It became public knowledge because HB Gary is a bunch of idiots. One of the first things you learn in network security is to never taunt hackers. Block and fight then as you need to, but never make it any more personal for them. If you are just a random target, you just need to be secure enough to get them to move on. Make it personal for them, and they will focus on making your life hell, and even if they don't beat you, they eat up way too much of your life.
Smart network security people know you don't piss of the hacking community as a whole, because you probably have either members of that community on your staff, or one of their friends or lovers.
HB Gary made themselves a big, fat target, and then found out that Anonymous was more than their match. As someone in the field, I'm glad to see the weak thinned from the herd.
No kidding. Morons are they. Never underestimate the determination of the faceless legion.
Then again, we in the IC thought we had our network security shit down pretty well (no internet connection = no hacking, for many of us) until Bradley Manning came along. :/
Most of the people in the IC don't blame Manning for what he did; they blame the people who failed to take away his security access after he'd shown clear signs of mental breakdown. *sigh*
Meanwhile, coworkers all over are irked that they can no longer burn CDs with code or necessary files on them. Blargh.
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Smart network security people know you don't piss of the hacking community as a whole, because you probably have either members of that community on your staff, or one of their friends or lovers.
HB Gary made themselves a big, fat target, and then found out that Anonymous was more than their match. As someone in the field, I'm glad to see the weak thinned from the herd.
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Then again, we in the IC thought we had our network security shit down pretty well (no internet connection = no hacking, for many of us) until Bradley Manning came along. :/
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Meanwhile, coworkers all over are irked that they can no longer burn CDs with code or necessary files on them. Blargh.
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