Anonymous releases documents stolen from U.S. government contractorJuly 12, 2011 - 11:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The hacking collective Anonymous released documents it claims were stolen from U.S. government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. The documents Anonymous released Monday, July 11, on The Pirate Bay contained personal and official email addresses and passwords of an estimated 90,000 United States military employees. Anonymous announced the massive data dump on its Twitter feed as part of "Military Meltdown Monday," eWEEK reported. The approximately 190MB data torrent included log-in information of personnel from U.S. CENTCOM, SOCOM, the Marine Corps, Air Force facilities, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State and other private-sector contractors. The passwords were unsalted SHA1 hashes stored as a text string, making them vulnerable to being cracked using brute-force methods, Alex Rothacker, director of security research for Application Security's TeamSHATTER, said. The group also claimed to have uncovered “maps and keys for various other treasure chests buried on the islands of government agencies, federal contractors and shady whitehat companies.” Anonymous also stole 4GB of source code from its Subversion code repository and erased it from the servers. Anonymous linked Booz Allen Hamilton with HB Gary Federal, and claimed both companies were working on a project to "manipulate social media." Anonymous is doing exactly what many security experts have warned: by compromising one server, the attackers transform themselves from intruders to trusted insiders. Attackers often go after "softer, easier targets" to gain a foothold in the network, Josh Shaul, CTO of Application Security, said. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. |