Earlier today, The Hacker News reported it had received a message from hacking group Pakistan Cyber Army, claiming the PCA had hacked an Acer Europe server and stole sensitive information. The publication posted a screenshot of the data reportedly collected, which included the personal information of 40,000 customers, including their names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and the names of products they had purchased.
According to The Hacker News, the PCA plans to release more data within the next 24 hours, and will follow that up with a press release discussing its reasons for hacking Acer's Europe division.
Acer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Not to be outdone, Anonymous, which made headlines last year by hacking financial institutions and other sites in defense of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, recently made public more than 10,000 e-mails it stole from Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the International Business Times, which cited a source who viewed the documents, most of the files are passports and visas, and relate to an "oil meeting."
But Anonymous hasn't stopped there. The organization has also launched a new operation it's calling Op NATO Black Fax/E-mail Bomb. Users can surf to the OpNATO page and send a free prewritten fax to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in defense of Anonymous. The organization has posted a list of fax numbers to the page, and has asked supporters to send "as many [faxes] as you can" to those numbers.
"It has come to our attention that you have classified Anonymous a 'potential threat to the security of [your] member states,' and that you seek retaliation against us," reads the letter to NATO, which is made up of the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., among other countries. Anonymous goes on to ask the member nations to "retaliate against us in any manner you choose." However, even if some of its members are jailed, the letter reads, the nations will find "that Anonymous continues to live on."
Anonymous' letter ends with a threat.
"Think carefully before you continue from here," the letter reads. "You still have the power to stand up for good. Do NOT come between us and our freedom. You have been warned." Read More
