293:. His e-mails depict his intention to release information on the identities of Anonymous members at the B-Sides conference and to sell it to possible clients, including the FBI. In the e-mails, Barr explained that he identified his list of suspected Anonymous "members" by tracing connections through social media, while his main programmer criticized this methodology. In a
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Federal had been set up with Aaron Barr as CEO instead of Hoglund to provide services and tools to the US government, which might require security clearance. As HBGary Federal could not meet revenue projections, in early 2011 negotiations about the sale of HBGary Federal were in progress with
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planned release of the bank's internal documents. "Potential proactive tactics against WikiLeaks include feeding the fuel between the feuding groups, disinformation, creating messages around actions to sabotage or discredit the opposing organization, and submitting fake documents to WikiLeaks and
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On 5–6 February 2011, Anonymous compromised the HBGary website, copied tens of thousands of documents from both HBGary
Federal and HBGary, Inc., posted tens of thousands of both companies' emails online, and usurped Barr's Twitter account in apparent revenge. Anonymous also claimed to have wiped
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Wikileaks, Aaron Barr suggested faking documents to damage Wikileaks' reputation and conducting "cyber attacks against the infrastructure to get data on document submitters. This would kill the project". He also suggested pressuring journalist
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Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities asked the Defense Department and the National Security Agency to provide any contracts with HBGary Federal, Palantir Technologies and Berico Technologies for
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Anonymous IRC channel to negotiate with the group. She distanced her company from their partially owned subsidiary HBGary Federal, clarified the separation of the two, and asked
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Security Innovation Alliance. The CEO made presentations at the
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Hacked Documents Show Chamber Engaged HBGary to Spy on Unions
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Basic Malware Analysis Using Responder Professional by HBGary
679:, Kelly J. Higgins, Dark Reading, 6 22 2010, retr 2011-02-11
638:"Cyber security firm HBGary bought by ManTech International"
1505:"Congress Asks to Review DoD and NSA Contracts With HBGary"
1001:"How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price"
769:"How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price"
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Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center ransomware incident
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Researcher 'Fingerprints' The Bad Guys Behind The Malware
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Black ops: how HBGary wrote backdoors for the government
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866:"Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack"
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387:11 February 2011: Palantir's CEO apologized to
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988:Anonymous statement from hacked HBGary Website
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1147:"Who's who among key LulzSec hackitivists"
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508:HBGary :: Detect. Diagnose. Respond.
1684:video of using HBGary's Flypaper product
1369:. US Chamber of Commerce. Archived from
1339:. US Chamber of Commerce. Archived from
978:Mike Masnick, TechDirt.com 11 Feb. 2011
940:"Victim Of Anonymous Attack Speaks Out"
902:"Victim of Anonymous Attack Speaks Out"
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1337:"More Baseless Attacks on the Chamber"
612:HBGary Unveils Digital DNA™ Technology
586:. Monsters and Critics. Archived from
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736:"Anonymous vs. HBGary: the aftermath"
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1278:from the original on 1 December 2016
1252:from the original on 17 October 2021
701:Elliott, Justin (16 February 2011).
648:from the original on 26 October 2012
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2027:Commission on Elections data breach
1614:Anderson, Nate (14 February 2011).
1538:. Computerworld Inc. Archived from
1365:Collamore, Tom (11 February 2011).
1335:Collamore, Tom (10 February 2011).
1240:Anderson, Nate (14 February 2011).
1112:Anderson, Nate (10 February 2011).
734:Anderson, Nate (24 February 2011).
636:Anderson, Mark (29 February 2012).
544:Anderson, Nate (10 February 2011).
1662:from the original on 13 April 2012
1561:Cory Doctorow (18 February 2011).
1534:Darlene Storm (22 February 2011).
1515:from the original on 8 August 2013
1217:. 12 February 2011. Archived from
864:Bright, Peter (15 February 2011).
767:Anderson, Nate (9 February 2011).
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2187:Jeff Bezos phone hacking incident
1650:Leyden, John (29 February 2012).
1484:from the original on 5 March 2011
1453:Paul Roberts (28 February 2011).
1408:from the original on 1 March 2011
1176:Leyden, John (17 February 2011).
1157:from the original on 23 June 2011
1042:from the original on 27 July 2022
950:from the original on 27 July 2022
914:from the original on 16 July 2011
842:from the original on 27 July 2022
832:"Cyberactivists warned of arrest"
748:from the original on 9 April 2012
235:Step 1 : Gather all the data
166:computer emergency response teams
152:, which sold its products to the
2760:Microarchitectural Data Sampling
1996:Ukrainian Power Grid Cyberattack
1904:Cyberterrorism attack of June 25
1697:(by Nate Anderson, ars technica)
1457:. threatpost.com. Archived from
1190:from the original on 7 July 2017
1079:Menn, Joseph (7 February 2011).
