• AntiSec Hacks NATO, Steals 1GB of Data
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[url]http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/231002316[/url] [quote]Hacktivist group Anonymous was at it again Thursday, claiming it had breached the servers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), but that it likely would not reveal most of the 1 gigabyte of information it said was stolen. "Yes, #NATO was breached. And we have lots of restricted material," the group tweeted on its AnonymousIRC Twitter feed, one of several it and another hacker group, AntiSec, use to release information and news about their activities. AntiSec includes members of Anonymous and LulzSec, another hacktivist group that officially ceased operations at the end of June. Anonymous said it could not post most of the data because it would be "irresponsible," but still mocked the global treaty organization in another Twitter post. "Hi NATO. Yes we haz [sic] more of your delicious data," the group tweeted. "You wonder where from? No hints, your turn. You call it war; we laugh at your battleships." To prove its claim, Anonymous posted a link to a restricted-accessed NATO file on a PDF-sharing site. Later via Twitter, it posted a link to another, non-restricted file the group said it lifted from NATO's servers, this one that outlines NATO security procedures. Calling the file "ironic," Anonymous sarcastically tweeted that "Well, seems nobody ever read them." The group said it used simple injection to infiltrate NATO servers, which typically means inputting bad code into Web forms to see if a backend database will react to the code. NATO could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday. However, a published report claims the organization is investigating Anonymous' claims. Anonymous and LulzSec Thursday also released a joint statement to the FBI, specifically addressing comments made in the press by FBI director Steve Chabinsky about the agency's efforts to fight the group's activities. The FBI on Wednesday said it arrested 16 people affiliated with Anonymous. The groups in their statement reinforced their mission to target world governments with their attacks. "These governments and corporations are our enemy." they said. "And we will continue to fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies." Together, the groups have been unusually active over the last month and a half. Until it ended activity, LulzSec embarked on a 50-day hacking spree, targets of which included the Navy, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and the CIA Following LulzSec's self-enforced demise, AntiSec picked up where the latter left off in an international hacking spree as part of an "Operation Anti Security" campaign targeting government corruption around the world. Just about a week ago, AntiSec targeted federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and posted 90,000 military email addresses and passwords from the company online. [/quote] Just to clarify: [quote] The group said it used simple injection to infiltrate NATO servers, which typically means inputting bad code into Web forms to see if a backend database will react to the code. NATO could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday. However, a published report claims the organization is investigating Anonymous' claims.[/quote] They're waking a sleeping giant now..
Oh wow someone better train their soap-grasping skills, they'll need it.
[quote]"Hi NATO. Yes we haz [sic] more of your delicious data,"[/quote] Sounds like something from a lolcat picture.
'' It seemed like a good idea at the time!''
Can you really steal data? I mean if it's on a flash drive sure, but wouldnt stealing be like taking it and deleting the file?
Wait, they are not going to release it because it is irresponsible? Or is it because if they did, NATO would go after them.
I bet it's completely useless information same thing with the CIA stuff
[QUOTE=ForcedDj;31251613]Wait, they are not going to release it because it is irresponsible? Or is it because if they did, NATO would go after them.[/QUOTE] Probably because it was unimportant shit that NATO did not care much to protect. That or they didn't really steal anything.
"No, seriously, we stole a bunch of your information, fear us please." The first document you could find on Statewatch in 2006, the second was leaked earlier this year I think (if it hasn't, worse stuff regarding Nato and the Balkans has been said, I might be remembering wrong.) They haven't done shit.
[QUOTE=ForcedDj;31251613]Wait, they are not going to release it because it is irresponsible? Or is it because if they did, NATO would go after them.[/QUOTE] i'm sure that if they actually broke in nato would go after them either way
[QUOTE=Nikota;31251549]Can you really steal data? I mean if it's on a flash drive sure, but wouldnt stealing be like taking it and deleting the file?[/QUOTE] it's stealing in the same sense that people call piracy stealing even though the original remains
Probably the secretary general's CD collection or something completely irrelevant like that.
They just pricked the Giant with a Needle.
Considering it's NATO 1 GB is like chicken shit when compared to the size of the whole fucking databank.
[QUOTE=ForcedDj;31251613]Wait, they are not going to release it because it is irresponsible? Or is it because if they did, NATO would go after them.[/QUOTE] Probably both, releasing restricted NATO data can not in any way be a good idea. Either that or the data they got is irrelevant shit no one cares about and they know it, so they're keeping it so that they can keep waving their e-peen.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;31252882]Probably both, releasing restricted NATO data can not in any way be a good idea. Either that or the data they got is irrelevant shit no one cares about and they know it, so they're keeping it so that they can keep waving their e-peen.[/QUOTE] They got 1GB worth of documentation on the new fecal matter disposing unit for astronauts. Fuck me, call the press!
I'm pretty sure a gigabyte of text files can be a LOT of information.
It's getting kind of funny how every time they hack something everyone goes "oH MAN you REALLY DID IT NOW" and then nothing happens
[QUOTE=Gamegeneral;31253037]I'm pretty sure a gigabyte of text files can be a LOT of information.[/QUOTE] I don't doubt that 1GB won't hold much information, but if we look at the people at AntiSec we instantly can make the assumption that they don't really give a fuck about the content of the file. All they see is "Look ma, ONE GIGABYTE snatched from NATO servers!". To them it's the size that matters, not the actual content of the file. You think they read or analyze any part of the shit they steal? Pffft
Hey guys I stole the Sourcecode of Gmod but I can't show you proof because that would be irresponsible.
[QUOTE=smurfy;31253092]It's getting kind of funny how every time they hack something everyone goes "oH MAN you REALLY DID IT NOW" and then nothing happens[/QUOTE] Except for the recent arrests that hit Anon & LulzSec.
I think AntiSec wants to go to jail.
I really want to know why Lulzsec has suddenly reappeared, I was enjoying the lack of those shit heads fucking everything up.
[QUOTE=Killuah;31253156]Hey guys I stole the Sourcecode of Gmod but I can't show you proof because that would be irresponsible.[/QUOTE] Hey guys I stole a small chunk of sourcecode from Garrysmod through the LUA folder.
[QUOTE=Metanar;31253302]I really want to know why Lulzsec has suddenly reappeared, I was enjoying the lack of those shit heads fucking everything up.[/QUOTE] Lulzsec hasn't appeared. It's dead and buried. This is just a combination of shit that was left over from Anon and Lulzsec.
[QUOTE=Hullu V3;31253349]Lulzsec hasn't appeared. It's dead and buried. This is just a combination of shit that was left over from Anon and Lulzsec.[/QUOTE] Have you checked their twitter feed? I assure you that they have been quite active. [url]https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec[/url]
I wish all these wannabe-hackers would just stop and go away. They're not doing anything worthwhile, their goals are not noble, they're just being annoying for the sake of being annoying. Might as well be shouting 'lol u mad' at everything.
[QUOTE=Killuah;31253156]Hey guys I stole the Sourcecode of Gmod but I can't show you proof because that would be irresponsible.[/QUOTE] implying you would not leak it if you had it.
Yeah, let's hack the organization that's currently bombing Gaddafi into dust, that doesn't sound risky at all! :v: Repercussions? Nahhh, we'll be fine!
It's times like these I wish I worked in the Cybersecurity career fields in the Air Force instead of fixing F-15s, then I could be all "I'll get him, sir *salutes*" to my commander and go be the hero. Although that couldn't be farther from how it works I just think it'd be funny.
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