Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:39 PM

Hackers claim attack on Cambridge University Press

Source: Cambridge News

Hackers claim to have "dumped" details of 4,000 Cambridge University Press computer accounts on the internet.

The group called NullCrew, which supports WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has claimed responsibility for the alleged data breach, although the university last night insisted security had not been compromised.

A list of more than 4,000 Cambridge University Press usernames was posted on the Pastebin website by NullCrew tonight, but most of the passwords were simply listed as "null".

A statement above the data said: "If you don't take our demands seriously this time, more data will be dumped. If you keep ignoring us, we will keep dumping" ...

Read more: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Hackers-claim-attack-on-Cambridge-University-16092012.htm

Earlier story:

Pro-Assange group NullCrew threaten second attack on Cambridge computer system
Threats made by NullCrew on their twitter page suggest they are planning another release of Cambridge data sometime tomorrow.
by Varsity News
Sunday 16th September 2012, 00:05 BST

NullCrew, the pro-Assange group behind last month’s hacking of the Cambridge computer system, has threatened another release of Cambridge data within 24 hours if the university does not respond to them.

The threats made on their twitter page started on the 14th September with the first reading: "Hacking into #Cambridge again. #NullCrew" which was followed by another saying: "If Cambridge authorities don't want another dump, now is the time to speak up. Tweet me + DM. You have 24 hours."

When contacted by Varsity for a statement they replied that "Students aren't the targets. If the plan works, you'll see what we did." Questioned as to whether Cambridge was being made the target of their hacking for any particular reason or simply because they could, they replied that it was: "Because we can, and it will get #OpFreeAssange the most publicity. People need to realize what's going on." ...

http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/4817
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021354387

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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
Hackers claim attack on Cambridge University Press (Original post)	struggle4progress	Sep 2012	OP
wow. these people just make me dislike them more and more. nt	seabeyond	Sep 2012	#1
I think they're hoping to force Henry VIII to take a stand on the Assange affair	struggle4progress	Sep 2012	#2
And here I was going to drop a few hundred bucks or Cambridge Press books...	a geek named Bob	Sep 2012	#3
How else can WE the people going to fight back...things	movonne	Sep 2012	#4
What are you fighting back about??	frazzled	Sep 2012	#6
It doesn't bother you to see books like "Arithmetic Differential Operators over the p-adic Integers"	struggle4progress	Sep 2012	#7
No, but it really burns me up to see	frazzled	Sep 2012	#9
Their 'reason' is "because we can". That doesn't make it right. nt.	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#5
Here we go again....	SoapBox	Sep 2012	#8
But it sure wuz swella ya t'drop by an' lettus know ya wuzn't comin in!	struggle4progress	Sep 2012	#10
so they want publicity for (%)OpFreeAssange	defacto7	Sep 2012	#11
HOLD it. This seems designed to create blowback against Anon and Assange –	snot	Sep 2012	#12
Searching further . . . I find nothing on nullcrew prior to July, 2012.	snot	Sep 2012	#13
NullCrew: the principled hacker group?	struggle4progress	Sep 2012	#14

Response to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:41 PM

seabeyond (85,893 posts)

1. wow. these people just make me dislike them more and more. nt

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Response to seabeyond (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:47 PM

struggle4progress (72,005 posts)

2. I think they're hoping to force Henry VIII to take a stand on the Assange affair

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Response to struggle4progress (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:50 PM

a geek named Bob (2,715 posts)

3. And here I was going to drop a few hundred bucks or Cambridge Press books...

maybe later...

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:56 PM

movonne (9,475 posts)

4. How else can WE the people going to fight back...things

will be done that many people will dislike and many like...

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Response to movonne (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:00 PM

frazzled (9,219 posts)

6. What are you fighting back about??

And what does the effing Cambridge University Press have to do with it?

This is getting intolerable. A bunch of common thugs and thieves here, that's all.

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Response to frazzled (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:12 PM

struggle4progress (72,005 posts)

7. It doesn't bother you to see books like "Arithmetic Differential Operators over the p-adic Integers"

or "Graph Structure and Monadic Second-Order Logic" offered for sale to the general public?

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Response to struggle4progress (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:19 PM

frazzled (9,219 posts)

9. No, but it really burns me up to see

them still pushing "A Companion to Wittgenstein's Tractatus."

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:57 PM

Bernardo de La Paz (7,142 posts)

5. Their 'reason' is "because we can". That doesn't make it right. nt.

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:16 PM

SoapBox (5,909 posts)

8. Here we go again....

Another battling/on fire thread, about the same old topic, with lots of insults and ruffled feathers.

I'll pass on this thread.

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Response to SoapBox (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:49 PM

struggle4progress (72,005 posts)

10. But it sure wuz swella ya t'drop by an' lettus know ya wuzn't comin in!

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:51 PM

defacto7 (3,616 posts)

11. so they want publicity for (%)OpFreeAssange

OK... What kind of publicity? They want the University to respond to them? Maybe say "hello" or something?

Hacking was so much more entertaining when they put porn on religious sites.

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Response to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:12 AM

snot (8,179 posts)

12. HOLD it. This seems designed to create blowback against Anon and Assange –

Last edited Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:12 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

the Anons aren't usually that stupid, nor do they usually attack innocent bystanders just "Because {they} can."

How sure are we this isn't false flag/black ops?

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Response to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:31 AM

snot (8,179 posts)

13. Searching further . . . I find nothing on nullcrew prior to July, 2012.

Last edited Mon Sep 17, 2012, 01:11 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Again, I think the action makes more sense as a false flag/black ops effort.

Radio interview of purported leader of nullcrew at http://www.spreaker.com/user/minitrue/16_09_2012_anonymous_team_radio_1# makes clear, nullcrew are NOT Anonymous. They do what they do for the lulz.

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Response to snot (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 11:31 PM

struggle4progress (72,005 posts)

14. NullCrew: the principled hacker group?

18 September 2012

... “Anyone can be in Anonymous, but we don’t want to make a bad name for Anonymous because some of our hacks are for no reason,” such as Sony and ASUS which were hacked “for the lulz.” This is contrary to other crews, who seemed to hack for fun (LulzSec) and money (UGNazi); but then claimed affiliation with Anonymous because, said Null, “they felt they would get in less trouble if people thought they hacked for a cause” ... Critics have been unable to see a connection between a world famous seat of learning and the Julian Assange case – and have been looking for a deeper meaning. It doesn’t exist. We did it for the publicity, said Null. “We’re after government and educational sites because they get the most media; and we need that publicity to get the message OpFreeAssange across” ...

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/28300/nullcrew-the-principled-hacker-group/

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