The website for the Libyan registry, nic.ly, was defaced by hackers as rebels entered the capital city of Tripoli. The hackers left a message on the website saying “Hacked by Electr0n & ali monder” along with “bye bye Qadaffi”. Below that it said “Feb 17 Libya,” the date protestors designated a “day of rage” against Gaddafi and his regime with greetings to a number of hackers and also to “all Muslim hackers”. There are even conveniently a couple of email addresses to contact the hackers!

An image of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Tennessee-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( www.ornl.gov ) was hit with a spear phishing attack Friday, forcing the federal data center to cut Internet access for employees, according to a report by Wired . The federal government lab said the cybercriminals only managed to steal a “few megabytes” of information before it realized that the data was being transferred from a server. As of Tuesday, the lab could not say what the stolen data actually entailed

An image of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Tennessee-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( www.ornl.gov ) was hit with a spear phishing attack Friday, forcing the federal data center to cut Internet access for employees, according to a report by Wired . The federal government lab said the cybercriminals only managed to steal a “few megabytes” of information before it realized that the data was being transferred from a server. As of Tuesday, the lab could not say what the stolen data actually entailed.

The MySQL.com website, one of the domains compromised in the attack (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to several reports appearing Monday, the MySQL.com website, belonging to Oracle, was compromised over the weekend by a pair of Romania-based hackers, who published usernames and passwords for some users of the site.

A Queensland teenager may face charges after hacking into a United States web hosting provider and causing the company to shut down over the weekend. The 16-year-old hacker from Queensland, identified by the company as “Elliot”, worked with a partner from New York, known only as “John”

Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack : After interviews with the hackers from Anonymous who invaded HBGary Federal last week, Ars brings you the inside story of how the attack went down—and what it means for the rest of us. Spy games: Inside the convoluted plot to bring down WikiLeaks : The CEO of security firm HBGary Federal had big plans for helping a US bank take down WikiLeaks and silence its supporters. “If they support the organization we will come after them,” he wrote

A screen shot of the defacement letter Anonymous posted to HBGary Federal’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The pro-WikiLeaks hacker group Anonymous has reportedly “unplugged” HBGary ( www.hbgary.com ) from the Internet after the hackers compromised the security firm’s network over the weekend, accessing about 50,000 corporate emails and private information, according to a report by SC Magazine . The group claimed responsibilty for the attack, which was apparently motivated by HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr’s plans to release vital information about Anonymous.