Neowin News Feed for: Anonymous

Duck AI touts itself as a private AI service, here's what the privacy policy says

Paul Hill — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 08:58:02 +0000

Last year, DuckDuckGo, the private search firm, launched Duck AI, which claims to let you use AI anonymously. Here's a closer look at its privacy policy. Read more...

Anonymous claims to shut down Russian Space Agency, Director General Roscosmos denies

Fiza Ali — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:06:02 +0000

Anonymous has posted a tweet claiming that it has shut down Russian Space Agency but Director General Roscosmos asserts the claim is untrue as "space activity control centers are operating normally". Read more...

OnionShare 2.0

Razvan Serea — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:24:01 +0000

Securely and anonymously send and receive files of any size using Tor onion services. Read more...

Anonymous claims it didn't target Daily Stormer, as GoDaddy withdraws hosting for the site [Update]

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:52:01 +0000

After news that the Daily Stormer would lose its hosting services from GoDaddy, following a grotesque article relating to Charlottesville, it seems the site may have made up a fake Anonymous takeover. Read more...

Unknown bidder buys $1.6M in Bitcoin auction held by US Government

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:56:01 +0000

An anonymous bidder has won over 2,700 bitcoins acquired by the US Government from various investigations including the famous Ross Ulbricht case. The winner could out themselves or stay anonymous. Read more...

Anonymous tells ISIS to 'be afraid' after Brussels attack

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:38:01 +0000

Hacktivist collective Anonymous is warning the terrorist group, ISIS, to be afraid, after attacks in Brussels earlier this week. Anonymous says it's continuing its campaign against the terrorists. Read more...

Anonymous launches OpTrump; declares war on Donald Trump

Jack Wilkinson — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:54:01 +0000

Hacking collective Anonymous has launched its #OpTrump operation, in which it declares a 'total war' against US presidential candidate Donald Trump. They call for the shutdown of his campaign. Read more...

Anonymous names and shames alleged Canberra coward punch attacker

Boyd Chan — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:26:01 +0000

Anonymous have weighed in on a coward punch attack that occurred in Canberra by revealing the name of the alleged offender, but stopping short of releasing additional personal information. Read more...

ISIS expands its social media campaign to Tumblr

Jett Goldsmith — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 02:18:01 +0000

Members of the Islamic State's Health Department have begun posting regular updates on Tumblr, answering questions and sharing "medical reminders" as part of the group's social media blitz. Read more...

Anonymous hacks European Space Agency 'for the lulz'

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:46:01 +0000

Anonymous has reportedly hacked some of the European Space Agency's servers, leaking the information of dozens of agency internal users as well as thousands of subscribers to the ESA's domains. Read more...

ISIS-affiliated Islamic Cyber Army leaks military info in response to "day of trolling"

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:36:02 +0000

The ISIS-affiliated Islamic Cyber Army has hit back in force against the "ISIS day of trolling" declared by Anonymous members, releasing personal info on numerous U.S. and French military officials. Read more...

Anonymous attack Donald Trump's hotel website

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:26:01 +0000

Donald Trump has annoyed hackers with his remarks about Muslims. Anonymous responded to what he said by taking down the website of the New York Trump hotel website. Read more...

Anonymous wants December 11th to be 'Isis trolling day'

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:12:01 +0000

The online hacktivist group wants to start a campaign to ridicule and discredit the terrorist's organization social media messages. As such, December 11th will now be Isis trolling day. Read more...

7 Days: A week of Windows devices with tiny prices, iCortana, and an amazing little Pi

Andy Weir — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:21:06 +0000

From ISIS impotence and sucky security, to green Gates, new Nokias, Insider invites, a low-cost Lumia, and a plethora of PlayStation 4's, it's our regular roundup of the week's top tech news. Read more...

Anonymous takes down ISIS website, replaces it with Viagra ad

Justin Luna — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:32:01 +0000

As part of Anonymous' promise of war against terrorist group ISIS, the hacktivist group defaced a website promoting jihadist propaganda, replacing it instead with an ad for Viagra. Read more...

ISIS calls Anonymous 'idiots', but urges members to exercise caution online

Jett Goldsmith — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:56:01 +0000

ISIS has hit back in response to a declaration of war by hacking group Anonymous, calling them "idiots." The terror group, however, posted guidelines and urged its members to exercise caution online. Read more...

7 Days: A week of iPad Pro-blems, Zune's swansong, and Windows update upset

Andy Weir — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 03:24:09 +0000

From Bing reimagined and Lumia launches, to Windows Phone's 1.7%, PS2 on PS4, Anonymous v ISIS, Black Friday buildup, and Jolla in 'death valley', it's our regular roundup of the week's top tech news. Read more...

Anonymous takes down the main messaging forum used by ISIS

Justin Luna — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:28:01 +0000

As part of hacktivist group Anonymous' promise towards ISIS who claimed responsibility over the Paris attacks, the iconic organization has taken down the terrorists' main communication forums. Read more...

Anonymous renews offensive against ISIS

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:42:01 +0000

In a recent video, Anonymous have declared their intent to renew their campaign against websites and Twitter users who support ISIS, the terror group operating in Iraq and Syria. Read more...

