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ImageShack Hacked, Security Groups Threatened

revjtanton writes "Last night a group calling themselves 'Anti-Sec' hacked ImageShack, one of the largest image hosting sites on the web, and replaced many of the site's hosted pictures with one of their own, which detailed their manifesto. The group's grievance is against full-disclosure of exploits, an issue that was debated recently after a presentation on an ATM exploit was canceled. Anti-Sec simply wants the practice within security circles to end, and they've promised to cause 'mayhem and destruction' if it doesn't. These people are taking direct aim against a sector of the IT industry that is already armed to fight the ... but they also already know that. It should be interesting to see how this plays out."

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  1. Re:first post by pitchpipe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I love that the parent was scored (Score:-1, Redundant)

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  2. Re:first post by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah.

    It's not so much "Redundant, because somebody just said that two posts higher," as it is "Redundant, because we've seen that for the past 28,751 /. stories...."

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