<s>
Operation	B-Application
Anti-Security	I-Application
,	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Operation	B-Application
AntiSec	I-Application
or	O
#AntiSec	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
hacking	O
attacks	O
performed	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
hacking	O
group	O
LulzSec	O
and	O
Anonymous	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
have	O
also	O
committed	O
hacks	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
operation	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
hack	O
into	O
the	O
Fox	O
News	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
to	O
post	O
a	O
false	O
news	O
story	O
about	O
the	O
assassination	O
of	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
and	O
attacks	O
on	O
the	O
websites	O
of	O
government	O
entities	O
in	O
various	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Law	O
enforcement	O
has	O
launched	O
investigations	O
into	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
attacks	O
committed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Operation	B-Application
AntiSec	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
seven	O
arrests	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
in	O
connection	O
to	O
activities	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
operation	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
arrests	O
of	O
two	O
purported	O
LulzSec	O
members	O
,	O
a	O
man	O
who	O
provided	O
LulzSec	O
with	O
security	O
vulnerability	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
four	O
alleged	O
members	O
of	O
AntiSec	B-Application
NL	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
20	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
group	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
teaming	O
up	O
with	O
hacking	O
collective	O
Anonymous	O
for	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
attacks	O
they	O
dubbed	O
Operation	B-Application
Anti-Security	I-Application
or	O
Operation	B-Application
AntiSec	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
press	O
release	O
accompanying	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
operation	O
called	O
for	O
supporters	O
to	O
steal	O
and	O
publish	O
classified	O
government	O
documents	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
AntiSec	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
was	O
information	O
from	O
numerous	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
half	O
a	O
gigabyte	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
telecommunications	O
company	O
AT&T	O
and	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
from	O
Sony	O
,	O
Viacom	O
,	O
Disney	O
,	O
EMI	O
,	O
and	O
NBC	O
Universal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AT&T	O
portion	O
included	O
information	O
pertaining	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
4G	B-Architecture
LTE	O
,	O
90,000	O
personal	O
phones	O
used	O
by	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
contained	O
over	O
750,000	O
usernames	O
and	O
password	O
combinations	O
,	O
including	O
200,000	O
from	O
hackforums.net,	O
12,000	O
from	O
the	O
NATO	O
online	O
bookstore	O
,	O
500,000	O
from	O
the	O
online	O
video	O
game	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Heroes	I-Application
,	O
50,000	O
from	O
various	O
video	O
game	O
forums	O
,	O
and	O
29	O
from	O
Irish	O
private	O
investigation	O
company	O
Priority	O
Investigations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
denied	O
that	O
any	O
information	O
had	O
been	O
stolen	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
group	O
removed	O
the	O
claim	O
from	O
their	O
Twitter	B-Application
feed	O
a	O
few	O
hours	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
later	O
redirected	O
The	O
Sun	O
website	O
to	O
their	O
Twitter	B-Application
feed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
News	O
International	O
released	O
a	O
statement	O
regarding	O
the	O
attacks	O
before	O
having	O
the	O
page	O
the	O
statement	O
appeared	O
on	O
also	O
redirected	O
to	O
the	O
LulzSec	O
Twitter	B-Application
page	O
and	O
eventually	O
taken	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
June	O
,	O
the	O
group	O
released	O
the	O
second	O
collection	O
of	O
documents	O
stolen	O
from	O
the	O
Arizona	O
Department	O
of	O
Public	O
Safety	O
during	O
Operation	B-Application
Anti-Security	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
information	O
and	O
control	O
were	O
given	O
through	O
SQL	B-Language
injection	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
July	O
,	O
Anonymous	O
released	O
a	O
document	O
containing	O
27	O
administrative	O
usernames	O
and	O
passwords	O
from	O
an	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
system	O
used	O
to	O
operate	O
online	O
technical	B-General_Concept
support	I-General_Concept
follow-up	O
surveys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
encrypted	O
passwords	O
were	O
taken	O
from	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
posted	O
internal	O
data	O
from	O
over	O
one	O
hundred	O
.tr	B-Language
websites	O
and	O
brought	O
down	O
and	O
replaced	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
