Anonymous threatens to hack Sponsors Brazil World Cup

The hacker group, Anonymous is preparing cyber attacks aimed at companies that sponsor the World Cup in Brazil.  

According to one hacker who knows the plan, the action is done in order to protest the dikes luxury shopping in the middle of the demands of the efforts to provide basic services, the organization of the World Cup soccer match.

Earlier this week, Anonymous attacked the computer network so that the Brazilian Foreign Ministry dozens of emails leaked confidential ministry. "We have conducted tests late at night to target vulnerable sites," said hackers operating under the alias Che Commodore.

 "We have a plan of attack," he continued. conversations in Skype from an undisclosed location in Brazil, he stated that the goal of the World Cup sponsors hackers are. He called a potential target links among them Adidas, Emirates Airline, Coca-Cola Co. and Budweiser is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Reuters could not confirm the identity of Che Commodore or affiliation with Anonymous.Meanwhile, the sponsors did not immediately respond to a threat or comment on it. The threat of cyber attacks was not taken up by World Cup organizers will held on June 12 in Brazil.  

"hackers known as AnonManifest use a phishing attack to go into the database and the Foreign Ministry finally access the documentation system, "said Che Commodore told Reuters. As of yesterday afternoon, he said, hackers still have access to the system. After the attack, the Foreign Office email system is closed. 

 The ministry also ordered the holder of the email account, amounting to three thousand to change their passwords. Meanwhile, police are investigating a federal offense. 

 "total of 55 email accounts hacked and the only thing that saved the document attached to the e-mail and internal documents from the archives of the ministry," said Foreign Ministry official told Reuters on Friday.  

problem hacking, he continued , has been completed. "Besides, there is no significant leak of important documents," said the official who did not wish to be named because he claimed not authorized to discuss the matter.

Source : Republika