An international investigation into cyberactivists who attacked businesses hostile to WikiLeaks is likely to yield arrests of senior members of the group after they left clues to their real identities on Facebook and in other electronic communications, it is claimed

Posted: 2011/02/06 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement

Behind the scenes key Anonymous figures are fretting that they will soon face charges, which can bring sentences as long as 10 years.

Researcher Aaron Barr, head of security services firm HBGary Federal, said he penetrated Anonymous as part of a project to demonstrate the security risks to organisations from social media and networking. He is presenting his research later this month at a conference in San Francisco.

More: http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20110206213730769

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