Anonymous Threatens Government of Namibia over Black Rhino Hunt – Video

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Hackers of an Anonymous-affiliated group called Team Defiant are threatening the government of Namibia after it allowed the US-based Dallas Safari Club to auction the chance to kill a black rhino from the country’s Mangetti National Park.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_9yM37qkH8

The organization says the money raised through the auction will go to a fund for the conservation of the endangered species.

However, as many others, the hacktivists are not convinced. That’s why they’ve launched a campaign called OpFunKill.

In a video statement they’ve published, the hackers threaten the Namibian government. However, so far, they’ve defaced the website of American Made Outdoors, a major supplier of hunting, fishing, camping and marine gear.

They’ve also defaced the website of Just Holidays, a Namibian travel company. At the time of writing, both sites are still defaced. Check out the picture below to see the hacked sites.
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Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security

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• NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records
• $250m-a-year US program works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products
• Security experts say programs ‘undermine the fabric of the internet’

 

This story has been reported in partnership between the New York Times, the Guardian and ProPublica based on documents obtained by the Guardian.

For the Guardian: James Ball, Julian Borger, Glenn Greenwald

  1. For the New York Times: Nicole Perlroth, Scott ShaneFor ProPublica: Jeff Larson

    Read the New York Times story here

apple developers site got hacked

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A Turkish security research, Ibrahim Balic, claims that he was behind the “hack” but insisted that his intention was to demonstrate that Apple’s system was leaking user information. He posted a video on Youtube which appears to show that the site was vulnerable to an attack, but adding “I have reported all the bugs I found to the company and waited for approval.” A screenshot in the video showed a bug filed on 19 July – the same day the site was taken down – saying “Data leaks user information. I think you should fix it as soon as possible.”

Apple said in an email to developers late on Sunday night that “an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers… [and] we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers’ names, mailing addresses and/or email addresses may have been accessed.”

It didn’t give any indication of who carried out the attack, or what their purpose might have been. Apple said it is “completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database [of developer information].”

 

 

read more in guardian.co.uk –

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/22/apple-developer-site-hacked

Ubuntu Forums Hacked, 1.8 Million Passwords, E-Mails & Usernames Stolen

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While data from the Forums has been compromised they stress that other services, such as Ubuntu One and Launchpad, ‘are not affected by the breach’.

current home screen of http://ubuntuforums.org/

Ubuntu Forums is down for maintenance

There has been a security breach on the Ubuntu Forums. The Canonical IS team is working hard as we speak to restore normal operations. This page will be updated regularly with progress reports.

What we know

  • Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user’s local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database.
  • The passwords are not stored in plain text, they are stored as salted hashes. However, if you were using the same password as your Ubuntu Forums one on another service (such as email), you are strongly encouraged to change the password on the other service ASAP.
  • Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are NOT affected by the breach.

Progress report

  • 2013-07-20 2011UTC: Reports of defacement
  • 2013-07-20 2015UTC: Site taken down, this splash page put in place while investigation continues.

If you’re using Ubuntu and need technical support please see the following page for support:

 

If you’re looking for a place to discuss Ubuntu, in the meantime we encourage you to check out these sites:

 

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