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Anonymous Hackers Plan Sony Protests

The hacktivist group Anonymous is planning a set of sit-ins at Sony stores on April 16, in response to the company's legal actions against hacker George Hotz.

Anonymous Changes Tactics Against Sony

The hacker collective Anonymous seems to have changed tacks on its effort to pay back Sony, emphasizing that its members are on the side of consumers and gamers.

Anonymous Launches DDoS Attack On Sony

The hacker collective Anonymous has made good on its threat to attack Sony, having launched a distributed denial-of-service attack on Wednesday afternoon.
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Analysis: Epsilon hacking shows new spear-phishing risks

A data breach involving online marketer Epsilon, whose clients are a Who's Who of major banks and retailers, was only the latest in a string of hacking attacks aimed at getting email records for more thefts, security experts warned on Monday.

LizaMoon: What Is It and How to Avoid It (VIDEO)

Lizamoon is the name of an Internet-based scareware attack which plays on fears of computer viruses and trust in web security software. Its ultimate aim is to get a user provide credit card information.
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Malicious attack hits a million Web pages

More than one million website pages have been hit by a sophisticated hacking attack that injects code into sites that redirect users to a fraudulent software sales operation.
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N.J. state computers nearly sold with sensitive data

Child abuse reports, Social Security numbers and other highly sensitive data were discovered on a batch of government computers headed for the auction block to be sold by the State of New Jersey, authorities said on Thursday.
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Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers: report

Morgan Stanley experienced a very sensitive break-in to its network by the same China-based hackers who attacked Google Inc's computers more than a year ago, Bloomberg reported, citing leaked emails from an Internet security company.
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Sony Stops One Hacker, But Others Appear

Sony Computer Entertainment America won a preliminary injunction against a hacker who publicized a method for allowing Playstation 3 consoles to install non-Sony operating systems. But others might still tinker with their machines.

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