Anonymous hits the first target of 'Operation Charlie Hebdo'

Usama Jawad — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 19:26:01 +0000

After the tragic events on 7 January, Anonymous has launched 'Operation Charlie Hebdo', an operation which seeks to shut down all websites related to terrorism and extremism. Read more...

Anonymous goes after Lizard Squad for attacking the anonymity network, Tor [Update]

Jerry Grey — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 09:14:01 +0000

Anonymous has leaked the personal details of one of the members of Lizard Squad, in response to the groups' attacks on Tor, which Lizard Squad said was only used by miscreants and pedophiles. Read more...

Russian government wants to crack Tor, offers $114,000 reward

Andy Weir — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:18:27 +0000

The Russian government wants to find a way to crack the Tor network, and will pay four million roubles to any Russian citizen or company that can reliably decrypt data sent via the anonymous network. Read more...

Sony agrees to $15m settlement for 2011 PSN attack

Brockman Davis — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:51:26 +0000

The massive attack that brought down the PlayStation Network is not yet forgotten. Sony has finally agreed to a $15m settlement, mainly giving away free games and services to affected users. Read more...

GCHQ disrupts Anonymous using Denial of Service attack

Mik McLean — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:54:38 +0000

The latest leaks from Edward Snowden appear to confirm that UK surveillance agency GCHQ has been using DDoS attacks against servers used by the hacking collectives Anonymous and LulzSec. Read more...

12 year old Anonymous hacker pleads guilty to DDOS attack

Phi Ha — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:47:54 +0000

Could this 12 year old Canadian boy be the new Julian Assange? The fifth-grade hacker appeared in court on Thursday after he was accused of aiding an Anonymous DDOS attack on government websites. Read more...

CISPA is dead, again

Ben Buffone — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:53:32 +0000

Controversial internet security bill CISPA will most likely be scrapped, a U.S. committee representative has stated. Whilst it may be dead for now, will a new compromised version see the light of day? Read more...

Microsoft debunks rumors of hackers causing Xbox Live outage

John Callaham — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:34:48 +0000

Microsoft said Saturday's lengthy outage of the Xbox 360's Xbox Live service was due to a "networking misconfiguration" and denied that a hacker group was in fact to blame. Read more...

Indicted Anonymous ally: I was really an "undercover" reporter

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:07:16 +0000

The lawyer for the Reuters employee who was indicted this week for helping the hacker group Anonymous now says his client was actually an "undercover" journalist trying to learn about the group. Read more...

Reuters employee indicted in Anonymous hacking case

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:31:59 +0000

The US Justice Department indicted Reuters employee Matthew Keys on three counts on Thursday, claiming Keys gave the hacker group Anonymous passwords from the Tribune Company when he worked there. Read more...

Anonymous defaces US Sentencing Commission website

John Callaham — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:00:54 +0000

The hacker group Anonymous claimed responsibility for defacing the website of the US Sentencing Commission and threatened to release what they claim are secret Department of Justice files. Read more...

Anonymous hacks MIT website, leaves a tribute to Aaron Swartz

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:36:20 +0000

'Hacktivist' group Anonymous has hacked the MIT site, leaving a very personal tribute to Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide this week, and calling for action to honour his memory. Read more...

Chinese law for real-name internet registration passed

Paul Ferson — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:58:01 +0000

Chinese laws forcing real-name registration to use the internet have been passed, with further revisions likely to come. The legislation could allow removal of "illegal" posts within the country. Read more...

Twitter suspends YourAnonNews account [Update: It's back]

John Callaham — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:03:02 +0000

Twitter has now decided to suspend the popular YourAnonNews account that has been used by members of the Anonymous hacker group in the past to post their various announcements. Read more...

Three Anonymous members plead guilty over PayPal attack

Paul Ferson — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:33:22 +0000

Hackers identifying themselves as part of the Anonymous collective have admitted their guilt in an attack against PayPal, which the company alleges lost them £3.5 million during 2010. Read more...

Skype gives 16 year old's private info to security firm

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:41:34 +0000

Skype has dropped the ball on user privacy when it gave a Dutch 16-year old's personal information to a private security company without any legal obligation to do so. Read more...

NBC.com website hacked ahead of Guy Fawkes Day

John Callaham — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:13:13 +0000

Parts of the NBC.com website got hit by a cyber attack today, with the hackers defacing some of the pages with messages that related to November 5th's Guy Fawkes Day. Read more...

Advanced Onion Router 0.3.0.13

Razvan Serea — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:01:44 +0000

Portable client for the OR network and is intended to be an improved alternative for Tor+Vidalia+Privoxy bundle for Windows users. Some of the improvements include UNICODE paths, support for HTTP Read more...

'Whonix' appears in the wild, makes your IP harder to find

Paul Ferson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:36:40 +0000

With Linux and its open source nature people have been able to create unique projects, and the wittily named 'Whonix' is no exception. Combining security tools it brings several layers of IP security. Read more...

Advanced Onion Router 0.3.0.12a

Razvan Serea — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:01:54 +0000

Anonymous breaks up with WikiLeaks over paywall

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:42:01 +0000

Former BFFs Anonymous and WikiLeaks are breaking up over an election themed paywall, and Anonymous says they'll no longer support WikiLeaks or Julian Assange because of their 'filthy and rotten' ways. Read more...