Nov 12, 2012
Hacker Who Attacked D.C. Government Websites Sentenced to Probation, Won’t Be Able to Use Internet For Six Years
The 15-year-old hacker who in April brought down D.C. government websites has been sentenced to six years of probation, during which he won’t be able to access the Internet.
Sep 11, 2012
Hacker Who Brought Down DC.gov Is Fifteen Years Old
In April, D.C.’s government websites were brought down by hackers—one of which is a 15-year-old boy from California.
Jun 21, 2012
Hackers Claim Responsibility for Twitter Outage, but Twitter Says Bug Caused Service to Crash
A group of hackers known as UGNazi has claimed responsibility for bringing Twitter down for some 40 minutes this afternoon. Twitter, on the other hand, said it was merely an internal bug.
Apr 23, 2012
Cyberattacks Again Launched Against D.C. Websites
Last week’s cyberattacks that brought down D.C. government websites for the better part of a day have continued, with hackers again briefly overwhelming the DC.gov website last night.
After bringing down D.C. government websites yesterday, hackers posted information about Mayor Vince Gray online, including what they claim is his Social Security number.
Apr 19, 2012
Hacker Warns of More Attacks on D.C. Servers, Which May Be Unintended Target of Grudge With Federal Government
One of the hacker’s responsible for today’s cyberattack on D.C. government servers warned that more attacks were to come.