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Washington Post added to the list of media attacked by Chinese hackers

Brittany Hillen, Feb 2nd 2013 Discuss [1]

Following on the heels of the New York Times, Bloomberg News, and the Wall Street Journal, sources have come forward to state that The Washington Post has also been hit by cyberattacks originating in China. The information was provided by individuals said to be familiar with the situation, including a former Post employee. The attacks were said to have occurred over the course of at least four years. Read The Full Story

Wall Street Journal has also been targeted by Chinese hackers

Brittany Hillen, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [3]

Earlier today, we reported that the New York Times has been targeted by Chinese hackers, who were attempting to access files and emails relating to an investigation it performed of the Chinese Prime Minister's family. Now the Wall Street Journal has followed it lead, stating that Chinese hackers have likewise targeted its system. Read The Full Story

New York Times repeatedly attacked by Chinese hackers

Brittany Hillen, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [0]

The New York Times has revealed that over the last four months, Chinese hackers have repeatedly attacked the company's computer system, something it says coincides with an investigation it published on Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's relatives. With the aid of security experts, the company has stopped the attackers, but not before they managed to get data on reporters and employees. Read The Full Story

Anonymous hacks U.S. Sentencing Commission site after Swartz death

Eric Abent, Jan 26th 2013 Discuss [6]

The death of Aaron Swartz, as many of you already know, is something that has Anonymous upset, and today the hacker collective is doing something about it. Two weeks after Swartz committed suicide, Anonymous has taken over the U.S. Sentencing Commission's website, leaving a message for visitors and threatening to release government documents it has uncovered. At the time of this writing, the U.S. Sentencing Commission hasn't made a statement about the attack. Read The Full Story

Anonymous wants DDoS attacks to be a legal form of protest

Brittany Hillen, Jan 9th 2013 Discuss [14]

A petition was posted on the White House's website by Anonymous, which is seeking to have DDoS attacks become a legal form of protest. Distributed denial-of-service attacks are not hacking, the group says, but are instead the equivalent of "hitting the refresh button on a webpage." In doing so, the protesters are occupying a digital space much like a protester outside of a physical business. Read The Full Story

Iran cyberattacked US banks according to government officials

Brittany Hillen, Jan 9th 2013 Discuss [15]

Late last year, multiple US banks were attacked online by what was believed to be a hacker group. Now government officials are saying it was actually the work of Iran, possibly in response to cyberattacks it has suffered from the US. This was determined when an investigation revealed that the method used to attack the banks was too sophisticated to be the work a fringe group. Read The Full Story

McAfee Labs says that Project Blitzkrieg is a real threat to the US

Brittany Hillen, Dec 13th 2012 Discuss [2]

McAfee Labs has issued a report that states Project Blitzkrieg is a credible threat to the United States' banks. This follows a string of DDoS attacks that targeted banks through the US back in October. If Project Blitzkrieg is carried out as claimed, the ramifications will be far beyond that of October's attacks. Read The Full Story

Tumblr blogs hacked to display racist, offensive posts

Eric Abent, Dec 3rd 2012 Discuss [1]

If you maintain a blog on Tumblr, it might be a good idea to stay away from the site for the time being. Apparently, hacker group GNAA has taken advantage of a major security hole to publish racist and offensive posts to Tumblr blogs, and visiting infected blogs while logged into Tumblr helps these posts spread. Buzzfeed originally reported on the attack, posting images of the inflammatory posts being published (just a warning: they're pretty offensive to anyone other than an Internet troll). Read The Full Story

HTC HD2 gains Windows Phone 8 port

Chris Burns, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [2]

It's time again to call forth the beast from the pits of hacker heaven, that being the legendary HTC HD2, originally running Windows Mobile 6.5 back in 2009, here now with Windows Phone 8. This device has been a bit of a golden egg for hackers over the past few years, with the challenge being to get the newest and most fabulous mobile operating system running on it. Now it seems that even Windows Phone 8, a mobile operating system that has hardware requirements built-in, is no longer safe! Read The Full Story

Hacker accesses 3.6 million South Carolina tax returns

Brittany Hillen, Oct 26th 2012 Discuss [1]

On October 10, the Secret Service notified South Carolina state officials that an international hacker had gained access to approximately 3.6 million state tax returns, as well as 387,000 credit and debit card numbers. The breach happened when the hacker infiltrated the South Carolina Department of Revenue's computer system, where state returns from 1998 to present resided containing unencrypted social security numbers and 16,000 unencrypted credit and debit card numbers. According to the Secret Service, it's possible the hacker got into the system as early as the end of August. Read The Full Story

Anonymous cuts ties with Wikileaks over new “paywall”

Eric Abent, Oct 12th 2012 Discuss [3]

Once upon a time, Wikileaks and Anonymous were best friends. Wikileaks would get bullied by "the man," and Anonymous would bring down government websites in retaliation. They seemed to make a good pair, like chocolate and peanut butter or Mario and Yoshi (sorry Luigi). Today, however, it seems that Anonymous wants out of this relationship, despite the fact that Wikileaks could use a lot of help right about now. Read The Full Story

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