Attack the Hackers

Authorities struck a big blow for law and order last week with their transatlantic busts of members of the hacking network behind last summer’s global cyber-attacks. Five hackers — leaders of LulzSec and its broader anarchist affiliate, Anonymous — were nabbed on conspiracy charges in Chicago, London and Ireland. But…

read more

Vatican website hit by Anonymous hacktivist attack

The main website of the Vatican was inaccessible Wednesday after what appears to have been an attack by malicious hackers claiming to be affiliated with the Anonymous hacking collective. An Associated Press story in USA Today quoted Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi as confirming the site’s unavailability but declining…

read more