CYBERCRIME

Sony Attack

Hackers break into Sony's Security again

In a major setback for Sony, hackers have once again broken into the security of Sony Corp's computer networks, this time claiming to have stolen customer data. With this, they have shown that the company's systems still remain attack-prone.

Sony hacked again, over 1 million passwords were unencrypted

By now, it is obvious that Sony has made quite a few enemies among the security experts. LulzSec, a hacker group known for its claim of successful attacks on PBS and Fox.com, successfully hacked into Sony on Thursday, compromising account information of Sony's 1 million customers.
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Sony hacked again, LulzSec claims

Sony was hacked again, claims LulzSec, an Internet group that first gained notoriety for hacking PBS and posting on its website a bogus story of Tupac being alive.
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China rejects Gmail hack attack allegations

China has rejected allegations of involvement in a cyber attack that originated from the city of Jinan that selectively targeted key government officials in the U.S. and its allies.
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China blamed for Gmail hack attack; cyber warfare in focus

A cyber attack that originated from the Chinese city of Jinan that selectively targeted key government officials in the U.S. and its allies has focused uneasy limelight on China, even as the western governments are tinkering with their military rule books to call cyber attacks 'acts of war'.
Numerous Gmail Accounts Hijacked via Spear Phishing

Numerous Gmail Accounts Hijacked via Spear Phishing

Google said that Gmail email accounts in United States and Asia have been penetrated by hackers who stole the passwords through a phishing scam. Many of the accounts broken belonged to senior US government officials Chinese political activists, military personnel, and journalists.
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New cyber war: Did Chinese state authorize hacker attack on US and allies?

Chinese hackers broke into the personal Gmail accounts of senior officials and military personnel of the U.S. government and it allies and stole sensitive data, setting the stage for an era of heightened cyber tension between the world's top military powers. The latest hack attack, which might bring Google and the Chinese administration into a fresh fist fight, was precisely planned and executed, raising doubts if the Chinese state had authorized it.
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Tupac Shakur NOT Alive, What Other Stunts Have Hackers Pulled?

On Saturday evening, PBS put out a report claiming rap legend Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls were still alive and living in a small resort in New Zealand. His location was revealed by the diary of a local man who was recently shot by local gangsters.
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How Dare Hackers Target Lockheed Martin?

Lockheed Martin just confirmed that it was hacked on May 21, 2011. Its swift response stopped the breach before any critical data was stolen. Still, it’s insane that hackers would target Lockheed Martin.
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Apologists for WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning hack PBS

Close on the heels of Lockheed Martin admitting that it had been hacked, it has emerged that the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has been hacked and login and password information pertaining to employees as well as outside users of the site have been compromised.
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Lockheed says frequent cyber target from around world

Lockheed Martin Corp, the U.S. government's No. 1 provider of information technology services, said on Sunday that a tenacious cyberattack on its network last weekend was part of a pattern of frequent attacks on it from around the world.

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