Hacker group Anonymous takes down Vatican website

ROME — The Vatican website was back online by 3:00am Thursday local time after hacking group Anonymous took down the site Wednesday. Anonymous said it was targeting the “corrupt” Catholic Church, a day after a high-profile bust of the group’s alleged leaders, AFP reported. “Anonymous decided today to besiege your…

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Hackers group Anonymous take down Vatican website

ROME (Reuters) – The Italian branch of the hackers group Anonymous took down the Vatican’s website on Wednesday, saying it was an attack on the Roman Catholic Church’s scandals and conservative doctrine. The Vatican website www.vatican.va was inaccessible. A spokesman said he could not confirm that the crash was the…

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Suspected hacking group leader pleads guilty

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The suspected leader of the LulzSec hacker group has pleaded guilty to carrying out cyber attacks on companies such as eBay Inc's PayPal and MasterCard Inc, court papers unsealed on Tuesday showed. Hector Xavier Monsegur, known as "Sabu," was charged with 12 criminal counts of conspiracy…

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