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  • Anonymous Leaks 50,000 Wall Street IT Personnel Accounts

    One of the more interesting teams operating with Anonymous is #TeamGhostShell. They are usually the team behind the more malicious attacks that target governments and corporations. Their latest operation, MidasBank, has one target clearly in its sites – Wall Street.

    #TeamGhostShell has so far released around 50,000 accounts from IT personnel who work on Wall Street. The accounts are from current, past and rejected people who have ties with Wall Street. The information was released as the first batch of MidasBank, a place where they will leak all the information they have on the financial sector. In their own words:

    GhostShell has been leaking left and right all kinds of targets, well we’re here to bring some sort of order to it, which is why this district will function solely to provide leaks from an economical point of view, institutional and educational, but primary, it will focus on the financial aspect of things.

    With that being said, what better target to pick as a first release, than the place that puts all markets to shame in the world. Wall Street.

    We won’t link to the dump for obvious reasons, but the leak looks legitimate. There are thousands upon thousands of email addresses, passwords, full names and home addresses for people who may or may not work on Wall Street.

    Interestingly enough, MidasBank withheld 3000 of the resumes that were part of the leaks. Why? They are going to sell them on the black market. It’s no surprise that some of the leaked information is sold, but to see a group freely admitting to it in the release is new to me.

    This year has already been crazy on the Anonymous front. I have a feeling that they’re just getting started. As we head into the election months, expect something crazy from them. I know that Anonymous isn’t a fan of either candidate and they’re going to try something. What exactly? I don’t know, but we’ll let you know once we do.

  • iPad Popular Among IT And Business Professionals

    The iPad is loved by consumers, but it’s loved even more by business professionals.

    IDG Connect recently conducted a survey that said that 91% of business professionals use an iPad more for business communication than personal communication.

    IDG says that their own survey of U.S. consumers found that 60 percent of iPads never leave the home, and 70 percent of usage occurs in the living room.

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    On the contrary, 51 percent of IT professionals were found to always use their iPad at work. A further 40 percent said that they sometimes use it at work. 79 percent said that they always used their iPads on the move.

    Only 54 percent of IT professionals use their iPad at home. Even then only 31 percent said they only use their iPad for entertainment, and only 42 percent said they use it for personal communication.

    The iPad hasn’t caused many people to abandon their other devices though. Only 12 percent of IT and business professionals said that the iPad has completely replaced their laptop. Only six percent said that it replaced their PC.

    That doesn’t mean that it’s affecting usage of these devices though. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed said that they carry their laptop around less. Over half said that the iPad has partly replaced their laptop. IT professionals in the Middle East and Asia are more likely to use their iPad more than other regions.

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    The iPad is disrupting traditional mediums with users moving to digital meida. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed have said that they hardly buy newspapers anymore. Half say that they are less likely to buy films on DVD.

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    IT and business professionals use the iPad in interesting ways with 79 percent using it for web browsing. Seventy-six percent use it for reading and 73 percent use it for news consumption. Fifty-four percent use it for work communication while only 42 percent use it for personal communication.

    Loyalty to Apple is also high as only 17 percent of those surveyed would consider buyiny a different tablet next time.

    As to ownership, three-quarters of respondents purchases their iPads privately. Only one-quarter were supplied with an iPad by an employer.

    The survey then breaks down the usage by country for more detailed specifics. For those interested, the full report is here.