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Anonymous Hack One Gigabyte of Data From NATO

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wear-a-helmet dept.

GeekTech.in writes "The AnonymousIRC hacking organization have claimed this afternoon that they have hacked into NATO servers. As one of their tweets says: ' Yes, #NATO was breached. And we have lots of restricted material. With some simple injection. In the next days, wait for interesting data :) '"

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  1. This is getting sad by Gr33nJ3ll0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really if a bunch of vigilantes can do it, imagine what the gov't sponsored Chinese hackers can do!

    1. Re:This is getting sad by RazorSharp · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Really if a bunch of vigilantes can do it, imagine what the gov't sponsored Chinese hackers can do!

      More like, if a bunch of vigilantes can do it, imagine what the gov't sponsored Chinese hackers do!

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  2. Re:Again by asto21 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Of course it is! The US Govt commands such things all the time!

  3. Re:I thought they arrested anonymous by bruce_the_moose · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They arrested a few people stupid enough to use Low Orbit Ion Cannon to participate in the DDOS attack against PayPal and MasterCard/Visa sponsored by Anonymous. The mainstream media probably does think that's all of them.

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  4. NATO Hacking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I know, it's a stupid question but I have to ask it. Why are government and military servers and computers that store sensitive data connected to the internet at all. Shouldn't they be on isolated local networks only?

  5. Re:Again ? by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 5, Informative

    From their Twitter account: "We think, actually we may not release emails from The Sun, simply because it may compromise the court case."

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