TeaMp0isoN
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TeaMp0isoN is a group of Black-Hat
computer hackers established in mid-2009. TeaMp0isoN has ten core members, as stated within their web-based zine
; "TriCk", is the leader of TeaMp0isoN, and the other core members are "iN^SaNe", "Hex00010", "MLT", "Phantom~", "aXioM", "d0ped", "C0RPS3", "apocalypse" and "f0rsaken" TeaMp0isoN is affiliated with various Anti-US and Anti-Israel hacking teams, such as the Mujahideen Hacking Unit and ZCompany Hacking Crew (ZHC). Some of TeaMp0isoN's targets appear to include: LulzSec
, the English Defence League
, Tony Blair
, Sarah Palin
, Barack Obama
, Sean Combs
, Facebook
, the Indian Government, NASA
, r00tsecurity, unkn0wn.eu, Anonymous
and various US government servers containing confidential information.
Facebook
In January 2011 strange unauthorized status updates were posted on Mark Zuckerberg
and French President Nicolas Sarkozy
accounts in social-networking site Facebook. On January 25, a spokesperson for Facebook acknowledged the bug in their system and said it has been fixed. Later that week The Daily Beast
reported that TeaMp0isoN 16-year old hacker TriCk along with members of a hacking team known as "ZHC" said they had exploited a bug in the web site on previous New Year Eve, allowing them to post unauthorized status updates and to block temporary newsfeeds to a list of 130 pages. A spokeswoman for one of the targeted groups, the English Defense League, confirmed that they were targeted and their pages critical of Islam were indeed hacked. Members of Facebook's security team said after being contacted on the matter by The Daily Beast with the list of pages that they had found no evidence of malicious activity according to their logs.
In October 2011, TeaMp0isoN TriCk announced on the social networking site Twitter
that they gained access to the servers of Facebook
for a short period of time. The method used to gain access remains unknown. TriCk, f0rsaken and MLT claim responsibility for the attack shown from their Twitter
accounts online. TriCk wrote from his Twitter
account: "TeaMp0isoN officially had access to facebook for like 2 mins" and "Almost hacked into facebook - faggot employee reset his password with his linked smart-phone #StillTrying - letz d0 thiz! #TeaMp0isoN".
what appeared to be the address book and other private data of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
, in June 2011. According to TeaMp0isoN the data was obtained originally "via a private exploit" in December 2010. According to Blair's spokesman the data was not obtained from Blair directly but from the personal email account of his former staff.
and being motivated by what they perceive as LulzSec's low hacking abilities bringing them media attention they do not deserve. Another member of the group, Hex00010, used a derogatory term script kiddie
s to describe LulzSecs activists: "We're here to show the world that they're nothing but a bunch of script kiddies You think, 'I'm a bad-ass hacker because I can knock someone offline for a few minutes.' That's bullshit. Come on." TeaMp0isoN released the alleged personal details of various LulzSec
members alongside information on the AnonOps IRC server, including IP addresses, and hashed passwords.. The website of alleged LulzSec
member, JoePie91, was defaced by TeaMp0isoN members TriCk and iN^SaNe
website at https://worldwind35.arc.nasa.gov/forum/ after using vBulletin
4.0.x => 4.1.3 (messagegroupid) SQL injection
vulnerability.
it was believed that BlackBerry Messenger
service was used by looters for collaboration. The group defaced the official BlackBerry blog as a response to Research In Motion
(RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry, promising to co-operate with the UK police and government. TeaMp0isoN's statement said: "We are all for the rioters that are engaging in attacks on the police and government."
, TeaMp0isoN then went on to hint that Barack Obama
would be their next target. The next day, TeaMp0isoN released 11 whitewashed court cases against Barack Obama
. TeaMp0isoN claims these court cases provide evidence of Barack Obama
breaking laws and abusing people's civil rights. TeaMp0isoN then went on to release legal documents regarding Aafia Siqqidui, in an attempt to expose the government.
In November 2011, TeaMp0isoN released a list of email addresses and passwords for the Australian Parliament and United Kingdom Ministry of Defence.
aka Diddy or P-diddy.
Black hat
A black hat is the villain or bad guy, especially in a western movie in which such a character would stereotypically wear a black hat in contrast to the hero's white hat, especially in black and white movies....
computer hackers established in mid-2009. TeaMp0isoN has ten core members, as stated within their web-based zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
; "TriCk", is the leader of TeaMp0isoN, and the other core members are "iN^SaNe", "Hex00010", "MLT", "Phantom~", "aXioM", "d0ped", "C0RPS3", "apocalypse" and "f0rsaken" TeaMp0isoN is affiliated with various Anti-US and Anti-Israel hacking teams, such as the Mujahideen Hacking Unit and ZCompany Hacking Crew (ZHC). Some of TeaMp0isoN's targets appear to include: LulzSec
LulzSec
Lulz Security, commonly abbreviated as LulzSec, is a computer hacker group that claims responsibility for several high profile attacks, including the compromise of user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking the CIA website offline...
, the English Defence League
English Defence League
The English Defence League is a far-right street protest movement which opposes what it considers to be a spread of Islamism, Sharia law and Islamic extremism in the UK. The EDL uses street marches to protest against Islamic extremism...
, Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
, Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...
, Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
, Sean Combs
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
, the Indian Government, NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
, r00tsecurity, unkn0wn.eu, Anonymous
Anonymous (group)
Anonymous is an international hacking group, spread through the Internet, initiating active civil disobedience, while attempting to maintain anonymity. Originating in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, the term refers to the concept of many online community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic,...
and various US government servers containing confidential information.
