Anonymous hacks US gov contractor, airs dirty laundry
Uses Mantech to wreak revenge on FBI
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Members of the Anonymous hacking collective said they broke into the networks of Mantech International and stole internal documents belonging to the US government contractor.
As proof, the members posted a 390 MB download that appeared to contain reports related to NATO, the US Army and personnel files. A note that accompanied the Bittorrent file said the hack was intended to defy the FBI, which last week charged 14 people of participating in an Anonymous-led web attack in December that created service disruptions for some PayPal customers.
“Dear Government and Law Enforcement, we are repeating this message as we have the suspicion you still do not take us seriously,” their 715-word screed, which was titled “FUCK FBI FRIDAY,” read in part. “We are not scared anymore and your threats to arrest us are meaningless. We will continue to demonstrate how you fail at about every aspect of cybersecurity while burning hundreds of millions of dollars that you do not even have.”
The leaked documents appeared to have little or no connection to the FBI, although press releases appeared to show that the FBI has outsourced some of its IT security to Mantech. The Washington, DC-based firm has also signed contracts to provide services to the departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Energy and Justice.
A statement posted to Mantech's homepage said the company “takes seriously recent reports of a cyber threat, and we responsibly and actively address all sources of information about threats to our information and assets and those of our customers.” It neither confirmed nor denied the Anonymous claims Mantech was compromised “utterly and throughly” [sic].
The document dump comes after Anonymous and its Lulz Security offshoot have claimed responsibility for brazen attacks on the US CIA, the US Senate, and various Arizona law enforcement agencies, among many others.
The document dump came a few days after UK police claimed they arrested a central LulzSec figure. On Friday, investigators with Scotland Yard received an extension giving them three more days to detain the 18-year-old they say was the figure known as Topiary. The extension cast doubt on speculation the unidentified man was a fall guy who was framed to take the heat off the real culprit. ®
COMMENTS
Oh look, an Anonymous hacking story
Ok, lets get this out of the way:
"These guys are idiots"
"They should be executed for attacking us. USA USA USA USA!!!"
"Not really hackers, just script kiddies, I can hack much better than them, honest"
"Hope they get what they deserve"
"Bet they not gonna be anonymous when they are in jail with lovable bubba"
"Spies sapping mah sentry"
etc.
etc.
Now can the rest of the comments try and be useful and pertinent?
"What is terrorism?"
http://fff.org/comment/com1107x.asp
The definition of terrorism is incredibly tenuous and used to score political points. The Nazi regime called its enemies terrorists but never described its own actions as terrorism. The U.S. government’s effective definition seems to be: “Terrorism is an act of violence, against either soldiers or civilians, whether conducted by private or state groups, so long as the violence is not approved by the U.S. government. ”
Over-dramatisation
"...have claimed responsibility for brazen attacks..."
Yeah right, way to try and compare an example of incompetent security being exploited to an act of physical violence. If a member of Anonymous resorted to violence and started shooting at employees of the FBI, CIA etc _then_ you would have the right to call it a brazen attack.
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