Wikileaks: US Cyber War Arms Traders Wanted to Smear WikiLeaks

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Lessons from Anonymous on cyberwar
A cyberwar is brewing, and Anonymous reprisal attacks on HBGary Federal shows how deep the war goes.
Haroon Meer Last Modified: 10 Mar 2011 16:11 GMT

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Anonymous were quick to respond. Even while Barr was proclaiming victory and threatening to "take the gloves off", Anonymous were burrowing deeper into his network.

By the end of the attack, Barr's iPad was reputedly erased, his LinkedIn and Twitter accounts were hijacked, the HBGary Federal website was defaced, proprietary HBGary source code was stolen and with over 71,000 private emails now published to the internet, HBGary was laid bare. In this, was our first lesson: The asymmetry of cyber warfare.

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Once again, the mail archives deliver: HBGary sales personnel can be seen making reference to "Juicy Fruit", their internal name for HBGary supplied 0day exploits.

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Clearly cyber attacks against foreign nationals appear to be fair game. If the ethical line on such matters was slightly blurry, the line was completely obliterated with plans to combat WikiLeaks by targeting supporters of the cause:

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If the ethical line on such matters was slightly blurry, the line was completely obliterated with plans to combat WikiLeaks by targeting supporters of the cause:

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