NullCrew Hackers Target NSA, MasterCard, BB&T, US Department of Defense Sites

Hackers part of the NullCrew collective continue to take aim at high profile websites as part of their operation against governments from all over the world.

Their latest targets are The Department of Defense Pharmacoeconomic Center (pec.ha.osd.mil), Department of Defense (defense.gov), the US National Security Agency (NSA), MasterCard, and the BB&T bank.

For each one of these websites they have published some information.

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US Government and Military Sites Hacked by NullCrew, Thousands of Credentials Leaked

Last week we learned that the NullCrew collective launched an operation against governments from all over the world.

The first targets of this campaign are the sites of the State of Louisiana (louisiana.gov), the State of Texas (texas.gov), the State of Montana (mt.gov), UNESCO (unesco.org), United Nations (un.org), and the Force Health Protection & Readiness site managed by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (fhpr.odf.mil).

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Hackers Steal 2.5 Million Records from Russian Government, Other Organizations

Hackers part of the Team GhostShell collective are back in their typical style, leaking 2.5 million records stolen from government, educational, political, law enforcement, telecoms, research, medical, academic, financial and other high-profile Russian organizations. This latest campaign is called Project BlackStar.

“For far too long Russia has been a state of tyranny and regret. The average citizen is forced to live an isolated life from the rest of the world imposed by its politicians and leaders,” DeadMellox, one of the hackers, wrote in a statement.

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Ubuntu 14.04 Will Come to Phones, TVs and Tablets

Another 6 months, another Ubuntu Developer Summit event for Canonical, where Mark Shuttleworth is always present and keeps his audience captivated.

Yes, we’re talking about the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) event for the upcoming Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) operating system, which takes place these days, between October 29th and November 1st, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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