How one man tracked down Anonymous—and
How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price
Aaron Barr believed he had penetrated Anonymous. The loose hacker collective had been responsible for everything from anti-Scientology protests to pro-Wikileaks attacks on MasterCard and Visa, and the FBI was now after them. But matching their online identities to real-world names and locations proved daunting. Barr found a way to crack the code.
In a private e-mail to a colleague at his security firm HBGary Federal, which sells digital tools to the US government, the CEO bragged about his research project.
"They think I have nothing but a heirarchy based on IRC [Internet Relay Chat] aliases!" he wrote. "As 1337 as these guys are suppsed to be they don't get it. I have pwned them! :)"
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Be careful of what personal data you put online anywhere any time
With hacking, eaves-dropping gaining more ground, the day is not far when people will keep Computer, Internet and Sattellite communication for show and revert back to old age method of manual papers, files for all their financial transactions :)
an interesting take on what goes on between the govt and private firms.
thanks for the information
the youth should pay heed