1011:from the original on 7 July 2017
900:Olson, Parmy (7 February 2011).
830:Menn, Joseph (4 February 2011).
578:Ragan, Steve (9 February 2011).
404:1 March 2011: 17 members of the
188:in 2003. In 2008, it joined the
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2108:2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks
1945:2014 JPMorgan Chase data breach
1628:from the original on 9 May 2012
1472:Justin Elliott (1 March 2011).
1325:Anonymous, pastebin 7 Feb. 2011
1145:Acohido, Byron (20 June 2011).
1126:from the original on 9 May 2012
878:from the original on 8 May 2012
781:from the original on 9 May 2012
556:from the original on 9 May 2012
170:computer forensic investigators
1940:2014 celebrity nude photo leak
1392:Fang, Lee (10 February 2011).
125:(Former CEO of HBGary Federal)
16:American cybersecurity company
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2177:Bulgarian revenue agency hack
1955:Russian hacker password theft
1503:Zetter, Kim (17 March 2011).
1272:"辽宁住宿票 餐饮票-辽宁开酒店票-晋中出租车票-的士票"
348:at the recommendation of the
326:then calling out the error."
202:computer security conferences
2311:Bangladesh Black Hat Hackers
1787:(publication of 2009 events)
1402:Center for American Progress
378:Center for American Progress
263:to gather information about
3202:Computer security companies
2172:Baltimore ransomware attack
642:Sacramento Business Journal
204:. HBGary also analyzed the
184:The company was founded by
160:Its other clients included
144:is a subsidiary company of
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2093:WannaCry ransomware attack
1986:Ashley Madison data breach
1930:Anthem medical data breach
1847:PlayStation network outage
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216:two interested companies.
3207:Security consulting firms
2182:WhatsApp snooping scandal
2047:Indian Bank data breaches
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2724:Speculative Store Bypass
2291:Ukrainian Cyber Alliance
2088:2017 Macron e-mail leaks
1321:17 February 2011 at the
1302:13 February 2011 at the
354:U.S. Chamber of Commerce
2098:Westminster data breach
2017:Bangladesh Bank robbery
1960:2014 Yahoo! data breach
1950:2014 Sony Pictures hack
1909:2013 Yahoo! data breach
1894:South Korea cyberattack
1796:Operation Olympic Games
1791:Australian cyberattacks
2441:Syrian Electronic Army
2151:SingHealth data breach
1914:Singapore cyberattacks
1852:RSA SecurID compromise
406:United States Congress
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237:Step 2 : ???
81:Sacramento, California
2730:Lazy FP state restore
2514:Kristoffer von Hassel
2167:Sri Lanka cyberattack
2037:Vietnam Airport Hacks
1878:Operation High Roller
1691:, www.usaspending.gov
974:20 March 2011 at the
494:28 March 2009 at the
468:ManTech International
466:On 29 February 2012,
350:US Justice Department
342:Palantir Technologies
313:Content of the emails
239:Step 3 : Profit
174:ManTech International
162:information assurance
146:ManTech International
2676:Silent Bob is Silent
1736:Hacking in the 2010s
1007:. 10 February 2011.
990:Anonymous, Feb. 2011
617:11 July 2011 at the
2610:SS7 vulnerabilities
2146:Atlanta cyberattack
2115:Equifax data breach
1873:Stratfor email leak
1822:Canadian government
1801:Operation ShadowNet
1595:on 17 February 2011
1542:on 24 February 2011
1373:on 17 February 2011
1343:on 16 February 2011
1221:on 12 February 2011
1068:on 8 December 2013.
807:. 8 February 2011.
675:8 July 2011 at the
590:on 11 February 2011
513:7 July 2014 at the
430:Malware development
194:Black Hat Briefings
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3059:Petya and NotPetya
2688:ROCA vulnerability
2451:The Shadow Brokers
2377:Iranian Cyber Army
2303:persistent threats
2103:Petya and NotPetya
2067:2016 Bitfinex hack
2042:DCCC cyber attacks
2001:SWIFT banking hack
489:HBGary At A Glance
291:social engineering
277:, partly by using
89:Bethesda, Maryland
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3172:ZeroAccess botnet
2484:Mustafa Al-Bassam
2251:New World Hackers
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1991:VTech data breach
1842:Operation AntiSec
1806:Operation Payback
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