Anti-Anonymous hacker threatens to expose them
Self-described patriotic 'Jester' used Twitter to lure 'hit list' targets, hack into smartphones
By Paul Wagenseil, SecurityNewsDaily Managing Editor
updated 3/13/2012 10:00:35 AM ET 2012-03-13T14:00:35
As if things couldn't get any worse for the hacktivists of Anonymous, the self-described patriotic hacker who calls himself The Jester has struck another blow.
He claims to have broken into many smartphones belonging to Anonymous leaders and copied incriminating text messages, emails, address books and other data — data that he may have already passed on to the authorities.
The Jester's intricate, multilayered attack, which took place over five days last week, sounds almost too good to be true, and some online commenters have derided it as a hoax.
But security experts say it's definitely doable, and demonstrates just how valuable the data housed on iPhones and Android phones can be to hackers and identity thieves.
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