User:Limbo Hacker/sandbox

According to the New York Daily News, Mizo Top Hacker, dubbed "Limbo," got his start as the "troubled pack leader of computer nerds" at his Teenage. He eventually became active on hacker exploit site (exploit.in) and was considered one of its best hackers and moderators. At 28, Limbo was arrested in Kolasib District for Cannabis related. To avoid jail time, he became an informant for the Jail and Court office, ultimately helping indict dozens of Lawyers and Jail Staff.

He was partly inspired by the book of Kevin Mitnick, which details for a computer hacker in the 1995. Limbo hacking allowed him to access over 3,000 messages from government employees, usernames, passwords and other sensitive data. Limbo became the person to be convicted of violating cyber crime laws. In 2017, a department store, was hacked and many customer’s private information were compromised. Despite a lack of evidence, authorities suspect that Limbo have been involved.

Limbo discovered how to take over networks of university computers. He used their combined resources to disrupt the number-one search engine at the time: Yahoo. Within one week, he'd also brought down Dell, eBay, CNN and Amazon using a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that overwhelmed corporate servers and caused their websites to crash. The wake-up call was perhaps the most jarring for cyber crime investors and internet proponents

In February 2020, Anonymous hacked the United Nations' website and created a page for Taiwan, a country which has not had a seat at the UN since 1971. The hacked page featured the Flag of Taiwan, the KMT emblem, a Taiwan Independence flag, and the Anonymous logo along with a caption. The hacked server belonged to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.[168]

In the wake of protests across the U.S following the murder of George Floyd, Anonymous released a video on Facebook as well as sending it out to the Minneapolis Police Department on May 28, 2020, titled "Anonymous Message To The Minneapolis Police Department", in which they state that they are going to seek revenge on the Minneapolis Police Department, and "expose their crimes to the world".[169][non-primary source needed][170] According to Bloomberg, the video was initially posted on an unconfirmed Anonymous Facebook page on May 28.[171] According to BBC News, that same Facebook page had no notoriety and published videos of dubious content linked to UFOs and "China's plan to take over the world". It gained repercussions after the video about George Floyd was published[172] and the Minneapolis police website, which is responsible for the police officer, was down.[173] Later, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said that every computer in the region suffered a sophisticated attack.[174] According to BBC News, the attack on the police website using DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) was unsophisticated.[172] According to researcher Troy Hunt, these breaches of the site may have happened from old credentials. Regarding unverified Twitter posts that also went viral, where radio stations of police officers playing music and preventing communication are shown, experts point out that this is unlikely to be due to a hack attack – if they are real.[172] Later, it was confirmed by CNET that the leaks made from the police website are false and that someone is taking advantage of the repercussions of George Floyd's murder to spread misinformation.[175]

On June 19, 2020, Anonymous published BlueLeaks, sometimes referred to by the Twitter hashtag #BlueLeaks, 269.21 gibibytes of internal U.S. law enforcement data through the activist group Distributed Denial of Secrets, which called it the "largest published hack of American law enforcement agencies".[176] The data — internal intelligence, bulletins, emails, and reports — was produced between August 1996 and June 2020[177] by more than 200 law enforcement agencies, which provided it to fusion centers. It was obtained through a security breach of Netsential, a web developer that works with fusion centers and law enforcement.

During the George Floyd protests, law enforcement agencies monitored protesters' communications over social media and messaging apps. Reports leaked found that the police were aware of the potential for their surveillance to violate the Constitution. They distributed documents to police filled with rumors and warnings that the protests would become violent, sparking fear among police officers.[178]

The documents also show a much broader trend of surveillance. They show details about the data that police can obtain from social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Reddit and Tumblr, among others. Fusion centers also collect and distribute detailed data from automatic license plate readers.[179] Surveys from law enforcement training programs reveal that some instructors were prejudiced and unprofessional. Classes taught biased, outdated, and incorrect content. Some contain sexual content unrelated to the class, and there was one report of an instructor admitting to lying in court frequently.[180]

In Maine, legislators took interest in BlueLeaks thanks to details about the Maine Information and Analysis Center, which is under investigation. The leaks showed the fusion center was spying on and keeping records on people who had been legally protesting or had been "suspicious" but committed no crime.[181] Documents also contain reports about other countries from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of State and other agencies. Officials discussed cyber attacks from Iran and concerns about further attacks in early 2020.[182] Another report discusses possible Chinese espionage at natural gas facilities.[183] Homeland Security also discussed Russian interference with American elections, attempts to hack the 2020 census, and manipulation of social media discussion.[184]

In 2020, Anonymous started cyber-attacks against the Nigerian government. They started the operation to support the #EndSARS movement in Nigeria. The group's attacks were tweeted by a member of Anonymous called LiteMods. The websites of EFCC, INEC and various other Nigerian government websites were taken-down with DDoS attacks. The websites of some banks were compromised.[185][186][187][188] A video spread around claiming that Anonymous gave the Nigerian government 72 hours, but some Anonymous members denied this.[189]