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Gerry Smith

Within Anonymous, Members Find Security in a Collective Voice

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Ryan Cleary, Anonymous, Anonymous Sony, Ddos, Lulzsec, Fbi, Lulz Security, Hackers, Technology News

Within the ranks of Anonymous, one member had crossed a line: He granted an interview to a reporter, discussing his role in the shadowy hacker group. ...

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Tumblr Down: Who's To Blame?

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Ddos, Tumblr 4chan, Denial of Service, Ddos Tumblr, 4chan, Tumblr vs 4chan, Tumblr Down, Tumblr, Technology News

A Tumblr outage has sparked furious Web debate: was it 4Chan's fault? Signs suggest the cause of the outage might be less benign. Gawker isolated a...

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'Anonymous' Attacks Songwriters

Rick Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bmi, Songwriter, Ddos, Copyright, Piracy, Anonymous, Music, Anonymous Bmi, Anonymous Hacker Group, Media News
Rick Carnes

The hacker group known as 'Anonymous' launched a denial of service attack on the website of Broadcast Music Inc. It misconstrues the history and service to music culture that BMI has performed over the last 73 years.

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WordPress Hit With Massive Online Attack

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ddos, Ddos Attack, Wordpress, Distributed Denial of Service, Technology News

Blog host WordPress has been hit with the largest attack they've ever seen. According to a statement by founder Matt Mullenweg to CNET, WordPress...

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Weekly Audit: Police Defy Order to Clear Protesters from Wisconsin Capital

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Democracy Now!, Anonymous, David Koch, Collective Bargaining, Police, Civil Rights, Middle Class, Sanitation Worker, Ddos, Layoff, Kelda Helen Roys, Dc, Mother Jones, Matthew Rothschild, Scott Walker, Protest, Dues, Rally, Andy Kroll, Union, Quorum, Illinois, New York, Martin Luther King, Budget, Solidarity, The Progressive, George Warner, Care2, The Uptake, Colorlines, Campus Progress, Wisconsin, Madison, Amy Goodman, Jessica Pieklo, Jon Erpenbach, Senate, Economy, Indiana, Politics News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the...

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Libya and the Short of It

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyberwar, Gov 2.0, Analyst, Ddos, U.S. Government, Libya, Alan W. Silberberg, Malware, .Ly Extensions, Shorteners, Social Media, Url Safety, Security, bit.ly, Oliver Marks, Zdnet, gov20, National Security, Politics News
Alan W. Silberberg

There has been a spate of recent stories about the problems with shorterners, long before the current problems heated up. Governments should take the mischievous component out of the equation.

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Anonymous Shuts Down Tunisian Govt Websites After Violence and Web Censorship

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, North Africa, Tunisia, Anonymous, Iran Protests, Wikileaks Cablegate, Africa, Protests, Julian Assange, Ddos, Cablegate, Assange, Wikileaks, World News
Lisa Derrick

Websites run by the Tunisian government have been successfully targeted by Operation: Tunisia, a cell within Anonymous' Operation Payback, in a distributed denial of service action.

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The F Word: Remembering Why WikiLeaks Matters

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arrests, Personal Democracy Forum, Afghanistan, War, Web, Ddos, Iraq, Media, Grit Tv, Wikileaks, Douglas Rushkoff, Internet, Deanna Zandt, Laura Flanders, Anonymous, Distributed Denial of Service, Grittv, Technology, Yemen Al Qaeda, Politics News
Laura Flanders

It can be sexy to talk about digital direct action, but tech activists and political activists, especially in the US, bring a tremendous amount of privilege to the table.

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16-Year-Old Arrested For Pro-WikiLeaks Cyber Attacks

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Operation Payback, Mastercard, Paypal, Wikileaks Cyber Attacks, Visa, Ddos, Wikileaks Hackers, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Amazon, Cyber Attacks, Wikileaks Arrest, Technology News

Dutch police arrested a 16-year-old teenager on Wednesday for his involvement in the online attacks against Visa and Mastercard, organized by supporte...

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MasterCard.com DOWN: WikiLeaks Supporters Hack Site For 'Payback'

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER and JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Operation Payback, Mastercard, MasterCard Down, Mastercard.com, Ddos, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Mastercard.com Down, MasterCard Hacked, WikiLeaks MasterCard, Technology News

LONDON — Hackers rushed to the defense of WikiLeaks on Wednesday, launching attacks on MasterCard, Visa, Swedish prosecutors, a Swiss bank, Sara...

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Amazon DOWN After DDoS Attack Cripples Amazon, Wal-Mart, Others

mashable.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amazon Website Down, Wal-Mart Attack, Walmart Down, Amazon Down, Amazon Ddos Attack, Ddos, Walmart Website Down, Amazon Attack, Ddos Attack, Amazon Walmrt Down, Wal-Mart Down, Amazon Ddos, Technology News

If you've been doing some last minute Amazon holiday shopping on Wednesday evening, you've probably noticed that Amazon's web site was sluggish and, a...

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