74	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
74	O
sites	O
had	O
their	O
normal	O
pages	O
replaced	O
with	O
an	O
Antisec	B-Application
logo	O
and	O
a	O
message	O
denouncing	O
supposed	O
attempts	O
at	O
internet	O
censorship	O
by	O
the	O
Turkish	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
obtained	O
information	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
various	O
virtual	B-Application
private	I-Application
networks	I-Application
and	O
access	O
panels	O
belonging	O
to	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Energy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hack	O
was	O
done	O
with	O
a	O
simple	O
SQL	B-Language
injection	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
July	O
,	O
Anonymous	O
released	O
two	O
PDFs	B-Application
purportedly	O
taken	O
from	O
servers	O
belonging	O
to	O
NATO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
claimed	O
via	O
Twitter	B-Application
to	O
have	O
obtained	O
around	O
one	O
gigabyte	O
of	O
data	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
release	O
portions	O
of	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
two	O
documents	O
released	O
relate	O
to	O
outsourcing	O
communication	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
services	I-General_Concept
(	O
CIS	O
)	O
in	O
Kosovo	O
and	O
the	O
funding	O
request	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
@anonesc	O
posted	O
less	O
than	O
100	O
megabytes	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
taken	O
over	O
eight	O
gigabytes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
posted	O
a	O
PDF	B-Application
of	O
a	O
résumé	O
sent	O
into	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
proof	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
infiltrated	O
their	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anonymous	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
attack	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
promised	O
"	O
Fuck	O
FBI	O
Friday	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
FFF	O
,	O
campaign	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
Operation	B-Application
AntiSec	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
August	O
,	O
Anonymous	O
gained	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
email	O
account	O
of	O
Richard	O
Garcia	O
,	O
former	O
assistant	O
director	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
the	O
FBI	O
field	O
office	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
and	O
senior	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
Vanguard	O
Defense	O
Industries	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
AntiSec	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
breached	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
website	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
WordPress	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
company	O
says	O
that	O
their	O
website	O
was	O
never	O
affected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
retaliation	O
for	O
arrests	O
of	O
people	O
who	O
allegedly	O
participated	O
in	O
Operation	B-Application
AntiSec	I-Application
,	O
and	O
especially	O
Topiary	O
,	O
Anonymous	O
attacked	O
the	O
website	O
of	O
the	O
Texas	O
Police	O
Chiefs	O
Association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AntiSec	B-Application
claimed	O
that	O
at	O
least	O
40	O
law	O
enforcement	O
related	O
websites	O
were	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
Anonymous	O
posted	O
38,000	O
email	O
messages	O
from	O
the	O
Gmail	B-Application
account	O
of	O
Alfredo	O
"	O
Fred	O
"	O
Baclagan	O
,	O
a	O
special	O
agent	O
supervising	O
computer	O
crime	O
investigations	O
with	O
the	O
California	O
Department	O
of	O
Justice	O
and	O
the	O
Computer	O
and	O
Technology	O
Crime	O
Hightech	O
Response	O
Team	O
,	O
to	O
a	O
site	O
on	O
Tor	B-Application
and	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
read	O
his	O
text	O
messages	O
,	O
listened	O
to	O
his	O
voicemail	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
his	O
Google	B-Application
Voice	I-Application
account	O
to	O
call	O
and	O
text	O
his	O
friends	O
and	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
purchased	O
a	O
camera	O
using	O
his	O
Google	B-Application
Wallet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
announcement	O
of	O
Operation	B-Application
Anti-Security	I-Application
included	O
a	O
call	O
from	O
LulzSec	O
to	O
spread	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
AntiSec	B-Application
"	O
through	O
physical	O
graffiti	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
days	O
after	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
locations	O
in	O
Mission	O
Beach	O
,	O
San	O
Diego	O
,	O
were	O
vandalized	O
with	O
pieces	O
of	O
graffiti	B-Application
reading	O
the	O
phrase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
July	O
,	O
a	O
Fox	O
News	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
(	O
@foxnewspolitics	O
)	O
was	O
hacked	O
and	O
false	O
tweets	O
reporting	O
that	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
has	O
been	O
shot	O
three	O
times	O
and	O
killed	O
were	O
sent	O
from	O
the	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
