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‘Anonymous Analytics’ Exposes the Corruption and Fake Credentials of a...

The hacker collective Anonymous has a new research wing dubbed Anonymous Analytics – and it is already exposing one Chinese company that trades on the Hong Kong stock exchange. It accuses Chaoda...

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Anonymous Protests Japan’s Anti-Download Copyright Law

Yesterday we gave a brief overview of the new revision to Japan’s copyright law, which, when it goes into effect in October, will make intentionally downloading illegal music or videos carry a prison...

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Anonymous Analytics: Qihoo is a “Fraud” That’s Hiding its Traffic Stats

Anonymous Analytics – the research wing of the hacker collective Anonymous – has produced its second-ever report [1] on a Chinese company. This time Qihoo 360 (NYSE:QIHU), the anti-virus vendor and...

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Anonymous Claims It Hacked North Korea’s Intranet (But It Probably Didn’t)

The worldwide hacker collective Anonymous announced yesterday that it had hacked North Korean web servers and, among other things, the China-based North Korean propaganda site Uriminzokkiri.com, from...

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Anonymous Tries to Hack North Korea, Accidentally Hacks Itself and Blasts a...

I guess this is what they call collateral damage. After hacker collective Anonymous’s long-awaited June 25 hack attack on North Korea, North Korea Tech has been busy picking up the pieces, and things...

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‘Anonymous’ hackers threaten war with Singapore government

Update: The Messiah has hacked into a Straits Times blog. A hacker group claiming to be the notorious Anonymous collective has put up a YouTube video promising that it will declare war on the Singapore...

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Singapore newspaper Straits Times hacked by ‘The Messiah’ from Anonymous...

Update: The article was edited to reflect that a blog from the Straits Times was hacked. The blog may not have the same content management system as the rest of the Straits Times website. Also, added a...

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Philippine government sites hacked by Anonymous in support of “million mask...

Asian governments have been keeping themselves quite busy with hackers’ activities this week. While Singapore is dealing with an individual (or group of individuals) called “The Messiah” who claims to...

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170 Australian websites hacked, hackers demand Australia “stop spying on...

Hackers in Asia have been quite active recently with The Sydney Morning Herald reporting yesterday that an Indonesian hacker group called “Anonymous Indonesia” claimed to have hacked over 170...

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IDA blames outage of Singapore government websites on technical issues,...

Updated with statement from IDA issued on November 4. An incident report (embedded below) purportedly by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has determined that “routing problems”...

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Why the Anonymous call for a “million mask march” could succeed in the...

Anonymous is on the offensive this week in the Philippines – and not for the first time. The Anonymous group has previously exposed the Philippine president’s mobile number and hacked a number of...

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Anonymous takes down two Philippine government websites on November 5

Anonymous has brought down the National Bureau of Investigation and Senate websites, it announced on OpPhilippines, a Twitter channel for Anonymous activities in the country. The sites were...

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Anonymous-sparked protest begins in Philippines, held back in Indonesia

By Yasser Paragian, Enricko Lukman, Phoebe Magdirila, Terence Lee The Million Mask March, a global protest initiated by hacktivist group Anonymous, has begun in Southeast Asia this morning. Eye witness...

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Singapore movie actor disses Anonymous, gets hacked on Twitter

For all the bluster about waging war on the Singapore government, November 5 — designated a global protest day by hacker collective Anonymous — was rather uneventful in Singapore. While marches were...

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Condemn Anonymous, but thank them, too

As November 5 came and went, the online community was awash with a mixture of relief, ridicule, and even disappointment at how uneventful the day was despite the promise of action by Messiah of...

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Anonymous Indonesia set to attack Australia again, gets warned by Australian...

Credit: BajinganLonthe (Update: Indonesian hackers have brought down Australia Secret Intelligence Service’s (ASIS) website. The hackers originally targeted Australian Security Intelligence...

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In Thailand, it’s time to stop online anonymity in political activism

Over the past several weeks in Thailand, there has been no news hotter than the ongoing public protests against a recent proposed bill in Parliament to grant amnesty to former Thai Prime Minister...

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Indonesian hackers still attacking civilian Australian sites, gets final...

Credit: Sidomi Last weekend, Indonesian hackers were busy attacking Australia’s spy agency websites and they managed to bring down one of them, ASIS.gov.au, with a DDoS attack. However, it seems that...

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Dear journalists, stop spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt in Anonymous...

So a few days ago, right after an image of an Anonymous YouTube video embedded on the Singapore Prime Minister Office’s (PMO) site started appearing on the interwebs, news sources have been reporting...

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After last week’s hack attacks across Asia, more Anonymous members are caught

The shadowy Anonymous Philippines group has managed to hack and deface many government websites a number of times over the years. Last week saw a fresh wave of digital ‘hactivism’. Despite this, the...

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5 ways that social media rocked the Philippines in 2013

Facebook is still growing in Asia with over 351 million active users at the last count. The Philippines, contributes more than 30 million people to that Facebook Asia number. But for Filipinos,...

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10 highlights of Indonesia’s tech industry in 2013

Let’s look back at what the Indonesian tech industry went through last year. It’s not just a history lesson, as it also points the way forward to new trends in Indonesia in the new year. Indonesia now...

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Philippine government to Anonymous: please don’t hack THIS website

In November, members of the Anonymous collective defaced 37 Philippine government websites in line with the global Million Mask March movement. And this is just the most recent of the numerous attacks...

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Anonymous threatens to leak personal data of Singapore government employees

Hacker and hacktivist collective Anonymous is planning to leak the personal information of government employees tomorrow, in protest over the recent arrests of alleged Anonymous operatives, reports...

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Yes, you’ve heard of Ask.fm, but did you know it’s quite big in Asia?

If you live in Thailand and haven’t heard of Ask.fm, consider yourself out of the loop. This global community platform, which allows people to anonymously ask questions to others, has become...

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Anonymous Philippines hacks 200 Chinese websites for “territorial encroachment”

Anonymous Philippines went on another hacking spree. After targeting Philippine websites last year, it has crossed borders and defaced more than 200 Chinese websites this week. This move was publicly...

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Facebook cuts off Anonymous Philippines’ page following attacks against...

After a long period of using Facebook to spread the word, hacker collective Anonymous Philippines’ has lost access to their own Facebook page. As of press time, Tech in Asia could not access the page,...

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This app proves that anonymity brings out the best in Koreans

Here’s the sad thing about social networks such as Facebook: more often than not, the person you portray yourself to be is not your true self. How we are perceived means the world to us – as evidenced...

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Post anonymously on an upcoming social network for colleges: Bakfy

Indian youngsters, like many others, love posting selfies and memes on social networks. However, many are still reluctant to confess their crush or crib about a stern professor because there’s always...

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India’s Anonymous is attacking India’s most powerful institutions

Photo credit: feelart / 123RF. India has its own Anonymous. Legion, a new hacker group, has already attacked email and Twitter accounts of India’s top politicians, businessmen, and journalists, and is...

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