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FBI Strikes Vengefully, Anonymous Hacker May Get 440 Years In Jail

It has been repeatedly highlighted since the tragic death of Aaron Swartz that the current anti-hacking laws in U.S. are awfully overreaching. This is manifest yet again in the example of a hacker who stands to get up to 440 years in jail for cyberstalking.

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Anonymous Hacks, Defaces MIT Site On Aaron Swartz’s First Anniversary

Aaron Swartz, the notable internet luminary and the co-founder of Reddit, committed suicide last year on Jan 11, 2014. In his memory, Anonymous recently hacked and defaced MIT's site since the university was involved in litigation against Swartz.

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Anonymous Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Handed Down 10-Year Prison Sentence

Back in 2011, the hacktivist group Anonymous hacked Stratfor and leaked a treasure-trove of documents and emails showing the often-illicit and extensive work of Stratfor. Being a big fish, Stratfor has pulled all the strings it could and now, Anonymous hacktivist Jeremy Hammond has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for being a part of the hack.

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12-Year-Old Boy Hacks Government Sites And Leaks Data To Anonymous

Earlier we have seen Anonymous hacking government website and threatening to leak confidential information. But this time, a 12-year-old boy has hacked government websites and later leaked the data to famous hacktivist group Anonymous.

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Anonymous Claims To Have Caused $3 Billion Loss In Israel Cyberattack

This is the second major attempt from Anonymous to stall Israel’s IT infrastructure, after last November's #OpIsrael. The attack was pre-announced, and undertaken by the hactivist group in response to Israel’s threat to “sever all Internet and other telecommunications in and outside of Gaza.”

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Anonymous Still Retains Control Of North Korea’s Official Twitter And Flickr Accounts

On April 3rd, online hacktivist group Anonymous hacked North Korea's official Twitter and Flickr accounts, along with the country's official news site. Although 3 days have passed, the Twitter and Flickr accounts have not been recovered yet; however, the country's official news website is back on track.

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Anonymous Demands Release Of Arrested Members, Threatens To Release Credit Card Details

Over the recent months, a number of members of the hacktivist group, Anonymous, have been busted. Most of these busts have been done by hackers within the Anonymous ranks who were secretly feeding FBI with information. Anonymous has now demanded the release of its arrested members.

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Reuters Editor Suspended After Accused With Aiding Anonymous Attacks

Matthew Keys, the deputy editor of social media for Reuters, was suspended one day after a federal court charged him of helping hacktivist group Anonymous hack into news websites owned by the Tribune Company. Reuters announced the news on Friday.

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Hacker Leaks Data Of ABC Users After Anti-Islam Interview Airs

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) recently found itself in trouble when a hacker released the personal information of some 50,000 registered users of the network. The hacker claimed that this move was taken after an anti-Islam politician, Geert Wilders, was interviewed by Lateline.

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Anonymous Leaks Banking Industry Data Online, Protesting Aaron Swartz’s Death

Ever since Aaron Swartz's tragic demise, the online hacktivist group Anonymous had vowed that it would make the government pay unless authorities trashed the laws that were used to persecute Swartz. Staying true to its vows, Anonymous has now released an online dump of banking industry data.

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