News tagged with personal attacks

China's main microblog restricts user posts

China's best-known microblogging site has introduced new terms and conditions punishing those who post comments deemed offensive, as it comes under government pressure to clamp down on bloggers.

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NYTimes.com friends Facebook in revamp

In a bid to elevate the debate, The New York Times is revamping reader comments on its website and joining a growing number of US newspapers in integrating Facebook into its commenting system.

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created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

S. Korea police arrest two men for hacking

South Korean police said Tuesday two people have been arrested for infecting about 16,000 personal computers with hacking programmes which allowed them to secretly record video of their victims.

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created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Anonymous' hackers access Austrian bank data

The Austrian branch of the hacker group Anonymous accessed the bank data of 96,000 people in an attack on the website of the country's GIS television licence agency, officials said on Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Sony to restore PlayStation network, Qriocity in Japan

Sony said Monday it would fully restore all PlayStation Network and Qriocity online distribution services in Japan on Wednesday, after shutting them down in April due to hacker attacks.

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created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony to restore Qriocity Thursday, except in Japan

Sony said it would restore all Qriocity online music and video distribution services Thursday everywhere except Japan, after shutting it and its PlayStation Network down in April due to hacker attacks.

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created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony shares tumble over latest cyber attack

Sony's share price fell more than three percent to a two-year low Monday after the latest online attack against the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant targeted its European subsidiary.

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created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Lockheed Martin says it repelled cyber attack

Lockheed Martin, the world's top defense contractor, was on Sunday investigating the source of a major cyber-attack one week ago against its information network, the company said. ...

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created May 29, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Lockheed Martin hit by cyber attack

Hackers launched a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack on Lockheed Martin, a major defense contractor holding highly sensitive information, but its secrets remained safe, the company said Saturday.

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created May 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Square Enix customer data leaked after Sony problems

Japanese game developer Square Enix Holdings said email addresses of 25,000 customers as well as resumes of 250 job applicants were leaked after a hacker attack against its European subsidiary.

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created May 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sony to restore PlayStation Network by end of May

(AP) -- Sony said Tuesday it aims to fully restore its PlayStation Network, shut down after a massive security breach affecting over 100 million online accounts, by the end of May.

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Sony CEO apologizes for massive data breach

(AP) -- Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer apologized for "inconvenience and concern" caused by the security breach that compromised personal data from more than 100 million online gaming accounts.

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A new language could improve home computer security

Korean computer scientists have developed a security policy specification for home networks that could make us more secure from cyber attack in our homes. They report details in the International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ub ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Wis. paper faces backlash for outing Web critic

(AP) -- Getting named the local paper's Person of the Year was supposed to be an honor for small-town politician Dean Zuleger. But the award only enraged many townspeople.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Terrorism Evokes Different Responses Among Genders and Personality Types

(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of "terrorism" in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But terrorism often prompts as much anger and retaliation ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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