Muzz
27th July 2011, 16:19
Suspected hacker arrested in Shetland Islands
link (http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/07/27/suspected-hacker-arrested-in-shetland-islands/)
Just been on the BBC as well.
Topiery article from June (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/topiary/)
Topiary (also known as Gardenslayer[1]) is a hacktivist and self-described "Supporter of Anonymous Operations, WikiLeaks, and maintaining freedom on the Internet"[2] and is heavily involved within the Internet group Anonymous. He is allegedly part of a small team of hacktivists working with Anonymous, including members such as Avunit, Kayla, Entropy, Sabu, Marduk and Tflow. They are supposedly behind various online attacks, including hacking HBGary,[3] Westboro Baptist Church, Gawker,[4] and government websites of countries such as Zimbabwe,[5] Tunisia,[6] Ireland[7] and Egypt.[8] Some speculate that they are responsible for a large attack on 4chan in 2008 and were actively involved in attacks on the websites of PayPal, Visa and Mastercard during Operation Payback.
On February 24, 2011, Topiary gained mass attention after he appeared on The David Pakman Show and successfully replaced a Westboro Baptist Church webpage with a message from Anonymous during an on-air confrontation with Shirley Phelps-Roper.[9] A recording of this event was placed on YouTube,[10] where it quickly went viral, reaching just over one million views in five days.
source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topiary_%28hacktivist%29)
link (http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/07/27/suspected-hacker-arrested-in-shetland-islands/)
Just been on the BBC as well.
Topiery article from June (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/topiary/)
Topiary (also known as Gardenslayer[1]) is a hacktivist and self-described "Supporter of Anonymous Operations, WikiLeaks, and maintaining freedom on the Internet"[2] and is heavily involved within the Internet group Anonymous. He is allegedly part of a small team of hacktivists working with Anonymous, including members such as Avunit, Kayla, Entropy, Sabu, Marduk and Tflow. They are supposedly behind various online attacks, including hacking HBGary,[3] Westboro Baptist Church, Gawker,[4] and government websites of countries such as Zimbabwe,[5] Tunisia,[6] Ireland[7] and Egypt.[8] Some speculate that they are responsible for a large attack on 4chan in 2008 and were actively involved in attacks on the websites of PayPal, Visa and Mastercard during Operation Payback.
On February 24, 2011, Topiary gained mass attention after he appeared on The David Pakman Show and successfully replaced a Westboro Baptist Church webpage with a message from Anonymous during an on-air confrontation with Shirley Phelps-Roper.[9] A recording of this event was placed on YouTube,[10] where it quickly went viral, reaching just over one million views in five days.
source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topiary_%28hacktivist%29)