News tagged with hacking security
British police 'confident' anti-terror hotline not hacked
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.
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Hacker group Anonymous takes down Vatican website
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.
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Apple patent sends password secrets to adapters
(PhysOrg.com) -- First-time computer users in the early days, pre-hacking security traumas, were confronted with a new life requirement: creating and remembering system passwords. Not too easy, users were ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Romanian accused of hacking NASA servers arrested
A 26-year-old Romanian accused of hacking several servers of the US space agency NASA costing it some 500,000 dollars has been arrested, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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SKorea: Alleged hacking attack hits Internet users
(AP) -- The personal information of about 35 million Internet users in South Korea was stolen in an alleged hacking attack that originated in China, officials said Thursday.
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Voicemail spying shows phone network weak spots
The voicemail tampering scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid demonstrates not only the vulnerability of phone networks, but also the fallibility of the people who help maintain them.
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Ariz. police confirm 2nd hack on officers' email
(AP) -- A second computer hacking attack in as many weeks against Arizona state police targeted the personal email accounts of some of its officers, an official confirmed Wednesday.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Study advised US on Libya hacking
(AP) -- Private computer experts advised U.S. officials on how cyberattacks could damage Libya's oil and gas infrastructure and rob Moammar Gadhafi's regime of crucial oil revenue, according to a study obtained by hackers.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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China says it's not behind Google email hacking
(AP) -- China denied it supports hacking activities and said it is part of global efforts to combat computer security threats Thursday, a day after Google disclosed some of its email users suffered hacking ...
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Chinese army must deal with cyberwarfare: state media
China's army should seriously consider how to deal with cyberwarfare amid severe threats to online and information security, state media said Thursday, days after authorities detained hundreds of hackers.
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Cyber crooks riding social-networking wave: report
A hacking incident report released Monday warns there has been a steep rise in attacks at social-networking hotspots including wildly popular microblogging service Twitter.
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Researcher says internal security breaches pose a bigger threat than hackers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Periodic news accounts about computer hacking and deployment of worms and viruses strike fear in companies that now conduct much of their business online. But an Iowa State University information security ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Turmoil fuels 'hacktivist' attacks on Web sites
(AP) -- For about 90 minutes Wednesday, visitors to the Oregon University System's Web site found themselves taken for a ride they didn't ask for. They were redirected to another site under the control of ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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