HACKING

Cat ladies, cockroach slaves, and zombie ants: What do they have in common? They're all probably the unwitting victims of brain-hacking parasites.

Felix Roque, the Democratic Mayor of West New York, N.J., and son Joseph Roque have both been arrested on charges of hacking into a website and various emails in an effort to identify the parties plotting to rally against him.

The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed they are charging Rupert Murdoch's former right hand woman in relation to the phone hacking scandal, which has rocked the British establishment and resulted in the closure of tabloid newspaper the News of The World.

Before getting arrested on charges of intercepting phone messages of celebrities, politicians and other public figures, Rebekah Brooks was British journalist, editor and chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper subsidiary, News International.

Despite publicity about hackers, intrusions into company databases and even the insertion of computer viruses into Iran?s nuclear program, most companies simply aren?t prepared to handle them, a new study from International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) determined.

The damning conclusion by parliament's Culture, Media and Sport committee went further, accusing the 81-year-old News International tycoon of being willfully blind to the phone hacking scandal at his News Of The World paper.

Speaking before Levenson inquiry, Murdoch's denial of widespread political leverage by his News Corporation stable of publications and TV channels came as British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted politicians on all sides of the political spectrum had become too close to the Media mogul.

James Murdoch, the son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, testified on Tuesday in a London courtroom that he had no idea of the illegal practices at the News of the World newspaper - but would have ended them if he had.

The judge presiding over an inquiry into British press standards on Monday rebuked the head of Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch-controlled BSkyB, for breaking the law by hacking into emails to generate a story.

Britain's media regulator said on Monday it had launched an investigation into Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB, which has admitted twice hacking into emails to generate a story.

British legislators said on Thursday they hoped to publish on May 1 a long-awaited report into a phone hacking scandal centered on News Corp's now-closed News of the World tabloid.

Rupert Murdoch's Times of London is facing a claim for exemplary damages after admitting hacking into the email of an anonymous police blogger to expose his identity, lawyer Mark Lewis told Reuters on Friday.

Rupert Murdoch's Times of London is facing a claim for exemplary damages after admitting hacking into the email of an anonymous police blogger to expose his identity, lawyer Mark Lewis told Reuters on Friday.

A British parliamentary report into a phone hacking scandal may lead eventually to News Corp being forced into cutting or selling its stake in the highly profitable pay-TV firm BSkyB, having already dropped its bid to buy it outright last year.

James Murdoch's belated acknowledgment that he had become a liability to satellite broadcaster BSkyB was a rare admission of defeat by the combative 39-year-old executive known for his self-belief and decisiveness.

After a number of celebrities falling victim to phone hacking, the latest name to be added on the list is that of Charlize Theron.

China responded to U.S. claims of alleged involvement in cyberattacks by calling the accusations irresponsible and unprofessional. A defense ministry official attacked attempts to implicate Beijing without proper investigation and irrefutable evidence.

Huawei, China's largest equipment manufacturer, has just lost a shot at billions of dollars worth of infrastructure sales to Australia. In light of China's reputation for cyber-espionage, the Australian government has decided to block Huawei from bidding on Australia's roughly AUS$36 billion National Broadband Network project. The decision was reported on March 26.

James Murdoch has written to the influential UK parliamentary committee investigating a phone hacking scandal to apologize and restate his own innocence ahead of a potentially damaging report that could determine his future in Britain.

Rebekah Brooks, former editor of The News of the World and The Sun, was arrested by Scotland Yard for allegedly planning to pervert the course of justice, as part of the continued investigation into the phone hacking scandal, reported The Associated Press.

Rebekah Brooks, who formerly ran News Corp. unit News International, was arrested Tuesday for a second time in connection with alleged illegal interception of phone messages and a system of bribes to police officials.