American ISPs to launch massive copyright spying scheme on July 12. By Stephen C.
WebsterThursday, March 15, 2012 11:14 EDT If you download potentially copyrighted software, videos or music, your Internet service provider (ISP) has been watching, and they’re coming for you. Specifically, they’re coming for you on Sunday, July 1. That’s the date when the nation’s largest ISPs will all voluntarily implement a new anti-piracy plan that will engage network operators in the largest digital spying scheme in history, and see some users’ bandwidth completely cut off until they sign an agreement saying they will not download copyrighted materials.
Word of the start date has been largely kept secret since ISPs announced their plans last June. The July 1 date was revealed by the RIAA’s CEO and top lobbyist, Cary Sherman, during a publishers’ conference on Wednesday in New York, according to technology publication CNet. It’s not yet clear how the tech world will react to the ISPs siding with the content industries to do what the government simply could not Stephen C. 'Anonymous is a Brand Like al-Qaida' - An Interview with Mikko Hypponen. Chief Research Officer for F-Secure says Anonymous is a brand like Al Queda.
In an exclusive interview with International Business Times UK, top security expert Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure talked about Anonymous, hacktivism and the challenges of cyber-security. Mikko Hyppönen is currently the Chief Research Officer for Finnish online security company F-Secure. Hackers décapités. Le FBI a procédé à une vague d'arrestations de hackers proches des Anonymous.
Des arrestations rendues possibles grâce au retournement de l’un d’eux il y a quelques mois. Celui-ci a été infiltré au sein du groupe des Anonymous chargé de mener des opérations d'intrusion, notamment contre Stratfor. Nous avons coupé la tête de LulzSec. Anonymous’ open letter to Sabu: How does it feel to be a traitor? After the arrest of six key members of Lulz Security (LulzSec) thanks to the alleged help of the team’s leader Hector “Sabu” Monsegur, the Internet group Anonymous has decided to respond by hacking another security firm to post its open letter to the man who betrayed the hacker community.
Anonymous elected to hijack the Spanish antivirus site Panda Security, which Anonymous claims helped law enforcement agencies tracked and arrested 25 hackers last month. At the top of the site, the hackers posted a small note to Sabu, expressing intense bitterness at the situation. “Yeah yeah, we know, Sabu snitched on us. Hacking "mole" helps FBI arrest Anonymous leaders. Six Charged in Federal Crackdown on Hacking by Anonymous, LulzSec Groups. The U.S. charged six leaders of an underground hacking movement that spent more than a year embarrassing law enforcement officials and turned cyber attacks into a tool of political activism.
The six, some involved with the group “Anonymous,” are accused of intrusions that attracted worldwide attention such as defacing the website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, stealing customer data from Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (CPEI) and recording a confidential FBI teleconference of U.S. and Irish agents discussing an international hacking probe.
They also stole personal information of at least 1 million people, U.S. authorities said. One those charged, Hector Xavier Monsegur, who used the nickname Sabu and is described as an “influential member” of Anonymous and an off-shoot group LulzSec, is cooperating with U.S. authorities, according to a transcript of his August guilty plea in federal court in New York. LulzSec Leader Betrays All of Anonymous. 'I'm Not Scared of Jail': My Phone Call With Sabu, the FBI's Anonymous Informant. Celui qui a trahi les Anonymous. Selon le FBI, l’homme que vous voyez ci-contre est Sabu, le chef de LulzSec, et de facto le roi des Anonymous, ce qui en fait le hacker vivant le plus influent et le plus célèbre.
Autre chose : il a balancé ses copains à la police. LulzSec leader "Sabu" worked with FBI since last summer. The FBI has apparently turned "Sabu," who was the mastermind behind the pranksterish hacking group LulzSec, an Anonymous offshoot that went on a frenetic corporate hacking spree last summer.
A handful of LulzSec members were taken into custody in the US and UK today as a result of Sabu's help. Fox News has the story, from a law enforcement source, of how two FBI agents climbed the stairs to a sixth-floor apartment last summer in a New York public housing development and found 28-year old Hector Monsegur, the unemployed man behind the handle "Sabu. " Worried about the fate of two children in his charge, Monsegur has allegedly been aiding the FBI since his arrest last summer—aid which culminated in arrests today of several LulzSec members.
