A splinter group of the infamous hacking collective Anonymous has seemingly claimed another set of victims, stealing the personal information of 1,000s of gamers from the Eidos and Deus Ex websites.
Krebonsecurity reports that both sites temporarily displayed a banner which read "Owned by Chippy1337" before being down for several hours.
"A hacker using the alias 'evo' discusses having defaced the sites and downloading some 9,000 resumes from Eidos," reports the site.
"'evo' and other hackers discuss leaking 'src,' which may refer to source code for Deus Ex or other Eidos games.
"In a separate conversation, the hackers also say they have stolen information on at least 80,000 Deus Ex users and that they plan to release the data on file-sharing networks," it added.
An inside observer of the group's actions gave their account of how the hackers operate to Krebonsecurity after asking not to be named for fear of retribution:
"ev0 and nigg got the oday they used to break in [to Eidos.com] from one guy, then got Blackhatcat to execute it and then screwed everyone, stole the database.
"This is how those guys roll: One day they work together, the next they war. They drop dox on each other like it's a game. Just like they did pinning the defacement of Dues Ex on Blackhatcat. Then denied the whole thing.
"It's psychotic behaviour like I have never seen. It's like they hate each other but will work together on certain ops if it suits them, but then might turn on each other in the end...and then laugh it off."
Speculation has been mounting that those responsible last month's PSN hack and its continued down time are rogue Anonymous members, although the main branch of the group denies involvement and has actually been subject to attacks itself.
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39 comments so far...
ruley1979 on 13 May '11 said:
Until you lock these f**king pricks up they will carry on doing it, well because they are f**king idiots...
50 year sentences will stop the c**ts in there tracks these f**king hacking nerds. 70 millions thefts (PSN) plus this theft = 50 years, very light if ask me.
"Choose life, Get a job Assholes"
Demon_Darko on 13 May '11 said:
What a bunch of tosser's!
murph_77 on 13 May '11 said:
I really hope these nerds are caught, they are becoming a pain in the arse and quite dangerous. They may think it is game but it is not!
gobbybobby on 13 May '11 said:
anyone else confused or is that just me!?
El Mag on 13 May '11 said:
They need professional help. Best i can do at such short notice is jesus on a pizza.
http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/TX/JesusPizza_web.jpg
meh2allfanboys on 13 May '11 said:
f**k sake im not registering any more of my games with any 1 i just hope all members of anonymous get the aids off some cheap hooker and while their at their worst their'l be so ill they wont have the strength to make it to a keyboard never mind hack anything why dont they just go hack something that no 1 even gives a s**t about like the uk government finances or nintendo
joke dont shoot me im joking about nintendo 
but im p**sed off about hearing we are anonymous we believe in homosexuality and hacking companies and saying it wasn't us that kinda thing f**k you anonymous and f**k you anon ops
WHERESMYMONKEY on 13 May '11 said:
Wait a second, So this is a splinter group of anonymous. Which don't use the handle anon, haven't linked themselves to the group at all and have openly bragged about thier activities somethings anonymous doesn't do. Are linked. How exactly is this.
I know this is just a games site but don't you have some kind of journalistic responsibility to at least attempt to report the facts and not twist them. Seriously every bulls**t hacking story you guys print makes me think you are just as bad as the guys in the mainstream press you've been hounding with the WRONG campain.
These guys are just a group of tossers. Not Anonymous.
Moribundman on 13 May '11 said:
Don't know what their problem is really, they must be very fat and/or have very small willies. They decide to launch war on a platform that feeds their entertainment, then go to war on fellow punters of that industry who are the only people in the world even vaguely likely to be sympathetic towards them.
Cut off those little willies and those typing/wanking fingers.
starvinbull on 13 May '11 said:
Where's g_marrs? I can't wait to hear his defence of this attack.
theaface on 13 May '11 said:
Basically, the net nerds have all fallen out. As a result, each sides of the cyber-civil war is upping the frequency, severity and profile of their hacks, and pinning it on the other by leaving calling cards with handles/real names. It's one big one-upmanship game to make the other party look bad, with absolutely no thought to the collateral damage to ordinary businesses and consumers.
idiotmittens on 13 May '11 said:
Most egregious over-reaction to the introduction of a cover system in a classic franchise EVAH.
Headsrinker on 13 May '11 said:
The only way to stop this becoming a trend amongst hackers is to catch and punish just one hacker and lock them up for years, make an example of them. It will send out a message to the rest of the idiots that it will not be tolerated. Stealing thousands/millions of peoples personal information/bank details is as good as walking into a bank and robbing it and it should be treated the same in the court of law. If they dont currently have the power to put hackers away for serious amounts of time, then a new law should be introduced, and quickly, before it gets out of hand.
heatuk10 on 13 May '11 said:
In times like these we need a caped crusader...
gamefreak666 on 13 May '11 said:
Sorry, but its my day off.
ensabahnur on 13 May '11 said:
You sure its Jesus, looks more like John Lennon to me.
JOHNKARA on 13 May '11 said:
Time for Agent 47 to make an appearance and take these nitwits out once and for all - we need a Hitman on these pieces or Anonymous Turds!!
kirankara on 13 May '11 said:
Careful mte, the politically correct brigade will moan at u for statements like this, even if meant in jest
RichPerry on 13 May '11 said:
I am getting livid at the sheer audacity of these pricks. There is no goal for these attacks other than to p**s people off and steal, it's pure ego-boosting for the t**ts. Christ, I hope they find one and name him. Publicly. In front of a live audience. Who is then allowed to pummel him with blunt implements.
