This post is part of an extended interview conducted by DataBreaches.net and CyberWarNews.info with the hacker formerly known as “GhostShell.” As prolific as TGS was, their hacks were not particularly sophisticated, as noted by Imperva and Symantec. GhostShell agreed that the public projects were simple, but doesn’t see that as a weakness. Every single public project…
Month: March 2016
GhostShell, On the Record – Why did he really disappear in 2013?
This post is part of an extended interview conducted by DataBreaches.net and CyberWarNews.info with the hacker formerly known as “GhostShell.” In a March, 2013 interview with Eduoard Kovacs, GhostShell was asked whether he was taking a break from hacking and whether it was because of law enforcement. GS answered him at the time: I’m taking…
GhostShell, On the Record – Snitches, Feds, and the Scene
This post is part of an extended interview conducted by DataBreaches.net and CyberWarNews.info with the hacker formerly known as “GhostShell.” GhostShell talked about snitches in the context of a number of questions over the course of the interview, but given the presence of so many snitches and federal agents in Anonymous, it’s not surprising that…
GhostShell, On the Record – “Team” GhostShell?
This post is part of an extended interview conducted by DataBreaches.net and CyberWarNews.info with the hacker formerly known as “GhostShell.” We asked GhostShell about other members of Team GhostShell and how many there were, because frankly, one of us (yes, that would be me) suspected that the team was really a one-man operation. His answer seems to be depend…
GhostShell, On the Record – MalSec
This post is part of an extended interview conducted by DataBreaches.net and CyberWarNews.info with the hacker formerly known as “GhostShell.” According to GhostShell, back in the spring of 2012, he was approached by someone who had previously been with LulzSec (although LulzSec was already done by that point). That person, he says, persuaded him to…
GhostShell, On the Record – Anonymous
This post is part of an extended interview conducted by DataBreaches.net and CyberWarNews.info with the hacker formerly known as “GhostShell.” In talking about #OpRomania, GhostShell characterized Anonymous as a “flawed concept.” We asked GhostShell, who still considers himself a member of Anonymous, why he considers it a flawed concept. He explained: To me there are two main…