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A self-proclaimed leader of the LulzSec international hacking group has been arrested in Australia, police said, charging him with attacking and defacing a government website. http://phys.org/news285996372.html Technology Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:40:01 EST news285996372 An international cyber attack campaign against Israeli government websites on Sunday failed to cause serious disruptions despite dire threats from the Anonymous hacker collective, Israeli officials said Sunday. http://phys.org/news284553227.html Technology Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:33:55 EST news284553227 China's full-throated denials of hacking and counter-accusations of its own do nothing to allay growing concern over large-scale cyberspying alleged in a bombshell report this week, Western analysts said. http://phys.org/news280729453.html Technology Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:50:01 EST news280729453 Chinese state media stepped up the war of words Thursday over allegations of sophisticated cyberattacks on US firms, branding the accusations a "commercial stunt" and accusing Washington of ulterior motives. http://phys.org/news280644884.html Technology Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:10:01 EST news280644884 China's defence ministry Wednesday rebuffed a report linking its People's Liberation Army to sophisticated cyberattacks on US firms, saying there was no internationally agreed definition of hacking. http://phys.org/news280560475.html Technology Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:40:01 EST news280560475 The United States and China on Tuesday traded charges over cyberattacks after a security firm alleged that Beijing controled hackers who have penetrated the US government, companies and media. http://phys.org/news280514305.html Technology Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:00:02 EST news280514305 (AP)—A London jury convicted a 22-year-old student and member of the hacking group Anonymous on Thursday of taking part in cyberattacks on several major companies' computer systems. http://phys.org/news274014620.html Technology Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:10:27 EST news274014620 A British student went on trial in London on Thursday accused of a series of cyber-attacks by the hacking group Anonymous that cost the US online payments giant PayPal millions of dollars. http://phys.org/news272801989.html Technology Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:19:58 EST news272801989 (AP)—A New York judge has refused to grant bail to a Chicago man charged in a conspiracy to hack into corporations and government agencies worldwide. http://phys.org/news272698024.html Technology Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:27:15 EST news272698024 The US National Weather Service computer network was hacked this week, with a group from Kosovo claiming credit and posting sensitive data, security experts said Friday. http://phys.org/news269858301.html Technology Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:38:30 EST news269858301 Sony said Thursday that hackers stole details belonging to hundreds of its mobile unit clients, the latest in a string of cyberattacks to hit the embattled Japanese electronics giant. http://phys.org/news266125016.html Technology Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:00:01 EST news266125016 Hacking group Anonymous on Friday claimed to have shut down a computer server belonging to Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO, reportedly briefly closing down access to its public webpage. http://phys.org/news263786153.html Technology Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:56:06 EST news263786153 A French T-shirt maker said Saturday he would relinquish his claim to the trademark of the Anonymous logo and slogan after the international hacking group attacked his online business. http://phys.org/news263366372.html Technology Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:19:42 EST news263366372 Two British members of the hacking group LulzSec admitted Monday carrying out cyber attacks against the CIA and Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group News International. http://phys.org/news259861463.html Technology Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:45:00 EST news259861463 A suspected LulzSec hacker group ally arrested in Britain faces charges that he took part in cyber attacks on companies in the United States, court documents show. http://phys.org/news258950728.html Technology Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:00:01 EST news258950728 British police said Thursday they had arrested a 17-year-old suspected spokesman for Team Poison, a hacking group that has claimed responsibility for a series of high-profile cyber-attacks. http://phys.org/news255863638.html Technology Thu, 10 May 2012 10:14:08 EST news255863638 (AP) -- The name of a Chicago man already charged in a computer hacking case aimed at taking out key players in the worldwide group Anonymous was added to an indictment Wednesday, boosting the accusations against him by including him in much of the wider conspiracy to hack into corporations and government agencies worldwide. http://phys.org/news255258381.html Technology Thu, 03 May 2012 10:06:27 EST news255258381 A member of the international computer hacking group Anonymous was jailed for two years, eight months on Friday for breaking into the website of Britain's biggest abortion service provider. http://phys.org/news253601173.html Technology Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:46:20 EST news253601173 London's Metropolitan Police said Thursday they were satisfied that recorded conversations between staff on Britain's anti-terrorist hotline were not obtained through hacking. http://phys.org/news253461404.html Technology Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:56:56 EST news253461404 (AP) -- A computer hacker-turned-FBI informant is on track to get out of trouble after being accused of telling a police officer he was a federal agent. http://phys.org/news253456270.html Technology Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:31:18 EST news253456270 Activists claiming affiliation with the hacking group Anonymous published about 2,700 emails Sunday purportedly between Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and other members of his government. http://phys.org/news253116312.html Technology Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:05:19 EST news253116312 Britain's Home Office interior ministry said Saturday it was investigating reports that hacking group Anonymous had attacked its website over the government's plans to boost Internet surveillance. http://phys.org/news253081387.html Technology Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:23:24 EST news253081387 (AP) -- China was struggling Thursday to restore several government websites that international hacking group Anonymous says it attacked in an apparent protest against Chinese Internet restrictions. http://phys.org/news252817494.html Technology Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:05:11 EST news252817494 A member of the international computer hacking group Anonymous pleaded guilty in court in Britain on Saturday to breaking into and defacing the website of an abortion service. http://phys.org/news250604024.html Technology Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:13:50 EST news250604024 The hacking group Anonymous took down several Vatican websites on Wednesday, saying it was targeting the "corrupt" Catholic Church, a day after a high-profile bust of the group's alleged leaders. http://phys.org/news250348378.html Technology Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:13:06 EST news250348378 Irish police said they had arrested a man Tuesday as part of an international operation after five members of Anonymous and an offshoot computer hacking group were charged in the United States. http://phys.org/news250255678.html Technology Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:40:01 EST news250255678 (AP) -- Cyber rebels from Anonymous announced Friday the group has carried out a new series of attacks against U.S. government websites to protest a global copyright treaty. http://phys.org/news248689427.html Technology Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:40:01 EST news248689427 The "Anonymous" hacking group on Tuesday claimed to have shut down the website of security firm Combined Systems, which it accused of providing the tear gas used in crackdowns on protests. http://phys.org/news248422703.html Technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:18:38 EST news248422703 (AP) -- Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous hacking group obtained more than 150 police officers' personal information from an old website for the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association and posted it online. http://phys.org/news247918127.html Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:08:54 EST news247918127 (AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet. http://phys.org/news247483869.html Technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:31:43 EST news247483869