Anonymous Steals 40GB User Data From Australian ISP Named AAPT
Australian rampage of Anonymous continues. Anonymous has claimed to have breached & stolen more than 40GB data from an Australian internet service provider named AAPT. Also the hacker collective group vows to publish those online. This cyber attack on AAPT comes just days after Australian arm of the group claimed responsibility for bringing down 10 government websites and warned that it will continue the attacks on ".gov.au" sites until plans to force ISPs to store user data and make it further available to security services are shelved. This hack comes as the second stage of a campaign against new surveillance and data retention laws that would force ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to store user data and make it available to intelligence agencies for up to two years. A formal statement purporting to be from the CEO of AAPT has appeared on PasteBin says:-
"STATEMENT FROM DAVID YUILE, CEO AAPT
IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY OUR SERVICE PROVIDER, MELBOURNE IT, AT APPROXIMATELY 9.30PM LAST NIGHT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SECURITY INCIDENT AND UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO SOME AAPT BUSINESS CUSTOMER DATA STORED ON SERVERS AT MELBOURNE IT.
AAPT IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED MELBOURNE IT TO SHUT DOWN THE SERVERS WHEN WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SUGGEST IT WAS TWO FILES THAT WERE COMPROMISED AND THE DATA IS HISTORIC, WITH LIMITED PERSONAL CUSTOMER INFORMATION. FURTHER, THE SERVERS ON WHICH THE FILES WERE STORED HAVE NOT BEEN USED OR CONNECTED TO AAPT FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS..."
Anon Australia claimed the attacks aimed to show how we should not trust ISPs to store personal information. "You want to trust these ISPs with your data? When they can't even keep it secured?! If I were you, I wouldn't trust anyone but myself with my data." Anonymous claimed that it plans to release a sample of the data later today, but will deliberately censor private details, because "the people were not their target".
"We don't want to publish personal innocent personal details like some of the other Anons have in other operations which have lost the public's support. Our target is the (Federal) Government who think they can get away with doing something like this," the hacker added.
-Source (TOI)
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