Anonymous Million Mask March hid a hack

The hacktivist group claims to have hijacked Parliament Square’s Wi-Fi network while rallying there during a protest.

Apparently, some of the more than 1,000 individuals gathered during last week's Million Mask March used laptops and (virtually) “attacked the seat of British Parliamentary democracy,” the Register reports..

The protesters found the network password on a publicly available website set up during a parliamentary conference. The Register writes it verified the password is available on the conference website.

"This was an easy takeover with a wide range, because most of the credentials were given up online. We took over many pig-bought, taxpayer-iPads [sic] and many machines, including Dell computers. It was like taking candy from a baby. Many of the machines were unsecured, with default security options,” an Anonymous member told the Register.

The hackers accessed email servers and were able to download the log-in details of an undisclosed number of users.

Anonymous sources insisted that the assault was aimed at highlighting Parliament's poor security.

"People in glass houses should secure themselves better. What if we were bad people? They should know [about the poor security],” they told the Register.

A UK government spokesman responded: "We did experience heavier than usual traffic to our internet site on 5th Nov but our defenses were appropriate and the Parliamentary internet site remained available. Neither our secure Parliamentary network nor applications were penetrated by unauthorized users.

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