EU countries agreed on Friday on tougher sanctions against people conducting cyber attacks such as those registered in recent weeks against the French government, European institutions and Citigroup.
Friday, Spain police reportedly arrested three alleged members of the hacker and activist group Anonymous.
Spanish police arrested three suspected members of the so-called Anonymous group on Friday on charges of cyber-attacks against targets including Sony's PlayStation network, governments, businesses and banks.
The cyber attack on Citigroup Inc may force U.S. banks to adopt tougher security measures that they have put off for years because of the cost and fears that tighter security would inconvenience customers.
The hackers allegedly responsible for the Sony ordeal have been arrested.
Major U.S. banks came under growing pressure from banking regulators to improve the security of their customer account information after Citigroup Inc became the latest high-profile victim of a large-scale cyber attack.
LulzSec now has 100,000 followers on Twitter. That’s pretty fast for a group that only gained notoriety after May 30 when it placed a phony story of Tupac being a live on PBS.
Banking giant Citibank has confirmed that credit card data of about 200,000 North American customers have been hacked, the latest in a string of cyber attacks.
A Twitter post by Internet hacker, Lulz Security, who recently mocked the security system of Sony and FBI, stated that the group has received thousands of dollars as donation to continue its attacks.
The hackers' world is one of immense intrigue; betrayal looms large ahead of them at every turn and nasty surprises are what they deal with every day. And then, they cohabit with the strangest partners, the law enforcement machinery. For some, the governments offer protection against the pirates, hackers and cyber criminals of all hues, while for others, it's the government machinery that is in the dock - for invasive control over every movement, even the thought processes of all people.
Sony confirmed that it was hacked again by LulzSec and that its users’ information was compromised and leaked.
After venting out their ire against Sony PlayStation Network, hackers have pointed their guns at FBI.
However the latest challenge for the co-chairs of Sony Pictures Entertainment has nothing to do with their traditional expertise in fostering an environment to create the next hit movie, television show or running the global company's traditional distribution networks.
Many members on Infragard site, including FBI agents, were probably using weak passwords. And more importantly, they were reusing passwords on other web sites, which caused severe flaws in data security and violated official guidelines.
Sony Pictures has confirmed on Friday night that its website has been broken into by the hackers.
Sony has confirmed on Friday that its Sony Pictures websites have been compromised and broken into by hackers.
Sony Pictures has admitted and confirmed on Friday night that its website has been penetrated by the hackers.
The United States is seriously concerned about cyber-attacks and is prepared to use force against those it considers acts of war, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a security meeting in Asia on Saturday.
Sony Pictures Entertainment, a unit of Sony, confirmed late Friday that one its websites was hacked.
In an apparent protest against the NATO and Obama administration, the LulzSec group announced the breach of FBI affiliate website, the Atlanta chapter of Infragard. The group raised claims that they have taken “complete control” over the website and has “defaced it”. They also announced that the data including passwords obtained from infragardatlanta.org would prove useful for them to hack into other FBI affiliates, since a lot of users tend to reuse their passwords even though the practice is ...
None of the official U.S. government official's email account has been hacked, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Thursday.
The FBI is investigating Google's claims that Chinese hackers were behind the recent hacking of several Gmail accounts.