action	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Operation	B-Application
Anti-Security	I-Application
and	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
continue	O
looking	O
to	O
expose	O
information	O
on	O
corporations	O
"	O
to	O
assist	O
with	O
antisec.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
subsequently	O
hacked	O
into	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
page	O
of	O
pharmaceutical	O
company	O
Pfizer	O
,	O
claiming	O
they	O
did	O
so	O
for	O
"	O
moral	O
reasons	O
"	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
AntiSec	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
posted	O
numerous	O
messages	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Facebook	B-Application
wall	O
mocking	O
their	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
July	O
,	O
someone	O
going	O
by	O
the	O
name	O
f1esc	O
posted	O
a	O
file	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
containing	O
600	O
megabytes	O
of	O
information	O
described	O
as	O
national	O
"	O
AU	O
election	O
data	O
"	O
and	O
labelled	O
with	O
the	O
tag	O
#Antisec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
claimed	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
both	O
to	O
mark	O
the	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
Sivas	O
massacre	O
and	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Operation	B-Application
Anti-Security	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
vowed	O
to	O
continue	O
contribution	O
to	O
the	O
AntiSec	B-Application
operation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
July	O
,	O
a	O
hacker	O
called	O
p0keu	O
released	O
of	O
around	O
2,658	O
usernames	O
,	O
passwords	O
hidden	O
behind	O
hash	B-Algorithm
functions	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
email	O
addresses	O
from	O
the	O
blog	O
TamilCanadian.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
gave	O
no	O
reason	O
for	O
why	O
he	O
chose	O
the	O
website	O
to	O
attack	O
other	O
than	O
that	O
he	O
did	O
so	O
under	O
the	O
AntiSec	B-Application
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
31	O
of	O
the	O
records	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
contained	O
plain	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
with	O
email	O
addresses	O
,	O
user	O
names	O
,	O
and	O
passwords	O
of	O
site	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
p0keu	O
has	O
continued	O
hacking	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
not	O
labelled	O
all	O
of	O
his	O
releases	O
with	O
the	O
AntiSec	B-Application
slogan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
a	O
splinter	O
group	O
inspired	O
by	O
LulzSec	O
formed	O
,	O
calling	O
themselves	O
AntiSec	B-Application
NL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
hacked	O
into	O
the	O
websites	O
of	O
online	O
dating	O
service	O
pepper.nl	O
and	O
software	O
company	O
Nimbuzz	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
July	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
called	O
BashCrew	O
hacked	O
the	O
website	O
of	O
the	O
House	O
of	O
Representatives	O
of	O
the	O
Philippines	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
AntiSec	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
hacker	O
going	O
by	O
the	O
name	O
Thehacker12	O
,	O
a	O
self-purported	O
AntiSec	B-Application
supporter	O
but	O
not	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
Anonymous	O
,	O
released	O
data	O
stolen	O
from	O
event	O
management	O
company	O
allianceforbiz.com	O
on	O
24	O
August	O
2011	O
on	O
Mediafire	O
and	O
Pastebin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
contained	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
of	O
usernames	O
,	O
email	O
addresses	O
,	O
passwords	O
,	O
employers	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
information	O
of	O
around	O
20,000	O
people	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
them	O
United	O
States	O
government	O
employees	O
or	O
contractors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Law	O
enforcement	O
agencies	O
in	O
various	O
countries	O
have	O
arrested	O
or	O
searched	O
the	O
property	O
of	O
alleged	O
participants	O
in	O
Operation	B-Application
AntiSec	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
were	O
located	O
in	O
different	O
Dutch	O
and	O
cities	O
and	O
accused	O
of	O
being	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
hacking	O
group	O
AntiSec	B-Application
NL	O
,	O
an	O
operation	O
participant	O
inspired	O
by	O
LulzSec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Police	O
confiscated	O
a	O
Dell	O
laptop	O
and	O
a	O
100-gigabyte	O
hard	O
drive	O
that	O
ran	O
16	O
different	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
LulzSec	O
,	O
authorities	O
suspect	O
Hammond	O
of	O
being	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
Anonymous	O
and	O
charged	O
him	O
with	O
access	O
device	O
fraud	O
and	O
hacking	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
his	O
supposed	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
December	O
2011	O
attack	O
on	O
intelligence	O
company	O
Stratfor	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Operation	B-Application
AntiSec	I-Application
.	O
</s>
