http://www.csoonline.com/article/723230/anonymous-said-to-be-planning-cyberattack-on-itu-site By Antone Gonsalves CSO.com December 06, 2012 Anonymous is planning to launch a cyberattack this weekend against the website of the International Telecommunications Union, a United Nations agency holding a meeting of 190 governments to discuss political and commercial control of the Internet, a security firm says. The ITU-organized World Conference on International Telecommunications runs Dec. 3-14 in Dubai. The secretive meet has sparked rage within Anonymous and the blogosphere over a Russian proposal to hand control over the Internet to the ITU. Such conspiracy theories are unlikely to become reality, experts say. That's because such a move would require an international consensus, and many countries would oppose such a proposal, including the U.S. Nevertheless, the hacktivist collective Anonymous posted a YouTube video last week denouncing the ITU meeting and warning of "grave consequences" to human rights. [...] ______________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Fri Dec 07 2012 - 01:31:01 PST
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