AntiSec Hacks Security Company Posts Up 90,000 Emails and Passwords

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  1. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    The group calling itself "AntiSec" has now hacked into Booz Allen Hamilton, a security company that has contracts with the US government. They published the email addresses and passwords of 90,000 military personnel to embarrass the company and highlight its lack of security.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/11/booz-allen-hamilton-hack_n_895147.html
     
  2. OptimisticFutureBlues

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    Eek its so much fun!
     
  3. mustlivelife

    mustlivelife Knows nothing!

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    Hahhahahaa Anonymous threatened to do this back in March, something to do with the Pentagon refusing to converse with them about Bradley Manning.

    They've had that poor guy in a catatonic state for months now, stress positions, doses of all kinds of drugs, etc. That is, if he's still alive. You got to feel for him.
     
  4. Smokey3

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    tight.
     
  5. McLeodGanja

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    I thought they were going after Rupert Murdoch, or was that a smoke screen? I can't keep up with all this shit, all since the internets was invent... :ack2:
     
  6. luckypunk

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    So is this the new Lulz Security?
     
  7. PEACEFUL LIBRA

    PEACEFUL LIBRA DAMN RIGHT I'M A WEIRDO

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    Haha good for them
     
  8. reb

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    it's fairly obvious at this point...we have no data security in this world. i have told a couple of places lately-they wanted my dob or ss number-'i won't do business with you if you do it only over the net. no, i won't send you any personal data over the internet.'

    the feds created this mess. they can frikkin' live with it. they aren't fit to work their way out of a wet paper sack. neither, apparently is 'BoozeAllenHamilton'...maybe too much Booze?

    but, you know, Skip. we have seen political means surface behind several things lately..what if all this hacking is a government plot to ruin 'trust' in the internet, so as to isolate societies? divide and conquer
     
  9. This is not a government plot.
     
  10. skip

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    The US gov't is now considering creating a completely separate Internet for high security facilities.

    Like there aren't more Bradley Mannings out there gonna compromise whatever the gov't tries to do... ;)
     
  11. kill0025

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    epic ahaha
     
  12. reb

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    i am thoroughly impressed with the 'transparency' we are getting from our government...separate internet, indeed.

    separate but equal. where did i hear that before?
     
  13. granny_longerhair

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    Haha ... you people would see a government conspiracy in anything. We have seen paranoia, and it is us.
     
  14. midgardsun

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    well our gvt if it wanted to be really democratic shouldnt do things behind closed doors like the Bilderberg meetings. They should represent the people and not big business. They should be transperant about everything which they are not.
    You really think that big money and politics dont do things behind closed doors? Cmon
     
  15. Quintus

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    How is this hacking and releasing 90,000 email addresses and passwords of military personnel a good thing. Is it possible that the personal safety of any one of those members of the military was or will be compromised as the result of the information?

    Same for the release of personal information of members of the Arizona law enforcement personnel.

    Somehow, it appears that hacking by Antisec, Anonymous, Lulzsec, etc. is believed acceptable, even celebrated. Yet, the same action by employees of a news agency is condemned.

    Isn’t hacking, regardless of motive, the cyber version of breaking and entering?
     
  16. HermanDaVermin

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    :iagree:
     
  17. Quintus

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    Consideration of a "separate internet" for high security government use only is not a new one. It has been a point of serious discussion since at least the late 1990’s. With that being the case, one might conclude that it already exists – in current use by only the most secured and secret.

    The known existence of more “Brad Mannings” will likely result in more strenuous screening of those with access to sensitive material – eventually, only the most fanatical will be there.
     
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    :iagree:
     
  19. Darikal

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    When the govt is more open, these kinds of things wont have to happen. Sometimes 'breaking and entering' is needed to prove the masses of sheep who follow the govt and think they are doing nothing wrong. While it can be construed both ways, justified or non is personal flavor imho. Be a govt FOR the people and we can all call this unjustified, but until then, long live antisec!
     
  20. HermanDaVermin

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    What about the masses of sheep who see bogeymen around every corner and cry conspiracy over some of the most ludicrous things?
    Frankly that mentality is just as scary as the govt's secrecy.

    Balance and rational thought is the key.
    Not every action taken by gov is an underhanded conspiracy, nor is every action by those opposed to govt justifiable or productive.

    I hear just as much irrational notions/actions and hypocritical actions/talk from both sides of the "conflict", yet neither side seems to be cognizant of their own actions or the perception of those actions by others outside of the group.
    If real change is going to happen, it HAS to be based in logic, rational thought and pragmatism, regardless of personal ideologies.
    Both parties need to recognize when they are wrong and admit the same.
    Don't see much of that going on in either camp.:(
     

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