Gina Kolata reports: The genetic data posted online seemed perfectly anonymous — strings of billions of DNA letters from more than 1,000 people. But all it took was some clever sleuthing on the Web for a genetics researcher to identify five people he randomly selected from the study group. Not only that, he found their entire families,…
Month: January 2013
Preview Of RED, The Movie About Turkish Hacker Collective Red Hackers
In 2011 the well known Turkish hacker group Red Hackers came back into light after attacking Adnan oktar, the turkish police and many other high profile targets. Today they have announced from twitter @RedHack_EN a video that is due out on 15th February 2013 named RED that is focused on the hacker collective. The movie is being made by a Turkish film company named…
SIIA, Software & Information Industry Association Hacked
A hacker using the handle SLYHACKER has sent in list sites that belong to the Software & Information Industry Association that have been breached and left defaced. > The Software & Information Industry Association is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education…
80 India sites hacked by Pakistani hacker
The on going cyber war between India and Pakistani hackers has left a further 80 sites hacked The attack comes from Pakistani hacker using the handle Pakistani hackers crew, Hasnain Haxor and has been uploaded to pastebin and hack-db as mirrors. The defacement comes with the below message and a funky script that turns the page around when first loaded….
Avast Reseller, Help-pcs.com hacked by @TheCrowsCrew
A pc help website who appears to be a dedicated authorized reseller of avast security products has been hacked. The website is Help-pcs.com and it has been left in a defaced state by the @TheCrowsCrew and the announcement of the deface comes from the founder of The Crows Crew @catalyst71_RJA it on twitter. > avast.help-pcs.comReseller Avast Antivirus Got Hacked!@thehackersnews…
Anonymous Announce #OpAngel, Phase II
Anonymous today have announced what they call Phase II of a recent operation that was started in response to the death of Aaron Swartz. The collective has release a video ( above ) as well as a pastebin transcript for those who can not watch the video. If the operation is anything like recent ones its bound…