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Laughable Online Censorship Attempt Won't Last a New York Minute

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2012

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Chris Weigant

Republicans in the New York state government are attempting to pass a law that would ban anonymous comments online. Even if they actually passed the act, once it arrived in a federal court it would be tossed out in a "New York minute" (as they say).

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Hackers Apparently Made Off With Government Data

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One or more unauthorized users gained access to the inner workings of a website run by the U.S. Justice Department, a departmen...

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Hackers Anonymous Declare War on Marijuana Prohibition

Joshua Glazer | Posted 05.21.2012

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Joshua Glazer

After our exclusive Anonymous interview, other members of the hacker collective came forward to reveal more details surrounding their plan for legaliz...

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Anonymous Claims Credit For Crashing Police, City Websites

Posted 05.20.2012

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The City of Chicago website and the website for the Chicago Police Department crashed on Sunday amid explosive protests related to the ongoing NATO Su...

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Alleged Anonymous Hacker Enters Plea In Court

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.14.2012

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NEW YORK -- A Chicago man facing computer hacking charges in a federal investigation targeting the worldwide group Anonymous is entertaining himself b...

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Anonymous Insider Makes Huge Claim

National Post | Posted 05.14.2012

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Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, sits atop a hillside in an undisclosed location in Canada, watching a reporter and photographer make their way ...

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Anonymous Takes Down Site Over Support For Pirate Bay Censorship

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.09.2012

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The notorious hacker group Anonymous has struck once again, and this time its victim was Virgin Media. According to the BBC, the hackers' distribut...

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Anonymous Hacks Kremlin Website

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

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By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Hackers temporarily blocked President Vladimir Putin's web site on Wednesday, carrying...

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New Olympic Competition: Hacking the Olympics

Daniel Ben-Horin | Posted 05.03.2012

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Daniel Ben-Horin

The 2012 Olympics are going to get hacked. We're about to see what happens when an irresistible force -- angry teched-up people linked by social media -- collides with an immovable object -- the corporatized branding colossus known as the International Olympic Committee.

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Anonymous Makes The TIME 100

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 04.20.2012

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UPDATE: A spokesperson for TIME pointed out in an email to The Huffington Post that the TIME 100 list is not "ranked." According to the email, "The wi...

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Hacker Charged For Attacking Police Site

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 04.16.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY — An Ohio man linked to the hacker collective "Anonymous" pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of breaching the websites of the U...

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Hacked Photos, Fake Suicides And Stolen Art

Posted 04.16.2012

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When Marcel DuChamp hung a porcelain urinal in a museum and called it "Fountain", it was dubbed a work of genius. When Eva and Franco Mattes chipped o...

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Hacking the Federal Log Jam: One Agency at a Time

Adam Levin | Posted 04.13.2012

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Adam Levin

Twelve weeks ago, the Economic Development Administration was the target of a sophisticated hack attack. What's shocking is not that it happened, it's that despite the return to pre-historic fax-machine technology, the EDA seems to be functioning fairly well, perhaps even better in some ways.

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Gerry Smith

Cybersecurity Bill Authors Defend Legislation Against 'Privacy Disaster' Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.10.2012

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Authors of a cybersecurity bill sought to rebut criticisms on Tuesday from civil liberties groups who say the legislation does not protect consumers f...

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Notorious Hacker Group Shares New Plans

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption...

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Anonymous-Linked Group Hacks Prime Minister's Emails

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

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By Tarek Amara TUNIS, April 8 (Reuters) - A group claiming affiliation with activist hacker collective Anonymous says it has hacked 2,...

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First Mega Millions Winner Claims Jackpot

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 04.07.2012

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Kansas state officials have confirmed that a ticket holder came forward to claim a share of the historic Mega Millions $656 million jackpot Friday, ac...

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Anonymous Says It Hacked Hundreds Of Government Sites

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

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BEIJING -- China was struggling Thursday to restore several government websites that international hacking group Anonymous says it attacked in an appa...

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How Are Celebrity Cellphones Hacked?

Michael Gregg | Posted 05.16.2012

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Michael Gregg

Celebrities are a perfect target for hackers -- they're highly visible, spend lots of time on their smartphones and they know next to nothing about security. It's no wonder they're often victimized by hackers.

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Hacker Turned FBI Informant Also Involved In Drugs

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.09.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — The American computer hacker who shook the Internet underground by becoming an FBI informant didn't just break the law on the Web: H...

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Anonymous Hurt By Arrests But Hard To Kill

Reuters | Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent | Posted 05.08.2012

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By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - In turning one of its best-known hackers into an informant and breaking ...

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Anonymous Takes Down Vatican Website

Posted 03.07.2012

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A group of Italian hackers who claim to be members of the loose-knit international gang of cyber criminals known as "Anonymous" took down the Vatican'...

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Suspected Hacker Released In Wake Of FBI Sting

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.07.2012

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DUBLIN (AP) — An Irish computer hacker accused of breaking into the email account of Ireland's top cybersecurity cop, then using its contents to eav...

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A Timeline Of Hacker-Activists' Cyber Attacks

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012

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(Reuters) - The arrests of six suspected leaders of the loose-knit international hacking group Anonymous comes after a long string of cyber vandalism ...

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Hackers Reeling After Learning One Of Their Own Was An FBI Mole

Reuters | Joseph Menn and Jim Finkle | Posted 05.06.2012

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By Joseph Menn and Jim Finkle (Reuters) - Even as he urged tens of thousands of Twitter followers to rise up and attack government and ...

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