Anonymous Hacked: Group’s Twitter Account Taken Over By Rustle League
The hacker collective known as Anonymous was hacked this week by a rival group named Rustle League.
Anonymous, which has been extra busy this week by hacking high-profile Twitter feeds from company’s like Burger King, got a taste of their own medicine this week when their @Anon_Central account, which has more than 150,000 followers, taken over by Rustle League.
Rustle League wrote on the @Anon_Central account: WE ARE RUSTLE LEAGUE WE ARE ALPHA AS F*CK EXPECT JIMMIES
So what is the Rustle League? Vice.com reports that the hacking group, which consists of five main members, formed last Summer. They’re all reportedly 20-somethings working in the online security industry who moonlight as professional internet trolls.
Jaime Cochran, co-chair of Rustle League, said:
“We see ourselves as the old Anonymous, which is more about having fun and fucking with people rather than revolution and saving the world. Although, what we do does serve a purpose in society.”
The BBC reports that Anonymous was hacked due to a “human error.” Graham Cluley, senior consultant at security firm Sophos, said:
“The reason Anonymous fell victim is probably human weakness … Chances are that they followed poor password practices, like using the same password in multiple places or choosing a password that was easy to crack. Everyone should learn better password security from incidents like this – if it can happen to an account run by Anonymous supporters, it could happen to you.”
Anonymous, however, laughed at the claim saying: “lol BBC, you will have to wait for a full story.”
Are you surprised that Anonymous got hacked?
WE ARE RUSTLE LEAGUEWE ARE ALPHA AS FUCK EXPECT JIMMIES
— Anonymous Operations (@Anon_Central) February 21, 2013
Tags : anonymous, anonymous hacked, anonymous twitter, anonymous twitter hacked, rustle league, rustle league hacked
Posted: February 22, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
They did it for the lulz…. Expect jimmies? the really flustered my jim bobs. huehuehue.
Feb 22, 2013
They did it for the lulz…. Expect jimmies? Tha really flustered my jim bobs. huehuehue.
Feb 22, 2013
They did it for the lulz…. Expect jimmies? That really flustered my jim bobs. huehuehue. *
Feb 22, 2013
Irony!
Feb 22, 2013
@rustleleague go play! and leave it to the grown ups.
Feb 22, 2013
geek wars
no matter who you are- you'll have admirers, haters, competitors.
Feb 22, 2013
@RustleLeague, you had your fun haha, now leave it to the grown-ups
Feb 22, 2013
Anon didn't hack Burger Kings account. Already made this clear.
Feb 22, 2013
weeee, they hacked a twitter account. is that supposed to make you a big boy? Good job on wasting your time and making no point! Go anonymous imo!
Feb 22, 2013
Why aren't all these internet criminals in prison getting ass raped already? Hell, in any sensible society they'd be rounded up and shot.
Feb 22, 2013
How due I get to be employed as a "professional internet troll"?
Feb 22, 2013
They need to stop calling this kind of thing "hacking".
Feb 22, 2013
You first need to learn how to spell simple words like "do".
Feb 22, 2013
Long live the Rustle League!
Feb 22, 2013
Remember the movie Hackers, that was cool.
Feb 22, 2013
I just spit beer outta my nose over that. "Due"…. holy tihs.
Feb 22, 2013
Did you not read the whole article. That's all that Anonymous has been doing as well "Anonymous, which has been extra busy this week by hacking high-profile Twitter feeds from company’s like Burger King."
Feb 22, 2013
A twitter account and what is that supposed to prove? Did they get any sensitive information? I don't think anyone will be losing sleep over this? Anonymous would just laugh it of if it did happen and don't be too sure it even happened. Most of the stuff out there concerning Anonymous is dis information as Anonymous continues its war against right wing hypocrisy.
Feb 22, 2013
we aer leegun?
derp.
Nice mask bro. So cool.
Feb 22, 2013
I see that now. Technically it is spelled correctly it is only improper grammatical usage so I guess you can't get hired either.
Feb 22, 2013
Todd just found his job as a professional internet troll.
