GoDaddy rejects claims they were hacked by Anonymous affiliate

Millions of GoDaddy websites went down on Monday, allegedly taken down by an Anonymous affiliate, AnonymousOwner3r. GoDaddy denies the hacking claims.

Digital Journal reported on Tuesday that an Anonymous hacker had claimed to take down millions of GoDaddy client websites. GoDaddy is Internet's largest domain registrar.

According to a statement by Scott Wagner, interim CEO of GoDaddy, the company denies accusations that a hacker was responsible for the takedown.... read more.

Anonymous takes down Interpol website in ‘Operation Free Assange’

As part of 'Operation Free Assange', Anonymous hacktivists take down the Interpol, International Criminal Police Organization and Serious Organized Crime Agency websites.

Anonymous, the group of hackivists, has launched a campaign, calling for the freedom of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.

On August 23, they took down the Interpol website... read more.

TrapWire: Anonymous gives handy tips on how to avoid surveillance

Now that WikiLeaks has brought TrapWire to the attention of the world, people are concerned about surveillance and being tracked wherever they go. Here are some solutions. Maybe.

Now Anonymous has come up with a few tips to avoid surveillance cameras and defeat the facial recognition software.

Maybe a tad "tongue in cheek", they state in the description of their video, "While the Government seems hellbent on watching our every move, we are not helpless. Stand up and fight back!" ... read more and watch video.

Video: Apple co-founder Steve Wosniak on Internet freedom

In this interview Apple co-founder Steve Wosniak gives his opinions on everything from the start of the Internet, to censorship and freedom, to WikiLeaks and Anonymous.

Wosniak says when Apple first started out, it was never envisioned that computers would eventually become such an integral part of most people's homes... read more and watch interview.

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.

Video: Anonymous launches #Operation Anaheim

Anaheim has seen two officer-involved shootings over the weekend and protests are continuing against police brutality in the city. Now Anonymous is getting involved.

A couple of days after officers with the Anaheim PD opened fire, killing two men within just two days, protests erupted in the area... read more and watch video.

Syria Files: Anonymous hacktivists teamed with WikiLeaks

Anonymous and related hacktivists have claimed that they provided the 2.5 million emails to WikiLeaks. Anonymous and WikiLeaks have cooperated before.

Just after WikiLeaks began releasing the data from the Syria Files, Anonymous hacktivists claimed responsibility for accessing the information and passing it on to the whistleblower organization.

While WikiLeaks continues to release the sensitive emails on a daily basis, Anonymous has thus far refrained from speaking of the sources of the information... read more.

'Beat the Blockade' album supporting WikiLeaks released

WikiLeaks was subjected to a financial blockade in December 2010 by the Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, Western Union and PayPal. On June 28, a CD was released entitled "Beat the Blockade."

Julian Assange's WikiLeaks colleagues are supporting their founder's cause with music. Beat the Blockade is a special collection of songs, released in order to raise funds for the organization... read more and listen to previews.

Anonymous hacks 'Aryan Front' neo-Nazi website

In their latest strike, the collective of hacktivists have attacked the Aryan Front Neo-Nazi website, leaving messages and downloading member information.

On Friday morning, users of the "white community" web forum found messages from Anonymous hacktivists when logging in. All posts made on Aryan-Front.com appeared to have been erased from the server, or at least were rendered unavailable to its 1,441 registered users.

Messages on the home page included "Hacked by Anonymous", "F*ck off, Nazi scum" and "You should have expected us." ... read full article.

Anonymous-linked hactivists attacked City of Chicago websites

It wasn't only the physical protesters targeting Chicago yesterday. Anonymous-related hacktivists also did their part by taking down the CPD's website and the City of Chicago's website.

RT reports that authorities are looking into whether the City of Chicago website was taken down in yesterday's cyber strike.

The Anonymous-related hacktivists have claimed to have taken down the website of the Chicago Police Department in relaliation for police violence against peaceful protesters during the anti-NATO protests.

The group state on their Twitter page that they "do not claim to represent Anonymous or AntiSec as a whole, for we are one small piece to the puzzle." ... read full article.

The Pirate Bay hit by DDoS attack — Anonymous not responsible

The Pirate Bay was hit by a DDos attack and has been largely unavailable for 24 hours. They say that Anonymous are not responsible.

