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Subject: [ISN] Anonymous a threat to critical infrastructure? Expert says no
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2012-12-24 10:23:16
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1212240423050.29080 () infosecnews ! org
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By Jordan Press
Postmedia News
December 21, 2012
OTTAWA -- One year ago, three federal security agencies focused their
eyes on Anonymous. One labelled the collective the modern face of
hacktivism. Another warned Anonymous could soon have the ability to take
down critical infrastructure such as water systems and the electricity
grid.
The reports were written at a time when it was easier to study and
understand how members of the collective operated.
A year later, Anonymous members have gone deeper underground. The arrest
of Jeremy Hammond, who faces life in prison for his alleged role in
leaking credit card information and internal emails from security firm
Strategic Forecasting Inc., and the hacker-turned-informant Hector
Xavier Monsegur, have forced hacker groups that form part of the
Anonymous collective to become "more scattered and secretive," said
Gabriella Coleman, an international expert on Anonymous from McGill
University.
"They're the type of phenomena that can slip away, vanish and recede,"
Coleman said. "On the other hand, everything is in place for other
strong strings of attacks because it doesn't take long to bring them
(anons) into being."
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