Monsegur's federal court docket remained sealed until this morning. The documents themselves aren't yet available, but the docket indicates that he was arrested on June 7, 2011 and the next day was released on $50,000 bail. The LulzSec hacking arrests won't make it safer online. For you, LulzSec, the war is over.
Maybe. In an astonishing series of revelations, the FBI on Tuesday issued charges against four individuals alleged to be principal members of the hacking collective, and another alleged to be a member of its sister group, Anonymous. But more staggering still was how the evidence against these individuals was gathered. LulzSec: Sabu, informateur modèle du FBI. On savait déjà qu'Hector Xavier Monsegur n'avait pas mis longtemps avant d'accepter de collaborer avec le FBI après son arrestation le 7 juin.
Selon des documents rendus publics par la cour du district sud de Manhattan, il a retourné sa veste le jour-même. «Depuis le jour de son arrestation, il a coopéré activement avec le gouvernement», précise le procureur adjoint, James Pastore. «L'accusé a littéralement travaillé jour et nuit avec des agents fédéraux. EXCLUSIVE: Unmasking the world’s most wanted hacker. Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly commanded the loosely organized international hacker team LulzSec.
Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly commanded the loosely organized international hacker team LulzSec. Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly commanded the loosely organized international hacker team LulzSec. Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly commanded the loosely organized international hacker team LulzSec.
EXCLUSIVE: It was one of the hottest days of the year and evening temperatures were still sweltering when two FBI agents wearing bulletproof vests under their dark suits climbed the stairs of the Jacob Riis housing complex in New York’s Lower East Side on June 7, 2011. Drenched in sweat, they knocked on the steel door of a sixth-floor unit.
25 Anonymous arrêtés par Interpol, cybercriminalité. 25 Alleged Anonymous Members Arrested. Interpol, the global police agency, announced that it has arrested 25 alleged members of the loosely-knit hacking group, Anonymous, on Tuesday. Just hours afterwards, Interpol’s website went offline; Anonymous announced this on Twitter with the message “interpol.int DOWN.” The Guardian reports that the Interpol site ”was quickly back up and running but was loading slowly.” Four were arrested in Spain, 10 in Argentina, six in Chile and five in Colombia as part of an Interpol operation called “Exposure.” The Spanish police are accusing the four suspects of denial of service attacks; defacement of the websites of political parties, institutions and companies including the websites of Spanish political parties, Colombia’s defense ministry and presidential websites and Chile’s Endesa electricity company and national library; and publishing the personal information of various high-profile figures.
Interpol s'attaque à Anonymous. Après les récents blocages de sites et piratages. DCRI contre Anonymous. La Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur (DCRI) part en guerre contre les Anonymous. Jeudi, deux membres supposés étaient mis en examen dans le cadre d'une enquête sur "Greenrights" ; une opération numérique visant notamment les serveurs d'EDF. Nous nous sommes entretenus en exclusivité avec Pierrick Goujon, l'un de ces soi-disant Anonymous que la DCRI a arrêté. Pierrick Goujon, photographié à OWNI (cc Claire Berthelemy) Ce vendredi, OWNI a longuement rencontré Pierrick Goujon, 29 ans, connu sur les réseaux sous le pseudo de Triskel. Démonstration de force de la DCRI contre les Anonymous.
Les rapports de la DCRI sur Anonymous. "TWO *REAL* GUNS POINTED AT ME": how the FBI raided Anonymous. The FBI yesterday executed 40 search warrants around the US to gather evidence on the Anonymous distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in defense of WikiLeaks last year—attacks which targeted Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and Amazon.
And when the FBI comes a-knockin', the whole house starts a rockin'. Ars has seen posts from a private forum in which several targets of the FBI raids offer brief descriptions of the experience, along with the occasional photo of a beaten-in front door. We cannot guarantee the authenticity of these accounts, though we believe them to be genuine. Trois anonymous arrêtés en Gréce.