HBGary Federal hacked and exposed by Anonymous

Greg Hogland & co still in business here http://www.mandiant.com

That book, amongst others, was written by him & James Butler

 

Anonymous vs. HBGary: the aftermath (2 web pages).

-- Tom

 

Nice.
The companies that joined HBGary Federal in 'Team Themis', Berico and Palantir are, thankfully, ethics-minded folks.

From Palantir’s Commitment to Protecting Civil Liberties webpage;

'Palantir was built by technologists serious about protecting privacy and civil liberties...
Our leadership team and founders...are dedicated to working for the common good and doing what’s right...
...At Palantir, this means creating technology that reflects our commitment to protecting privacy and civil liberties....
Palantir has consistently invested its own funds to ensure that the Palantir platform includes the privacy and civil liberties protections mandated by legal requirements...
Palantir was built by technologists serious about protecting privacy and civil liberties. Members of our team have reached out to policymakers to make them aware of these capabilities, and to get their feedback on how we can ensure that these capabilities will be used to protect our citizens.'

And Palantir's powerpoint presentation slide, interpreting Aaron Barr's idea's;
(To be honest, Palantir's legal counsel has stated that the slide is due to one 26-year old junior engineer who was sent on leave. No one else involved...)

 

It's so sad that these grown men who own multi-million dollar security firms are getting pwned and embarrassed by 16 year old kids (which Anonymous mostly consists of).

 

HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down

 

Interesting...

Anonymous Member Says Palantir Not Off The Hook .....
Congressional lawmakers call for probe of HBGary, Berico, Palantir, and law firm Hunton & Williams

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022805810.html

http://www.darkreading.com/database...ecurity/attacks-breaches/229219613/index.html

 

I guess Barrett Brown is no longer "Anonymous."

 

If i recall correctly from the irc log, he doesn't participate in attacks / illegal activities.

 

HBGary E-mails: DuPont, Other Firms Hit In Aurora Attack

 

@ MrBrian

Thanks for posting

Left in a Chinese hotel "safe" How STUPID are they and how much are they paying their IT etc "security" people for such terrible advice

I can hardly believe they did that, but obviously they did !

Any/All laptops and Any/All other electronic items that can store data and/or communicate MUST be kept Very close to you at ALL times. When will these idiots ever learn

 

From Forbes blog; Is This The Girl That Hacked HBGary? link

Apparantly a 16-year old girl.
Or a mid-20's male. But definately a person of a certain age.

'...
So paranoid is Kayla of being caught or hacked by others, that despite several requests she would not speak to me on Skype to verify an adolescent-sounding voice. Our only evidence: others in Anonymous vouch for her age, her emails are punctuated with smiley faces and “lols” and she is relatively well-known on hacking forums. Still, rumors abound that Kayla is a mid-20s male from New Jersey named Corey Barnhill, who also goes by the pseudonym Xyrix.
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