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In continued retaliation for FBI arrests of five LulzSec members earlier this week, hackers affiliated with Anonymous have attacked a law enforcement website and released additional source code previously obtained from the publishers of the Norton Antivirus line of products. PCMag's Sara Yin, the Friday attacks were carried out by members of AntiSec -- a cybercrime collective originally co-founded by members of LulzSec and Anonymous -- and were the group's latest acts of retribution...

A website belonging to antivirus software and Internet security firm Panda Security was targeted by members of the hacking collective Anonymous Tuesday in what various media outlets are calling retaliation for the arrest of five members of the Lulzsec group earlier this week. According to BBC News reports Wednesday, the hackers identified themselves as members of AntiSec, a collaborative cybercrime effort involving members of both Lulzsec and Anonymous, targeted "the website of Panda Labs'...

The notorious hacker group Anonymous said on Friday that it had intercepted and recorded a sensitive phone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard. The group claims it recorded a 15-minute-long recording of a January 17 conference call devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of both Anonymous, and its spin-off group LulzSec. Anonymous accessed the call by using a dial-in code and password from an email sent by an FBI member. The FBI said in a statement that the phone call "was...

  Cody Kretsinger of Tempe Arizona was arrested yesterday and faces charges relating to the computer hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment earlier this summer where more than 37,000 customers had their information stolen, Reuters is reporting. Kretsinger, under the online name “recursion” is believed to be a member of LulzSec. The 23-year old college student is charged with one count each of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer. If convicted of both...

An Internet hacker who was allegedly a part of the group LulzSec has been released on bail after being charged with five offenses. Jake Davis, an 18-year-old from Shetland Islands, was released on Monday after being charged with allegedly being involved in computer attacks and break-ins by the LulzSec and Anonymous hacking groups earlier this year. He was granted bail to stay with his mother at their new home in Spalding, Lincolnshire on condition that he does not access the Internet either...

Hacking group LulzSec claims to have 4 gigabytes worth of emails taken from an alleged hack on servers at News Corp., but said it won't make them public for fear of jeopardizing ongoing legal actions. The hacktivists said they abandoned plans to release the emails, but will instead plan to release select batches of the emails via a "partnership" with select media outlets, an approach similar to that applied by WikiLeaks to its controversial US diplomatic cables and war document releases last...

Shareholders of Sony are calling for CEO Howard Stringer to step down after the Japanese tech giant suffered repeated data breaches over recent months. Sony claims it was targeted by hackers because it tried to protect its intellectual property. Reuters is reporting.Hacker group LulzSec admitted to accessing the personal information of 77 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity accounts to highlight the lack of proper online security for its customers and for retaliation of its prosecution...

Hacker group LulzSec has pledged to unite with hacker group Anonymous in a new cybercampaign against the world's governments. The two underground hacker groups promised to target government websites or systems that got in their way. "Welcome to Operation Anti-Security," the note read. "We encourage any vessel, large or small, to open fire on any government or agency that crosses their path. We fully endorse the flaunting of the word 'AntiSec' on any government website defacement or physical...

John Neumann for RedOrbit.comThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is not laughing but someone is. The hacker group LulzSec is still busy breaking into highly public sites, defacing pages and causing general mayhem, Reuters is reporting.Lulz Security (LulzSec) is claiming responsibility for recent attacks on the US Senate, Sony Corp., News Corp. and the US Public Broadcasting System television network.The public website for the CIA appears to be the latest target. It initially could not be...

InfraGard Atlanta Members Alliance said Sunday that about 180 passwords belonging to members of the FBI partner organization have been stolen and leaked to the Internet. Paul Farley, president of the organization, told The Associated Press (AP) that the logins belonged to members of the local chapter of InfraGard, a public-private partnership devoted to sharing information about threats to U.S. physical and Internet infrastructure. "Someone did compromise the website," Farley told...