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is chief executive and president...
and French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
accounts in social-networking site Facebook. On January 25, a spokesperson for Facebook acknowledged the bug in their system and said it has been fixed. Later that week The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is an American news reporting and opinion website founded and published by Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk Magazine. The Daily Beast was launched on October 6, 2008, and is owned by IAC...
reported that TeaMp0isoN 16-year old hacker TriCk along with members of a hacking team known as "ZHC" said they had exploited a bug in the web site on previous New Year Eve, allowing them to post unauthorized status updates and to block temporary newsfeeds to a list of 130 pages. A spokeswoman for one of the targeted groups, the English Defense League, confirmed that they were targeted and their pages critical of Islam were indeed hacked. Members of Facebook's security team said after being contacted on the matter by The Daily Beast with the list of pages that they had found no evidence of malicious activity according to their logs.
In October 2011, TeaMp0isoN TriCk announced on the social networking site Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
that they gained access to the servers of Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
for a short period of time. The method used to gain access remains unknown. TriCk, f0rsaken and MLT claim responsibility for the attack shown from their Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
accounts online. TriCk wrote from his Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account: "TeaMp0isoN officially had access to facebook for like 2 mins" and "Almost hacked into facebook - faggot employee reset his password with his linked smart-phone #StillTrying - letz d0 thiz! #TeaMp0isoN".
Tony Blair address book leak
The group published in PastebinPastebin
A pastebin is a type of web application that allows its users to upload snippets of text, usually samples of source code, for public viewing. It is very popular in IRC channels where pasting large amounts of text is considered bad etiquette. A new trend is that users use Pastebin to post Twitter...
what appeared to be the address book and other private data of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
, in June 2011. According to TeaMp0isoN the data was obtained originally "via a private exploit" in December 2010. According to Blair's spokesman the data was not obtained from Blair directly but from the personal email account of his former staff.
LulzSec
The group is a rival of LulzSecLulzSec
Lulz Security, commonly abbreviated as LulzSec, is a computer hacker group that claims responsibility for several high profile attacks, including the compromise of user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking the CIA website offline...
and being motivated by what they perceive as LulzSec's low hacking abilities bringing them media attention they do not deserve. Another member of the group, Hex00010, used a derogatory term script kiddie
Script kiddie
A script kiddie or skiddie, occasionally skid, script bunny, script kitty, script-running juvenile or similar, is a derogatory term used to describe those who use scripts or programs developed by others to attack computer systems and networks and deface websites.-Characteristics:In a Carnegie...
s to describe LulzSecs activists: "We're here to show the world that they're nothing but a bunch of script kiddies You think, 'I'm a bad-ass hacker because I can knock someone offline for a few minutes.' That's bullshit. Come on." TeaMp0isoN released the alleged personal details of various LulzSec
LulzSec
Lulz Security, commonly abbreviated as LulzSec, is a computer hacker group that claims responsibility for several high profile attacks, including the compromise of user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking the CIA website offline...
members alongside information on the AnonOps IRC server, including IP addresses, and hashed passwords.. The website of alleged LulzSec
LulzSec
Lulz Security, commonly abbreviated as LulzSec, is a computer hacker group that claims responsibility for several high profile attacks, including the compromise of user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking the CIA website offline...
member, JoePie91, was defaced by TeaMp0isoN members TriCk and iN^SaNe
NASA
On 8 August 2011, TeaMp0isoN released the hashed administrator passwords for NASANASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
website at https://worldwind35.arc.nasa.gov/forum/ after using vBulletin
VBulletin
vBulletin is a proprietary Internet forum software produced by Jelsoft Enterprises and vBulletin Solutions, both subsidiaries of Internet Brands. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database server.-History:...
4.0.x => 4.1.3 (messagegroupid) SQL injection
SQL injection
A SQL injection is often used to attack the security of a website by inputting SQL statements in a web form to get a badly designed website in order to dump the database content to the attacker. SQL injection is a code injection technique that exploits a security vulnerability in a website's software...
vulnerability.
BlackBerry
During 2011 England riots2011 England riots
Between 6 and 10 August 2011, several London boroughs and districts of cities and towns across England suffered widespread rioting, looting and arson....
it was believed that BlackBerry Messenger
Blackberry Messenger
BlackBerry Messenger is a proprietary Internet-based instant messenger application included on BlackBerry devices which allows messaging between BlackBerry users.It was developed by Research In Motion , maker of the BlackBerry device...
service was used by looters for collaboration. The group defaced the official BlackBerry blog as a response to Research In Motion
Research In Motion
Research In Motion Limited or RIM is a Canadian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market...
(RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry, promising to co-operate with the UK police and government. TeaMp0isoN's statement said: "We are all for the rioters that are engaging in attacks on the police and government."
Government Leaks
In July 2011, TeaMp0isoN released .pdf documents that appear to have came from Government web-servers and was meant to be confidential. Among these documents, TeaMp0isoN released 8 whitewashed court cases against Sarah PalinSarah Palin
Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...
, TeaMp0isoN then went on to hint that Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
would be their next target. The next day, TeaMp0isoN released 11 whitewashed court cases against Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
. TeaMp0isoN claims these court cases provide evidence of Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
breaking laws and abusing people's civil rights. TeaMp0isoN then went on to release legal documents regarding Aafia Siqqidui, in an attempt to expose the government.
In November 2011, TeaMp0isoN released a list of email addresses and passwords for the Australian Parliament and United Kingdom Ministry of Defence.
Sean Combs Credit Card Leak
In October 2011, TeaMp0isoN released the personal details, among the credit card details and passport scans of Sean CombsSean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
aka Diddy or P-diddy.