Ryan Gallagher

How did Anonymous hack the FBI?

newstatesman.com — The latest, astonishing feat has put the internet hackers back in the public eye - and the authorities on the back foot. In the last twelve months it has attacked government websites in Syria, declared cyber war on a brutal Mexican drug cartel, and exposed an anti-WikiLeaks "dirty tricks campaign" allegedly plotted by a prominent US security firm.

Lulzsec hacker group handed jail sentences

bbc.co.uk — Hackers behind a series of high profile cyber attacks in 2011 have been given a total of seven years in jail. The four men, Ryan Cleary, Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam and Ryan Ackroyd, were part of the Lulzsec hacking group. Cleary was jailed for 32 months, Davis for two years and Ackroyd for 30 months.

Jail for the LulzSec hacking gang members

nakedsecurity.sophos.com — Members of the notorious LulzSec hacking gang have been sent to jail. Here are the sentences that each of them have received: If you have an opinion on these sentences, leave a comment below or take part in our poll: Have your say - LulzSec: Helpful, harmless or hideous?

Jail for the LulzSec hacking gang members

nakedsecurity.sophos.com — Members of the notorious LulzSec hacking gang have been sent to jail. Here are the sentences that each of them have received: If you have an opinion on these sentences, leave a comment below or take part in our poll: Have your say - LulzSec: Helpful, harmless or hideous?

Supreme Court says Americans don't have standing to challenge surveillance law.

slate.com — The spies at the National Security Agency must have breathed a major sigh of relief today. The Supreme Court ruled that Americans have no standing to challenge the constitutionality of the NSA's secret eavesdropping efforts. The significant decision comes after grappling in the lower courts that began in 2008. Back...

Holder not sure how many records seized

washingtonpost.com — Attorney General Eric Holder can't say how many times the Justice Department has seized journalists' records during his tenure. "I'm not sure how many of those cases that I have actually signed off on," Holder told NPR. "I take them very seriously, I know that I have refused to sign a few, pushed a few back for modifications."

LulzSec hackers "at cutting edge" of cyber crime, court told

uk.reuters.com — LONDON (Reuters) - Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was "anarchic self-amusement", a court heard on Wednesday.

AP reporters allegedly spied on by the Justice Department aren't alone.

slate.com — On Monday, the Associated Press revealed that some of its reporters were recently spied on by the Justice Department in what it called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion." The feds secretly obtained AP journalists' phone records as part of what is believed to be an ongoing investigation into leaks of...

Holder not sure how many records seized

washingtonpost.com — Attorney General Eric Holder can't say how many times the Justice Department has seized journalists' records during his tenure. "I'm not sure how many of those cases that I have actually signed off on," Holder told NPR. "I take them very seriously, I know that I have refused to sign a few, pushed a few back for modifications."

Holder not sure how many records seized

washingtonpost.com — Attorney General Eric Holder can't say how many times the Justice Department has seized journalists' records during his tenure. "I'm not sure how many of those cases that I have actually signed off on," Holder told NPR. "I take them very seriously, I know that I have refused to sign a few, pushed a few back for modifications."

Could the AP scandal happen in Britain?

bigbrotherwatch.org.uk — In a word, yes. When news broke of the US Government's wholesale request for data on Associated Press journalists, The New Yorker quickly highlighted how US law allowed the Department of Justice to go straight to the phone companies, without notifying AP (although it's own guidelines said this should not normally happen.)