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Armenia jails Russian computer virus 'mastermind'

A court in Armenia on Tuesday gave a four-year jail sentence to the alleged Russian mastermind behind a computer virus crime group which infected some 30 million computers worldwide.

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

List of targets of arrested computer hackers

The five computer hackers charged in New York on Tuesday and a sixth who pleaded guilty are accused of involvement in some of the most notorious hacking incidents of the past 18 months. ...

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created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anonymous, loose-knit group of 'hacktivists'

Anonymous, which briefly knocked the FBI and Justice Department websites offline in retaliation for the US shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload, is a shadowy group of international hackers with no central ...

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Websites downed in Russia poll 'hack attack'

Websites which revealed violations in Russia's legislative polls were inaccessible Sunday after a hacking attack their operators said was aimed at preventing the exposure of mass election fraud.

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Cyberattacks on South Korea-US a test run: McAfee (Update 2)

Cyberattacks on US and South Korean military websites in March may have been a test by North Korea or sympathizers, according to a report released Tuesday by computer security firm McAfee.

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created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Home of suspected LulzSec member raided: WSJ

US Federal Bureau of Investigation agents carried out a raid on the home of an Ohio man suspected of being a member of the Lulz Security hacker group, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

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created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

British hacker refused bail, diagnosed with autism

A British teenager accused of attacking websites as part of an international hacking group was remanded in custody at a court Saturday, despite being diagnosed with autism.

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created Jun 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

British teen remanded in custody over hacking

A British teenager charged with attacking websites as part of an international hacking group was remanded in police custody by a court Thursday while he assists a police investigation. ...

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created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British teen arrested over CIA, US Senate hacking

British police working with the FBI arrested a 19-year-old man over attacks by a hacker group on businesses and government agencies including the CIA, US Senate and Sony, Scotland Yard said Tuesday.

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created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hackers target British anti-crime agency website

Hackers who have hit the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony and others during a month-long rampage claimed on Monday to have knocked the site of Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) offline.

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hackers take revenge on Spanish police for arrests

The international online vigilante group "Anonymous" has taken revenge for the arrest of three of its hackers by blocking the web site of the Spanish police, officials said. ...

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created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anonymous denies involvement in Sony data theft

Internet vigilante group Anonymous denied involvement on Thursday in the theft of personal information from over 100 million Sony PlayStation and Online Entertainment network accounts.

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created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Hope on the horizon for victims of DDoS attacks

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently, Yuri Gushin and Alex Behar, security experts with Radware, an Israeli security firm, gave a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Barcelona, Spain, and as part of their program ...

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created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

WordPress back up after attacks 'from China'

Blog publishing platform WordPress was running normally on Sunday after suffering cyber attacks suspected to have originated in China.

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created Mar 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Anonymous' hackers planning 'real-world attacks'

A computer security firm working to expose members of hacker group "Anonymous" pulled out of a premier industry conference here due to threats of real-world attacks on its employees.

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