiming responsibility. Ms. Phelps-Roper is the daughter of Fred Phelps, who is the head of the WBC. Read More