Feb 23, 2013
Somebody's jimmies were rustled.
Feb 23, 2013
Except they didn't.
Feb 23, 2013
And now the guy from that movie plays Sherlock Holmes (Elementary)
Feb 23, 2013
Dammit, beat me to it. LOL
Feb 23, 2013
TO WAR!
Feb 23, 2013
Right wing hypocrisy? Or possibly blatent liberal lies
Feb 23, 2013
Nerd violence *rolls eyes*.
Feb 23, 2013
Who are the grown ups? Anon? lol yeah right, they'rer all little nerds that have to hide behind the computer.
Feb 23, 2013
Anon is just a bunch of nerds to scared to come out from behind their computers. If they wanted to really do good by the people, they would hack the accounts of congress and spread their wealth to the poorer peopl. Not th lazy people, but the people who do work hard and still get shit on.
Feb 23, 2013
And not me either, i'm pretty lazy.
Feb 23, 2013
Go Anonymous? Yea what a great group, hacking innocent things to "make a point", once causing playstation network to be down for a month for example.
Feb 23, 2013
Bobby James out of curiosity where else do you think hacking takes place? Dark alleys?
Feb 23, 2013
I thought script kiddies died out with AOL 3.0.
Feb 23, 2013
poor anonymous<3
Feb 23, 2013
wow they posted "fuck" in quotes
Feb 23, 2013
I like that cussword they quoted.
Feb 23, 2013
I hardly think taking over somebody's twitter account qualifies as "hacking".
Feb 23, 2013
"company's such as Burger King"?
Feb 23, 2013
Brand88x, i suggest you read up on your knowledge about Anonymous…. burgerking is just a playground. Moron.
Feb 23, 2013
Controlled opposition.
Feb 23, 2013
I like how they blocked out the first fuck but not the other ones.
Feb 23, 2013
brand88x Haven't you been reading the news…??? Anonymous hacked the Federal Reserve.
Feb 23, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/hacker-group-anonymous-hits-federal-reserve-18424607
Feb 23, 2013
The funniest part was they got trolled for the fun of it.
Feb 23, 2013
I hope Dustin Rice isn't your real name, because you're breaking Anon code bro.
Feb 23, 2013
psh, anon doesnt bother with bs partisan shenanigans
Feb 23, 2013
I don't get how news always reports Anonymous as a tight group. Like just because this twitter account had the name Anonymous that they had anything to do with Anonymous Activity. They hacked 1 of 1000 twitter accounts that report Anonymous activity. Its like hacking into Fox News and saying they hacked Cable Television. They are not the same.
Also, any true Anon would never get hacked via a weak password. My passwords for everything I do is at least 32 characters long, all of my accounts with different passwords.
Mar 5, 2013
David D. Davidson, the D is for David.!!!
Mar 10, 2013
feds did this and tring to say it was a new group…im still lmmfao…..they are so stupid to think of fooling a normal guy…..go anonymous STRONGER THEN EVER!
Mar 10, 2013
DO YOU EVEN KNOW ITS TRUE? THE GOVERNMENT LIKES TO DO THIS KIND OF THINGS AND MAKE YOU LOOK BAD SO YOU DON'T HAVE MANY FOLLOWERS…DO PEOPLE EVEN THINK ANYMORE?…..THE NEWS IS RIGHT ALONG SIDE THE GOVERNMENT…THEY WILL TELL YOU ANYTHING….AND MOST BE LEAVE IT…THAT'S FUNNY AS HELL!
Mar 10, 2013
brand88x DO YOU EVEN KNOW ITS TRUE? THE GOVERNMENT LIKES TO DO THIS KIND OF THINGS AND MAKE YOU LOOK BAD SO YOU DON'T HAVE MANY FOLLOWERS…DO PEOPLE EVEN THINK ANYMORE?…..THE NEWS IS RIGHT ALONG SIDE THE GOVERNMENT…THEY WILL TELL YOU ANYTHING….AND MOST BE LEAVE IT…THAT'S FUNNY AS HELL!