Anonymous retaliated against recent arrests of its members on a large scale but apparently engaged in pointless hacks of rural police forces in the United States.
I suppose then we can expect more of this. I mean there are so many authority figures with iffy secure websites just begging to be hacked. It's not as if I comb through all media looking for Anonymous news but thanks for letting me know about this 'cause I hadn't heard of it, which is somewhat telling in itself.
What's next ? I hear the new website for the police department in Cox's Bazaar is full of holes.
It's not as if they're saying - look, journalists, here is a specific story about police corruption which you should right. They're just throwing stuff at the wall and none of it is sticking.
Certainly, Robin Hood has lost his cape when it comes to Anonymous. Last I heard there had been a widespread exist of hackers with some sense of honorable mission. That may have left the "dregs," who seem to be little more than destructive trolls.
Well it seems that Anonymous and LulzSec consistently go out of their way to attract attention and let the public know what they're capable of. Essentially, they're bullies, and I agree that much of this is pointless and aggravating.
President Obama may soon earn the badge as "Mayor" of the White House, thanks to his joining the mobile check-in service, FourSquare. Let's all sigh in unison, shall we?
The FBI recently issued a warning to smartphone users, highlighting two mobile malware applications: Loozfan, which steals personal information, and FinFisher, which is spyware that takes over a smartphone's functions.
It wouldn't be the first time, but a group of Chinese engineers has proposed a means by which the Internet's root could be split, enabling secondary, independent networks that could be government-controlled. The Internet's root security committee is taking such proposals seriously.
Recently, security software supplier Kaspersky identified Win32.Flame as malicious code that seems to have been developed, not by hackers, but by government agencies. Warring nations may set aside their bombs and wage their wars online.
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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