Skip to main content

Home/ CNDLS Design Seminar/ Group items tagged cyber attacks

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Ihsaan Patel

WikiLeaks Scandal Spurs Hackers vs. Lobbyist Fight - US News and World Report - 0 views

www.usnews.com/...purs-hackers-vs-lobbyist-fight

wikileaks bank of america corporate threats Anonymous security cyber attacks

shared by Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • . The companies did so, which prompted a group of hackers to hit back. The group, which goes by the moniker "Anonymous," launched a series of cyber attacks against those three companies and others, in what the hackers dubbed "Operation Payback."
    • Ihsaan Patel
      Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
       
      What exactly is the relationship between Anonymous and Wikileaks? Will the relationship between them benefit or hurt wikileaks because Anonymous's activities seem to be explicitly illegal and so Wikileaks could be forced to face even more punishment.
  • Barr's braggadocio didn't sit well with the hacker collective, who then apparently broke into HBGary Federal's computer system and stole tens of thousands of E-mails and posted them on the Internet, hijacked Barr's Twitter account, posted his supposed home address and social security number, and defaced HBGary Federal's website.
    • Ihsaan Patel
      Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
       
      The fact that the group broke into the security system of a firm that specializes in cyber security makes me wonder if any information on the internet can truly be kept "safe"
Ihsaan Patel

G.W. Schulz: Is WikiLeaks Driving Bank of America to Seize Ugly Web Domains? - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...aks-driving-bank_b_810702.html

wikileaks bank of america corporate threats security cyber attacks

shared by Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • "using defensive domain registration to block others from exploiting domain names associated with your brand," according to its website.
    • Ihsaan Patel
      Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
       
      An intersting strategy for combating the wikileaks corporate threat that differs from the one proposed by the three security firms. This one seems to acknowledge that the information will get out, and it is simply trying to do some damage control.
  • snapping up more than 400 domain names (such as brianmoynihansucks.com) in recent weeks that could feasibly be used as destinations for leveling hatred at the company.
    • Ihsaan Patel
      Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
       
      The actions seem futile since there seems to be an infinite number of domain names that could be created to hurt Bank of America's image
  • Why the sudden burst in apparent pre-emptive action? One theory is that Bank of America is bracing for a fresh release of documents from the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks.
1 - 2 of 2
Showing 20▼ items per page