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Accused LulzSec hacker Topiary released on bail Jake Davis, an 18-year-old from the Shetland Islands, was released on bail after being charged with five offences relating to computer attacks and break-ins by the LulzSec and Anonymous hacking groups. Davis 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 directly or through anyone else. He also has to wear a tag to ensure a 10pm to 7am curfew. Davis, whom police believe used the online nickname " Topiary " and was a member of the LulzSec and Anonymous hacking groups, was arrested at 2.10pm last Wednesday in Mid Yell, an northern island of the Shetlands. Jake Davis allegedly had the login passwords of 750,000 people on his computer. He was charged on Sunday night with offences under the Computer Misuse Act, the Serious Crime Act, and the Criminal Law Act. Davis is accused of gathering data from National Health Service co...

Vimeo (Brazil) Video Sharing site got hacked by Terminal_pk Today a hacker with codename "Terminal_pk" Hack and Deface the Brazilian Domain of Famous Video Sharing site " Vimeo ". Mirror of Defacement Can be seen here .

7000 law enforcement officers details leaked by Anonymous Hackers AntiSec and Anonymous Hackers announced via Twitter that they absconded with up to 10 Giga Bytes of confidential information, including protected witnesses. They have posted more than 7,000 law enforcement officials’ private information online including: their social security numbers; email accounts and passwords; phone numbers and home addresses on Pastebin . Also Today  77 Law Enforcement websites hit in mass attack by #Antisec Anonymous.

ZCompany Pakistani Hackers deface big Indian Websites Pakistani Hackers - ZCompany Hacking Crew again hit some big Indian Websites and Deface them. Hacked Sites: Indian Testing Board (ITB) is the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) : http://www.istqb.in/ http://payment.istqb.in/ Alpha Capital provides Multi Family Office ,Management , Private Wealth Management , Family Office , Private Banking , Financial Advisor http://alphacapital.in/ Asia's Largest Collection of Antique Carpets in Delhi and India. http://antiquecarpet.in/ http://www.bookswagon.com/ Indian National Science Academy, INSA, National Science, Indian Science, Fellowship, FNA, international Science http://insaindia.org/index.php http://www.indiapedia.org/ CPAI endeavors to put forth new & innovative ideas for smooth functioning and the growth of the commodity market operations http://commoindia.com/ Department of Financial Studies : University of Delhi, South Camp...

77 Law Enforcement websites hit in mass attack by #Antisec Anonymous Because of FBI’s actions against Anonymous and Lulzsec including several arrests, Now AntiSec supporters have targeted 77 law enforcement domains and walked away with everything on them. 77 domains were hosted on the same server. Few weeks before AntiSec targeted Arizona police departments, leaking personal information and other sensitive data, in response to immigration laws passed by the state. This time however, the latest law enforcement raid by AntiSec is in response to actions taken by the FBI. 77 US law enforcement institutions were attacked including : 20jdpa.com, adamscosheriff.org, admin.mostwantedwebsites.net,alabamasheriffs.com, arkansassheriffsassociation.com,bakercountysheriffoffice.org, barrycountysheriff.com, baxtercountysheriff.com,baxtercountysherifffoundation.org, boonecountyar.com, boonesheriff.com,cameronso.org, capecountysheriff.org, cherokeecountyalsheriff.com,cityofgassville.org, ...

Italy's Police IT network vitrociset.it Database Hacked and Leaked by #Antisec After Hack of  Italy's Police IT network, Anonymous Hackers Just now Release the Database of  vitrociset.it  via a pastebin link on Twitter. The Leak include the Administrator's Password and 100's of other users Login Details.

#RefRef - Denial of Service ( DDoS ) Tool Developed by Anonymous Anonymous is developing a new DDoS tool which is said to exploit SQL vulnerabilities to support the group's future campaigns. So far, what they have is something that is platform neutral, leveraging JavaScript and vulnerabilities within SQL to create a devastating impact on the targeted website. Previously, Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) was the go to weapon for Anonymous supporters during various Operations .However, LOIC is also the reason scores of people have been arrested in the last year, so many feel its time is at an end. According to Developer " RefRef is a revolutionary DoS java site. Basically, by using an SQL and .js vulnerability, you can send a page request packet from your home computer with embedded .js file, because of the vulnerability in the SQL/Javascript engine on MOST websites, the site actually TEMPs the .js file on its own server. So now the .js is in place on the host of the site. Next s...