The FBI claims to have neutralized Anonymous thanks the long series of arrests that hit principal cells of the collective such as LulzSec, Antisec and SABU.
FBI in the last months has intensified the investigation on the Anonymous collective, various members of the popular group of hacktivist have been identified and arrested. Lulz Security (Lulzsec) team recognized its responsibility for the Sony Picture attack and for the hack of Fox’s “X-Factor” reality TV series, according law enforcement it was literally beheaded after the arrest of 5 members that were prominent within Anonymous.
One of the FBI officials declared:
One of the FBI officials declared:
“All of these guys were major players in the Anonymous movement, and a lot of people looked to them just because of what they did,” “The movement is still there, and they’re still yacking on Twitter and posting things, but you don’t hear about these guys coming forward with those large breaches,” he said. “It’s just not happening, and that’s because of the dismantlement of the largest players.”
The FBI considers these arrests a “huge deterrent effect,” according to Austin P. Berglas, the assistant special agent in charge of the bureau’s cyber division in New York.
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Source by Pierluigi Paganini | August 28, 2013 | via Security Affairs
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Source by Pierluigi Paganini | August 28, 2013 | via Security Affairs
