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Submission + - LulzSec spokesman Topiary arrested in the UK (sophos.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: British police have arrested a 19-year-old man believed to be "Topiary", the official spokesperson of the LulzSec hactivist group.

The man was arrested at his home in the Shetland Islands earlier today (July 27), and is being transported to a central London police station.
Security

Submission + - Anonymous & LulzSec Initiate #OpPayPal (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: Anonymous and Lulz Security, in an open letter to PayPal and its customers titled, “A message to PayPal, its customers, and our friends,” is taking a new approach to punish the company, this time legally.

In a continuing protest against PayPal as it continues to withhold funds from WikiLeaks, the hacktivists are urging users to close their PayPal accounts. “We encourage anyone using PayPal to immediately close their accounts and consider an alternative. The first step to being truly free is not putting one's trust into a company that freezes accounts when it feels like, or when it is pressured by the U.S. government,” the statement said.

In addition to encouraging users to close accounts, in typical Anonymous & Lulz Security fashion, the hacktivists taunted PayPal and the FBI via the @AnonymousIRC twitter feed. “So #Paypal You sue our people for $500.000 | it'll take you years to get a fraction of that. Let us show you what we can do in one day,” they wrote.
Science

Idle: New Species Named For SpongeBob SquarePants 74

Posted by timothy from the love-interest-might-not-appreciate-it dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree? Spongiforma squarepantsii, a new species of mushroom almost as strange as its cartoon namesake. Scientists from the San Francisco State University have discovered a new species of mushroom in Borneo with sponge-like properties. Its strange behavior convinced them to name it after the famous Bob. There is no word on whether or not their chances of getting future grant money will be improved by this choice." Did you know (prior to clicking on the Wikipedia link above) that SpongeBob was created by a marine biologist?
Communications

Anonymous Steals 10,000 Iranian Government Emails 116

Posted by Soulskill from the must-be-bored-of-sony dept.
Several readers have sent word that Anonymous has hacked servers belonging to Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, making off with over 10,000 emails. "The Ministry’s website is still down as of this writing, and the servers are under Anonymous control. ... The email archive includes approvals and rejections for a variety of visas and passports, among other requests and correspondence. 'It’s near the election’s anniversary. We had to do something,' said one of the Iranian members of Anonymous from #OpIran. He said they take down Iranian government servers on a regular basis for operation days, but that obviously retrieving information required a different approach to the group’s signature DDoS attack. He also indicated an as-yet unannounced attack. 'For the election’s anniversary, we have a complete DDoS attack day' planned, he said.
Censorship

Anti-Porn Facebook Page is Deleted, Then Restored 145

Posted by Roblimo from the let's-make-up-our-minds-here dept.
Slashdot regular contributor Bennett Haselton writes: "An anti-porn organization's Facebook page is disabled by Facebook, and then resurrected. Was the page the victim of a 'complaint mob,' and could the previously-discussed 'voting algorithm' have saved the page from being shut down?"

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