The Pirate Bay (TPB) has its suspicions who is responsible for the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Their Facebook page read, "Once we've awaken our tech guru Winston Q we'll get on the issue."

TPB's Facebook page now reads:

"Just to clarify, we KNOW that it is NOT Anonymous who is behind the ddos attack. Stop spreading rumours like that.

We may not agree with Anonymous in everything, but we both want the internet to be open and free.

There, now carry on with whatever it is you were doing." ... read full article.

Twitter hacked? Thousands of user names & passwords on Pastebin

Twitter has allegedly been hacked and tens of thousands of user names and passwords were published on pastebin.com. Should you be worried?

According to RT, the passwords for around 35,000 Twitter accounts were posted on the file-sharing website.

They state that Twitter tweeted: “We’re looking into the situation and have pushed out password resets to potentially affected accounts.”

However, Mashable is reporting that hackers affiliated with Anonymous had claimed this week to have published details of around 55,000 Twitter accounts.... read full article.

Anonymous taking the battle against CISPA to the streets (video)

Anonymous has been battling against CISPA for some time - now they are starting "Operation Defense. Phase II" calling on people to take to the streets against the invasive legislation.

The group has now admitted that distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) are not as effective as they were last year. They state that a number of major web sites have now upgraded their servers to manage the attacks.

Now they are telling people to take to the streets against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. They are calling on Americans to protest outside the local offices of companies that support the draconian bill which was adopted by the House on Thursday... read full article and view video.

Time 100 - Anonymous leading the pack ahead of reddit

Each year the public gets the chance to vote for the person they consider most influential. Anonymous, while not a "person" per se, is ahead of reddit in the popular annual Time 100 poll, with announcements of the winner to be made on April 17.

In 2011, Time Magazine announced its Person of the Year - The Protester, much to the delight of protesters worldwide from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street to 15m in Spain.

Time 100 is where people vote in a poll for those they consider to be the most influential people in the world. The list can include artists, researchers, reformers, heads of state, activists and captains of industry. These are the people who spark dialogue in the world, sometimes dissent and also occasionally revolution.

When it comes to the internet, Anonymous is popular. And now in the polls for Time 100, Anonymous is leading ahead of reddit.... read full article.

Anonymous-linked group hacks emails of Tunisia Ennahda Party

Anonymous sure does get around, as a group linked to them has now hacked 2,725 emails of the Tunisia ruling Ennahda party.

Yesterday, it was reported that a group linked to Anonymous, the hacktivists, had hacked 2,725 emails of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party. These included the emails of the prime minister.

A video was posted on the Facebook page of Anonymous TN, showing a hacker in the trademark "Guy Fawkes" mask used by Anonymous members.

The video in French on Facebook announces that the hacktivists hacked the emails as a protest against Ennahda's alleged failure to protect artists and the unemployed in a recent attack by Salafi Islamists, during a protest in Tunisia.

The hactivists state: "To the Tunisian government, we have kept a large part of your data secret. If you do not wish to see these published on the internet we ask you to work to the best of your ability to avoid internet censorship and to respect human rights and the freedom of expression in Tunisia." ... read full article.

Coming soon to a city near you — Global revolution

2011 was a year or protest, from Egypt and the Arab Spring, to Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, the U.S.A. and many more countries, the people got out there in the streets to try and take back their basic rights.

Last year was a revolutionary one. People all over the world had had enough of government corruption, big corporations and bankers, losing their human rights one by one, and they went to the streets and squares of their cities to make a stand.

October 15, 2011 saw the very first coordinated global action, 15O. The people were United for Global change in more than 1,000 cities, in 82 countries, on every continent of the planet....
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UK Home Office web site attacked by Anonymous

With much talk about the extreme surveillance methods being planned in the United Kingdom, Anonymous took its revenge by taking down the Home Office web site.

Anonymous reported via Twitter that it had launched the attack on the web site yesterday due to the "draconian surveillance proposals."

Security agencies in the United Kingdom are pushing for a law to allow the police to monitor telephone calls, text messages and emails of British citizens. They want to further monitor Twitter and Facebook posts, web sites visited and even online chat.

It is estimated that this extreme surveillance would cost more than $3 billion in the first decade alone, and that the British taxpayer would be the one to fork out the price of being spied upon, should the bill be passed into law...  Read full article