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Massive DDOS Attack Targeted P2PNet
Often when a voice becomes clearly distinguishable, pertinent and with the ability of forming opinions and inspiring dissidence, efforts are made to silence it. Earlier this week, the crew at p2pnet for whom we have great respect and appreciation has been the victim of such efforts. To cut to the chase here’s what the website read a few days ago: Someone out there wants to stop p2pnet from broadcasting news and information the powers-that-used-to-be don’t want reported.
Continue reading »Guilty Plea in ‘Anonymous’ DDoS Scientology Attack
A Nebraska man is pleading guilty in federal court to a computer disruption charge for his role in the 2008 distributed denial-of-service attack that temporarily shuttered Church of Scientology websites, the authorities said Tuesday. Los Angeles federal prosecutors said Brian Thomas Mettenbrink, 20, signed a plea agreement Friday admitting his role in the January, 2008 attack (.pdf) –- bringing to two the number of defendants convicted in Anonymous’ attack on Scientology. Mettenbrink is expected within days to be sentenced to a year in prison, prosecutors said.
Continue reading »Google Hackers Targeted Source Code of More Than 30 Companies
A hack attack that targeted Google in December also hit 33 other companies, including financial institutions and defense contractors, and was aimed at stealing source code from the companies, say security researchers at iDefense. The hackers used a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader to deliver malware to the companies and were in many cases successful at siphoning the source code they sought, according to a statement distributed Tuesday by iDefense, a division of VeriSign. The attack was similar to an attack that targeted other companies last July, the company said.
Continue reading »Report: Cyber Attacks Caused Power Outages in Brazil
Electrical blackouts impacting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were caused by hackers targeting control systems, according to the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes. In a show set to air Sunday night, CBS blames a two-day outage in Espirito Santo in 2007 on a hack attack. The blackout affected three million people in 2007.
Continue reading »‘Anonymous’ Declares War on Australia Over Internet Filtering
“Anonymous” has struck again — this time declaring war on Australia. Hackers identifying themselves as “Anonymous” launched a denial-of-service attack Wednesday against a web site for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to protest a government proposal to filter internet content, according to the Australian Associated Press. The hackers also targeted a web site belonging to the Australian Communications and Media Authority and planned to attack a web site for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy as well.
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