Showing posts with label cyber attack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cyber attack. Show all posts

Monday, 13 August 2012

TrapWire: U.S. cities under total surveillance? (video)


In the latest release of Stratfor files by WikiLeaks, details about the secret surveillance program known as TrapWire have been revealed. Now WikiLeaks is suffering a sustained DDoS attack.
Shortly after the release was made by WikiLeaks, as reported on Digital Journal, their website and its mirror sites went under a sustained DDoS attack, allegedly by a group called AntiLeaks.
Despite the WikiLeaks website being down, and people unable to access the newly leaked information, Anonymous, the loose-knit group of hacktivists has taken up the story and has launched an operation to expose the truth about the TrapWire program and the companies that it is connected to... read more.

Cyber attack in progress against WikiLeaks


For just over a week, WikiLeaks websites have been hammered by DDoS attacks. The websites are often not available, or are extremely slow to access.
A group calling themselves AntiLeaks has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The group refers to Julian Assange as "a new breed of terrorist" and states that they launched the attack in response to Assange's attempt to seek political asylum in Ecuador... read more.

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Massive cyber attack in progress in USA, Europe and Latin America


Leading cyber security company, McAfee, has issued a breaking news report that indicates that the U.S., European and Latin American financial systems are under a massive cyber attack.
So far some $2.5 billion has been siphoned from thousands of accounts at various financial institutions and banks.
McAfee states that the attacks are ongoing and apparently international law enforcement agencies are working on shutting them down... read more.