Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Hacker Group Unveils Critical Attacks, Accused of Drawing a ‘Road Map for the Bad Guys’

Jordan Robertson, March 6, 2012, "Hacker Group Unveils Critical Attacks, Accused of Drawing a ‘Road Map for the Bad Guys’," Bloomberg Tech Blog.

From the article: "For the past few months, a team of computer hackers has engaged in an aggressive form of cyber subversion. Its work has enraged critics and led to accusations that it is endangering people’s lives.

It’s not Anonymous. The group causing the uproar is a team of professional researchers that has embraced an extreme approach to cyber security. The volunteers have gone beyond probing networks and working to fix vulnerabilities they find. They are writing programs to attack weaknesses and releasing those programs on the Internet, making them available on Digital Bond’s website."  Read more