El Mag on 13 May '11 said:
Any better?
http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jesus-pan.jpg
Actually, that looks even more like John Lennon.
sleazeboy on 13 May '11 said:
What's the difference between a group of tossers and anonymous?
Supply your own punchlines
Reality Check on 13 May '11 said:
Don't 'Anonymous' like playing computer games then? LoL
+ Do they ever hack Microsoft's Xbox LIVE?
Midjet on 13 May '11 said:
What a surprise, people aren't bitching about it being Eidos' fault for being hacked...*cough* Sony *cough*.
Pot, kettle?
geekboy78 on 13 May '11 said:
do you not believe in homosexuality?
i think the best thing to do to deal with this kind of behaviour by hackers, which is anti-social and criminal, is to beat them all up and threaten them with violence.
WAIT, WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY IRONY ALARM.
Moorpheus on 13 May '11 said:
This affects me - I was on the Deus Ex forums and most likely my account stuff (username and password) has been stolen.
Going through all websites now and changing my passwords for everything.
Probably going to change my XBL method of payment to prepaid cards as well.
I just get the feeling that nowhere is safe anymore - call me paranoid if you want but it seems to be getting worse.
Augustus_aka_AG on 13 May '11 said:
I heard Anonymous killed Bin Laden.
STE MO on 13 May '11 said:
Or maybr it was a splinter group of the splinter group of the group they called splinter group of the group called splinter.
ChanologyChan on 13 May '11 said:
I don't see any evidence in this article to suggest these hackers were related to AnonOps, or even self-identified as "Anonymous" at all.
Would anybody care to provide some? Or shall we just proceed with the baseless speculation and assumptions?
ChanologyChan on 13 May '11 said:
I heard they also killed JFK, Jimmy Hoffa, AND Dumbledore.
AJB123644 on 13 May '11 said:
Here here. Not impressed by this at all and I think they deserve whatever they get from this. I personally think we should throw them in jail and throw away the key...
That said, if anyone fancies a snatch and grab op...
gmcb007 on 13 May '11 said:
All this because Geohotz was too stupid to keep his firmware private.
chronicwombat on 13 May '11 said:
lol at the bin laden comments!
funny thing is that i think anonymous are pretty similar to al-qaeda. apart from both spreading terror, in the sense that when people read 'anonymous' or 'al-qaeda' they think of these big, structured, sophisticated international organisations, when actually its smaller rag-tag groups who share a similar viewpoint but arent actually organised together at all. of course thats not as media friendly.
Shamanix on 13 May '11 said:
F**king pillocks, cant they go and bother some other people for a change, i registered my details with that site does that mean i have been hacked?!!!?
ChanologyChan on 13 May '11 said:
Hey, why not a squad of Navy SEALs? They can enter whatever country they're in, shoot them in the head, and deep six the bodies, all in 24 hours.
Ilikerice on 13 May '11 said:
virtually everyone who has posted here is just as bad as the daily mail readers. and cvg are just as bad as the WRONG people. always sensationalist nonsense on cvg. there is no proof that anonymous are responsible for either. yes maybe someone who did it may have been part of anonymous but thats like saying because one muslim decides to blow himself up along with a few westerners, then every muslim is a faggot prick c**t dirty f**kin sandmoster who deserves to die.
take a step back and look at what you are saying and youll realise my argument is correct. its strange how despite so little evidence every hack now gets blamed on anonymous. also ever thought that maybe cyberthieves who are clever enough to hack sony are clever enough to throw police, authorities etc off their scent by using clever scapegoats?
you people are so f**king dumb its hilarious!
chronicwombat on 13 May '11 said:
erm excuse me did you read my post?
starvinbull on 13 May '11 said:
In this country if you are part of a gang that commits violent crimes and you are with the gang when they commit a violent crime then you are considered equally guilty in the eyes of the law.
Anonympus carried out cyber attacks against Sony.
The PSN is down due to a cyber attack.
Anonymous refuse to rule out their own members being responsible for the attack.
Anonymous have a history of similar intrusions.
They are also wanted by law enforcement all over the world.
That anyone can protest their innocence is idiotic in my opinion. Agree with their attacks if you will but unless you carried the attacks on the PSN personally don't write off the guilt of the most guilty looking culprits.
Metagen on 13 May '11 said:
Just because the bulk of anonymous don't have a clue how to pull of these attacks doesn't mean that it doesn't have members hiding within the group that just won't talk. I personally believe that it's a splinter group of members and this attack was only made possible on PSN because of Anonymous. Whether it's the same group or a related group carrying out these attacks remains to be seen however I find it very likely that they are in some way connected.
I blame Anonymous for facillitating these attacks and I think that most of them didn't realise how far these attacks would go and now just want to wash their hands of the whole situation. The damage, however, has already been done and people will remember this the next time they claim to be "working for the greater good". Let's just hope this doesn't keep up because I know a lot of politicians who would like to get a firmer grip on the net.
Cronniss on 13 May '11 said:
You are correct, 50 years is too light of a sentence. I think it should be 1 year (non-concurrent) for every infraction, with a possibility of parole after serving 1/2 of the sentence.
The_KFD_Case on 15 May '11 said:
"It's psychotic behaviour like I have never seen. It's like they hate each other but will work together on certain ops if it suits them, but then might turn on each other in the end...and then laugh it off."
Sounds about right. The exact same type of behaviour can be witnessed on various online chat client services - ranging from people who have a little bit of knowledge, to people who are well and truly "in the know". It's the kind of personality schism and behaviour that would see them either running a gang or regularly thrown to the curb in the physical world.