Metropolitan Police hack blamed on gang of teenage cyber-vandals

Last Friday, hackers cracked into the Metropolitan Police Twitter account and published a number of outrageous tweets including the message: ‘F**K THE POLICE FREE DA GANG.’ Now the attack has been blamed on a shadowy hacking gang centred around an infamous anonymous cyber-vandal known only by the pseudonym Cal or his Twitter handle @Cal086, who is believed to be in his late teens or early 20s and live in the US.

Some members of his hacking ‘crew’ are so young they are still high school kids.

Falanx Group Ltd (LON:FLX), through its subsidiaries, provides cyber defence and intelligence services to blue chip and government clients worldwide. It operates through Falanx Cyber Defence and Falanx Intelligence divisions. 

There does not appear to be a profile here yet (if this your your plc please get in touch)
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
DirectorsTalk

More articles like this

hVIVO plc

hVIVO Investor Conference

hVIVO plc (formerly Open Orphan plc), led by Cathal Friel, is a rapidly growing specialist contract research organisation (CRO) and the world leader in testing infectious and respiratory disease vaccines and antivirals using human challenge clinical trials,

Tirupati Graphite plc

Tirupati Graphite: Business Development Update

Tirupati Graphite PLC (LON:TGR) is a fully integrated specialist graphite and graphene producer, with operations in Madagascar and India. The Company is delivering on this strategy by being fully integrated from mine to graphene. Its global

Fidelity Special Values

FTSE 100 on track for positive March quarter end

UK’s FTSE 100 was set for a positive end to the March quarter and touched fresh highs on Thursday after a rally last week, bolstered broadly by miner and bank stocks on the last trading day

Silver futures rise on spot demand

Silver prices on Wednesday marginally rose Rs 18 to Rs 74,536 per kilogram in futures trade as participants widened their bets on a firm spot demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver contracts for May delivery