News tagged with hacker attack
Dutch police arrest second teenager for hacking
Dutch police arrested a 19-year-old on suspicion of hacking a government website, the second teenage arrest for cyber attacks linked to the WikiLeaks fallout, prosecutors said on Saturday.
Dec 11, 2010 |
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Dutch police investigate apparent hacker attack
(AP) -- Police said Friday they are investigating if hackers were responsible for taking down websites of police and prosecutors in the Netherlands after the arrest of a 16-year-old for involvement in a cyberattack on several ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Cyber attack hits India's investigative agency
(AP) -- India's federal investigative agency says its website has been temporarily shut down by a cyber attack blamed on a Pakistani group.
Dec 05, 2010 |
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WikiLeaks switches to Swiss domain after attacks
(AP) -- WikiLeaks was forced Friday to switch over to a Swiss domain name, wikileaks.ch, after a new round of hacker attacks on its system prompted its American domain name provider to withdraw service.
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Australian 17-year-old blamed for Twitter chaos (Update)
A 17-year-old Australian schoolboy Wednesday said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter which sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary's feed. ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Hackers attack Philippine government website
The Philippines on Sunday ordered all government offices to tighten Internet security after its main information website was brought down by hackers.
Aug 29, 2010 |
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Intel faced hacker attack same time as Google
(AP) -- Intel Corp. has revealed that it was targeted by a "sophisticated" hacker attack this year at about the same time as a spying probe that hit Google Inc.
Feb 23, 2010 |
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Russia's Novaya Gazeta Web site hacked, paralyzed
(AP) -- The Web site of Russia's highest-profile independent newspaper has been paralyzed for a week by a sustained attack from hackers, its deputy editor said Monday.
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Microsoft's browser flaw exposed Google to hackers
(AP) -- Microsoft says a security flaw in its Internet Explorer browser played a role in the recent computer attacks against Google and at least 20 other companies.
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee
Social networks will face increasingly sophisticated hacker attacks in 2010 but law enforcement is expected to make strides in fighting cybercrime, according to Web security firm McAfee Labs.
Dec 30, 2009 |
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Report: FBI probes hacker attack on Citigroup
(AP) -- The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking: report
Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday.
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Radisson computers accessed without permission
(AP) -- Radisson Hotels & Resorts said Wednesday its computer systems have been accessed without authorization, affecting an unknown number of people.
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Another attack downs Twitter, briefly this time
(AP) -- Twitter has suffered from another attack following one that left the site down for several hours last week.
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Anti-Kadeer hackers mistakenly hit Australian arts site
Hackers protesting against the Australian visit of exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer mistakenly crashed the website of an arts festival with a similar name, organisers said Thursday.
Aug 07, 2009 |
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