Anonymous Promises Weekly Attacks to Continue
“You should have expected us.” anonymous hacktivist It’s the calling card that Anonymous has signed-off their online assaults with since the start of their Internet crusades. As the hacktivists...
View ArticleHackers Transferring Large Swaths of Wealth
Computer hackers are on the bleeding edge of the class war, and they’re finally cutting deep enough that the leader of the National Security Agency (NSA) is making an active push for some major...
View ArticleDHS: Internet Device Control Software Vulnerable
A Software program called Niagara, which is a popular piece of software used to remotely control internet connected devices and machinery dealing with everything from medical devices to manufacturing...
View ArticleMalware Blasts AC/DC in Iranian Nuclear Facility
Malware can be a major pain for anyone with a computer or mobile device, as it can lead to security risks like identity theft. But when a virus targets a nuclear facility, the stakes are much much...
View ArticleNo Extradition for Hacker Gary McKinnon
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. Mr McKinnon, 46, who admits accessing US government computers but claims he was looking...
View ArticleU.S. Cyber Command Tapping Hacker Community for Talent
Faced with growing fears of potentially crippling cyber attacks and not enough skilled technicians to combat the threat, the Defense Department has launched a massive recruitment drive that’s tapping...
View ArticleChinese Government Hacker Tells a Tale
A Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldier stands guard in front of ‘Unit 61398′, a secretive Chinese military unit, in the outskirts of Shanghai, February 19, 2013. The unit is believed to be behind a...
View ArticleJailed Hacker Blasts Government for Flawed Cyber Laws
A hacker who is facing charges for his involvement in the extensive breach of security firm Stratfor has penned a jailhouse missive that takes the US federal government to task for a “flawed and...
View ArticleLife Of A Chinese Hacker: Work Is Awful, Pay Is Lousy, Boss Doesn’t Understand
Following up last month’s news about reports that tie hackings of American defense contractors’ websites to operations run — or at least encouraged — by the Chinese government, the Los Angeles Times on...
View ArticlePirate Bay Founder Accused of Hacking Social Security Registry
According to police, it is a well-known Swedish hacker from file sharing service Pirate Bay, which is behind a major hacker attack on police records. It writes Ritzau on the basis of the charge, which...
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