News about hackers

Video scandal jolts Colombia's presidential campaign A video showing Colombia's main opposition presidential candidate receiving apparently confidential information from a hacker jolted the campaign Sunday.
19 May 2014 10:39
Six Moroccans jailed for 'homosexuality': NGO A Moroccan court has jailed six men for up to three years on various charges including "homosexuality", a rights group told AFP.
16 May 2014 10:22
UK tabloid ex-editor tells of payments to public officials Rebekah Brooks, who edited Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids, told her trial Thursday that she had sanctioned payments to public officials for stories with an "overwhelming public interest".
28 February 2014 15:38
Yahoo Mail accounts breached with stolen passwords Yahoo alerted users of its free email service Thursday that hackers slipped into accounts to loot information using stolen passwords.
31 January 2014 16:43
Online banking system hacked in Kazakhstan The online banking system has been hacked in Kazakhstan. Hackers arrested.
29 January 2014 19:11
US charges three more people in Silk Road website case US authorities said Friday three more people were charged in connection with the operation of Silk Road, the online black market bazaar for drugs, hacker tools and other illicit goods.
22 December 2013 09:07
Man charged with posting 'Anonymous' symbol on Singapore website Singapore on Tuesday charged a local man with hacking a council website and posting a symbol associated with international hacker group Anonymous, amid concerns about new Internet laws in the city-state.
12 November 2013 18:23
Hackers expose Asia's weak cyber defences A rash of website hackings in the Asia-Pacific has exposed weak cyber defences which must be improved to help the region deal with more sophisticated and sinister threats, particularly from criminal organisations, analysts said.
09 November 2013 16:03
13 members of Anonymous indicted on US hacking charges Thirteen alleged members of the loosely organized hacker collective known as Anonymous were indicted Thursday in connection with a series of online attacks on US companies and trade groups.
05 October 2013 10:01
Hackers attack exiled Tibet government website Hackers have attacked the Tibetan government-in-exile's Chinese-language website with an unidentified virus, making the portal inaccessible.
13 August 2013 18:36
'Smart' homes open doors to hackers Smart homes that let residents control alarms, locks and more over the internet are opening doors for crooks with hacker skills, according to computer security specialists.
01 August 2013 10:31
Online sharing helps hackers sharpen 'spears' Sharing on social media helps hackers sharpen "spear phishing" attacks they use to trick their way into computers.
31 July 2013 10:23
'Phishing' scams explode worldwide: researchers Those insidious email scams known as phishing, in which a hacker uses a disguised address to get an Internet user to install malware, rose 87 percent worldwide in the past year.
23 June 2013 13:11
Global cybercrime ring targeted by Microsoft and FBI Microsoft on Wednesday said it teamed with the FBI to disrupt armies of hacked computers used to commit more than a half-billion dollars in financial fraud around the world.
07 June 2013 10:49
Chinese hackers spying on US weapons programs Chinese hackers have gained access to secret designs for a slew of sophisticated US weapons programs, officials said Tuesday, possibly jeopardizing the American military's technological edge.
30 May 2013 18:58
All governments hack secret data: Huawei Using the Internet to spy and steal sensitive data is standard practice by all countries, according to the security chief of controversial Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
29 May 2013 10:31
Twitter security in crosshairs after AP account hijack A hijacked Associated Press Twitter account that rattled markets with false word of an attack on the White House put the security of social media in the crosshairs.
25 April 2013 15:31
China, Romania key sources of hacking: report China and Romania were by far the largest sources of confirmed hacking attempts last year, with China's mostly from state-controlled sources aimed at data theft.
25 April 2013 10:43
Hackers cause panic with 'Obama injured' AP tweet Hackers spooked markets Tuesday after breaking into the Associated Press's Twitter account and falsely reporting President Barack Obama had been injured after two blasts at the White House.
24 April 2013 16:58
'Bazooka' attacks slowing Internet: security experts A "bazooka" cyber attack described as the most powerful ever seen has slowed traffic on the Internet, security experts said Wednesday, raising fresh concerns over online security.
28 March 2013 16:43
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