Topic: Hacking
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6 men alleged to be LulzSec hackers
Tuesday saw the news that the FBI had identified and charged six men allegedly behind the hacktivist group LulzSec. Who are the men that the FBI says are behind LulzSec's mayhem?
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Extradition fight: Who is Julian Assange, why is Sweden seeking him?
A British court is hearing a final appeal from Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks whistleblower site, to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations. Here are four questions about the man and the case.
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16 Oscar-nominated films that came from books
Sixteen of this year's Oscar nominees are movies that began as books.
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In Pictures: The revolution will be blogged
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Gmail breach: Eight tips to protect your e-mail account
What can you do to protect against an invasion of personal information? Read our list of tips from Google and other privacy experts to make a data breach less likely.
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Rebekah Brooks charged in News Corp phone-hacking scandal (+video)
Rebekah Brooks, who held various leadership positions in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, was charged with interfering with a police investigation into the British phone-hacking scandal.
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Alert: Major cyber attack aimed at natural gas pipeline companies
A major cyber attack is currently under way aimed squarely at computer networks belonging to US natural gas pipeline companies, according to alerts issued by the US Department of Homeland Security.
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America's Stuxnet? Weakness found in systems used by Pentagon, power grid.
An amateur enthusiast has found evidence that hackers could exploit a security vulnerability in the systems of a company that serves power plants and military installations.
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Keep Calm
Good Reads: Weighing the tactics in battles over drones, hackers, and abortion rights
A roundup of some of the week's most insightful articles from around the Internet.
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Global Payments credit-card data breach: How big is the theft?
The Global Payments breach is the largest known credit-card theft from a business or financial institution in the past two years. Last year, data from some 3.4 million credit cards were grabbed.
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Secret Service probes major credit card breach
Credit card breach at an Atlanta card-processor affects Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. The number of accounts affected by the security breach is not yet known.
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Murdoch empire faces new scandal, potentially far more damaging
Three major reports this week detail an alleged satellite TV hacking scandal by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp that reportedly cost its rivals tens of millions of dollars.
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Horizons
Hacktivism accounted for majority of data theft in 2011: report
Hacktivism is rising, according to a new study from Verizon.
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Horizons
Hacking for the good guys: Chrome cracked at Pwnium contest
Google offered cash prizes this week to hackers who could break its Chrome web browser. Less than 24 hours after the winner brought Chrome down, Google developers had a security fix ready.
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Helping hackers don white hats
The FBI warns that cyberspace hacking may soon surpass terrorism as a threat. But many hackers easily give up and become useful 'white hat' security experts. Are there better ways to win over more of them?
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6 men alleged to be LulzSec hackers
Tuesday saw the news that the FBI had identified and charged six men allegedly behind the hacktivist group LulzSec. Who are the men that the FBI says are behind LulzSec's mayhem?
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Pwned: FBI infiltrates hacktivist group LulzSec
The FBI charged five alleged leaders of LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous, after flipping another leader last June.
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Is it really easy to hack NASA computers?
A NASA official recently stated that a stolen laptop contained algorithms used to control the International Space Station. This incident is one of many breaches of NASA's security that have occurred over the past two years.
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Keep Calm
Interpol arrests Anonymous hackers: Do they warrant the attention?
Anonymous hackers were allegedly preparing to shut down Chilean and Colombian government websites. But these attacks are like digital graffiti.
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WikiLeaks to release five million emails stolen from Stratfor
WikiLeaks is making public email stolen from Stratfor, a global security analysis company based in Texas. Hackers broke into Stratfor data systems in December and stole employee emails.
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How did Anonymous hackers eavesdrop on FBI and Scotland Yard?
The FBI and Scotland Yard said no systems were breached, which suggests Anonymous might have hacked an e-mail account and stolen information to listen to a conference call.
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Anonymous hacks FBI email, eavesdrops on call to Scotland Yard
Anonymous hackers listened to a sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard that discussed strategy for dealing with a hacking case.
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Extradition fight: Who is Julian Assange, why is Sweden seeking him?
A British court is hearing a final appeal from Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks whistleblower site, to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations. Here are four questions about the man and the case.
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16 Oscar-nominated films that came from books
Sixteen of this year's Oscar nominees are movies that began as books.
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Global News Blog
US files charges against Megaupload in 'largest copyright case'
US prosecutors say that the video-sharing site Megaupload.com cost the US entertainment industry $500 million. Online activists worry the US case could stifle Internet freedoms around the world.
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Horizons
Zappos hacked: What did we learn?
Lessons learned from the recent Zappos hack.
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Intelligence firm Stratfor reels after data breach. What did hackers get?
Stratfor is cooperating with law enforcement after hackers stole credit card information from its subscriber list, and experts say any attempt by the data thieves to help charities will probably backfire.
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Stratfor cyberattack adds an exclamation point to ‘Year of the Hack’
The 'hack and extract' attack on the strategic think tank Stratfor will only contribute to the public and media awareness of cybercrime that has grown throughout 2011.
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Cyberattack on Illinois water utility may confirm Stuxnet warnings
A state report claims that a foreign cyberattack disabled a water pump at an Illinois water utility, say experts who have seen the report. After discovery of the Stuxnet cyberweapon a year ago, many experts predicted that cyberattacks on US infrastructure were imminent.
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Report: Chinese hackers launched summer offensive on US chemical industry
Chinese hackers sought to steal designs, formulas, and processes from chemical companies in the US and elsewhere, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Symantec. It's the latest example of Chinese hackers targeting a sector of the US economy.
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