Anonymous, an amorphous group of cyberactivists, has set its sights on HBGary Federal, a company claiming to provide security expertise to the United States’ federal government. The group took down HBGary Federal’s websites and posted a message denouncing the company online. Anonymous’ attack followed statements by Aaron Barr, HBGary Federal’s CEO, that the company had collected information on the group’s main leaders. Anonymous has previously attacked the websites of governments and firms that opposed or took action against WikiLeaks after Cablegate.
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Anonymous Swarms on Security Firm That Poked the Hive
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 7, 2011 02:52 PMAnonymous, an amorphous group of cyberactivists, has set its sights on HBGary Federal, a company claiming to provide security expertise to the United States’ federal government. The group took down HBGary Federal’s websites and posted a message denouncing the company online. Anonymous’ attack followed statements by Aaron Barr, HBGary Federal’s CEO, that the company had collected information on the group’s main leaders. Anonymous has previously attacked the websites of governments and firms that opposed or took action against WikiLeaks after Cablegate.