Anonymous members arrested for hacking government and IT firm networks

Danny Palmer
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Two Australian men charged with hacking into systems and stealing data

Two men who allegedly claim to be members of the hacking and activist collective Anonymous have been arrested in Australia, charged with stealing data after hacking into the computer networks of go...

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