PayPal, Symantec hacked as Anonymous begins November 5 hacking spree

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.zdnet.com/paypal-symantec-hacked-as-anonymous-begins-november-5-hacking-spree-7000006876/

PayPal, Symantec hacked as Anonymous begins November 5 hacking spree

Summary: As it becomes the 5th of November around the world, Anonymous 
begins a hacking spree that has claimed both a Symantec and a PayPal booty 
- plus a planned V For Vendetta reenactment at the Houses of Parliament.
Violet Blue

By Violet Blue for Zero Day | November 5, 2012

The press arm for Anonymous has announced that it has begun its hacking 
spree for the 5th of November - Guy Fawkes Day - and claims to have dumped 
user and employee account information on accounts from PayPal, Symantec, 
Australian government websites and much more.

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