NATO report threatens to 'persecute' Anonymous Hacktivist grouped named as threat by military allian

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NATO report threatens to 'persecute' Anonymous
Hacktivist grouped named as threat by military alliance

Read more: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/6/1/nato-report-threatens-persecute-anonymous/#ixzz1OLJ22Et0

Written by James Nixon on 01 June, 2011

Read more: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/6/1/nato-report-threatens-persecute-anonymous/#ixzz1OLJA0oYB

NATO leaders have been warned that WikiLeaks-loving 'hacktivist' collective Anonymous could pose a threat to member states' security, following recent attacks on the US Chamber of Commerce and defence contractor HBGary - and promise to 'persecute' its members.

In a toughly-worded draft report to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, General Rapporteur Lord Jopling claims that the loose-knit, leaderless group is "becoming more and more sophisticated", and "could potentially hack into sensitive government, military, and corporate files".

The group demonstrated its capabilities in February, says the report, when it hacked into US-based defence contractor HBGary. Documents stolen in the attack lifted the lid on the US military's plans to use social network surveillance software, code-named 'Metal Gear' by the online hive-mind, which could control an army of fake profiles, collecting data from disparate sites and piecing together an individual's identity by analysing linguistic traits and other details.

Read more: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/6/1/nato-report-threatens-persecute-anonymous/#ixzz1OLJJWnig

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