A hacking group known as Guardians of Peace infiltrated the Hollywood studio's corporate email system, and then leaked sensitive data.
Sony Pictures this week backtracked from its original decision to cancel the release of the $ 44 million film after major U.S. theater chains pulled out because of threats of violence by Guardians of Peace, a computer
hacking group that claimed responsibility for a destructive cyberattack on Sony last month.
The firm said it has found no discussion of it on online crime forums, which suggests that a single professional - level
hacking group is behind the scam.
Meanwhile, firewall company Imperva has been tracking
another hacking group that has found a way to leverage EternalBlue to distribute an attack dubbed RedisWannaMine.
OurMine,
a hacking group that made a name for itself attacking high - profile celebrities and business people, said that it hacked WikiLeaks on Thursday and redirected it to a page it had created.
The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of activists, journalists and other people in sensitive positions in Iran, where Telegram is used by some 20 million people, said independent cyber researcher Collin Anderson and Amnesty International technologist Claudio Guarnieri, who have been studying Iranian
hacking groups for three years.
Two independent cybersecurity firms had already reported separately that the Russian
hacking group known variously as Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm and APT 28 (or Advanced Persistent Threat 28), appeared to be targeting the Macron campaign.
There is also a member of
hacking group Lizard Squad who uses the name «Antichrist,» but we know of no relation between the two, and the «The Antichrist» we spoke to denies they are connected.)
Previous AP reporting found that all but one of the site's victims had been targeted by
the hacking group before their emails were dumped online.
One example is «Darkhotel,» the Korean - speaking
hacking group that targeted countless business executives via hotel Wi - Fi from 2010 to 2015.
According to reports,
the hacking group OurMine Team has taken responsibility for breaking into Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts this weekend.
In today's environment, there are an abundance of well - funded and sophisticated
hacking groups out there, many with nation - state or organized crime affiliations and interests, who are looking for any way possible to defraud or steal information from American business interests.
This exploit was one of many uncovered and dumped for public use last month by the Shadow Brokers
hacking group, widely believed to be connected to the Russian government.
Any adept social engineer would have easily seen this from the wording in the first manifesto published by the alleged
hacking group.
He said Facebook was tracking known Russian
hacking groups in real time but took much longer to recognize the inflammatory posts of the Internet Research Agency, a private company with Kremlin ties.
Team Kerala Cyber Warriors,
a hacking group based out of India, have begun to install ransomware on web sites based out of Pakistan.
Activist
hacking group Anonymous have declared this Friday December 11 a «trolling day» against the so - called terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) as part of its cyber campaign against the militant Islamist group.
In June,
hacking group LulzSec released personal information from AT&T customers.
Before,
hacking groups would do digital sit - ins and things like that, to point out companies» abuses or privacy rights violations, but now they've reached a critical mass.
Watch Dogs 2 takes you to the beautiful city of San Francisco, and puts in the shoes of DedSec
hacking group leader Marcus, who's aim is to destroy Corporate from taking control over everything.
The hacking group Poodlecorp has claimed responsibility for today's Pokémon GO servers being down.
Engaged in a war against corporate, a hacker makes a way out to build up a team by joining would be notorious
hacking group.
How about they change their name before shutting the game down... Poodlecorp isnt that menacing for
a hacking group LMAO
The Italian
hacking group CPY announced today it finally cracked Assassin's Creed Origins meaning people with pirated versions of the game will now be able to bypass its DRM protections.
The Antisec
hacking group released one million UDID's, which are the unique string of numbers that individually...
Ars Technica actually made its first Kindle foray in March with «Unmasked,» a compilation of extraordinary stories about
the hacking group Anonymous and its high - profile target, the security firm HBGary.
Anonymous, the global
hacking group, have threatened to bring down the XBox Live servers in retaliation for the FBI closing down the massively popular hosting site Megaupload, which was closed on January 19th due copyright infringement investigations.
Backed
hacking group, with a resource level of a freaking Govt.
The hacking group Poodlecorp has claimed responsibility for today's Pokémon GO servers being down.
The Players control Marcus Holloway, a hacker who works with
hacking group DedSec to take down the city's advanced surveillance system.
Until now, it took
hacking groups months to successfully crack a game using Denuvo tech.
Italian
hacking group CPY is responsible for cracking Capcom's latest title.
The game is finally cracked after months by the Italian
hacking group CPY.
Notorious
hacking group Lizard Squad is claiming responsibility for the bringing down PSN and Xbox Live services.
As Marcus Holloway, a member of
the hacking group DeadSec, you'll have to overcome all odds and throw down San Francisco's advanced surveillance system, also known as ctOS (central Operating System).
How about they change their name before shutting the game down... Poodlecorp isnt that menacing for
a hacking group LMAO
Watch Dogs 2 is set within a fictionalized version of San Francisco where Marcus Holloway, a hacker who works with
the hacking group DedSec has to take down the city's ctOS 2.0, an advanced surveillance system.
Set in the San Francisco Bay Area, you team up with
hacking group Dedsec to take down ctOS 2.0.
This week, two
hacking groups have independently released methods that allow a user to jailbreak the Switch, which one group is already using to run a ported version of Linux on Nintendo's device.
After completing an initiation process that involved breaking into a ctOS server and completely clearing his name, Marcus ends up joining the prolific
hacking group DedSec.
Lizard Squad is
the hacking group responsible for shutting down the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live in 2014.
His disdain for the municipal operating system known as ctOS — the same OS that controlled Chicago in the first game — leads him to join
the hacking group known as DedSec.
Each gallery presents numerous video projections, moving portraits of notable figures, like British code breaker Alan Turing and NSA leaker Edward Snowden, and impressive installations, including an entire central wall of Guy Fawkes masks, associated with
the hacking group Anonymous.
Anonymous Versus Monsanto MSNBC reports that the «
Hacking group Anonymous has posted information on 2,500 Monsanto employees and associates.»
The notorious activist
hacking group «Anonymous» has launched two new campaigns championing a pair of green causes — helping U.S. farmers earn the right to label their food as «GMO - free» and
Ansel Halliburton: «Hackers» is a pretty broad umbrella term, but it does include some pretty serious adversaries, like state - sponsored
hacking groups.
A number of security companies believe the hack came from Deep Panda, a Chinese - based
hacking group.
The Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit also prosecuted some of the most cutting - edge financial fraud cases, in addition to sophisticated tax fraud, bank fraud, and cybercrime cases involving core members of
the hacking groups LulzSec and Anonymous, drug trafficking website Silk Road, and digital currency providers.
Some people have expressed an interest in holding a small convention of legal tech, innovation and
hacking groups around the world.
The edits made by these accounts were similar to each other, leading editors to a common theory that a single
hacking group could be behind it.