Blessed With Technology: Government Worms. (CNN) -- The recently discovered Flame virus bears all the hallmarks of a cyberattack concocted by a nation-state.
It's big and complex and pointed directly at a geopolitical hot zone, Iran. What really gives it away as a government project is the extent to which its programmers sought to keep it out of civilian hands. The malware seems no more designed to protect us from a nuclear Iran than it is safeguarded to keep us from using the program itself against one another. Flame is sophisticated. It's not a tiny piece of code that nests itself in e-mail and then erases your hard drive.
10 CLAVES PARA ENTENDER LA CREACIÓN DE ANONYMOUS. Fotos. Six Hackers in the United States and Abroad Charged for Crimes Affecting Over One Million Victims. Five computer hackers in the United States and abroad were charged today, and a sixth pled guilty, for computer hacking and other crimes.
The six hackers identified themselves as aligned with the group Anonymous, which is a loose confederation of computer hackers and others, and/or offshoot groups related to Anonymous, including “Internet Feds,” “LulzSec,” and “AntiSec.” RYAN ACKROYD, a/k/a “kayla,” a/k/a “lol,” a/k/a “lolspoon”; JAKE DAVIS, a/k/a “topiary,” a/k/a “atopiary”; DARREN MARTYN, a/k/a “pwnsauce,” a/k/a “raepsauce,” a/k/a “networkkitten”; and DONNCHA O’CEARRBHAIL, a/k/a “palladium,” who identified themselves as members of Anonymous, Internet Feds, and/or LulzSec, were charged in an indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court with computer hacking conspiracy involving the hacks of Fox Broadcasting Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Public Broadcasting Service (“PBS”).
Hacks by Anonymous, Internet Feds, and LulzSec.