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Are you a hacker? You better stick with mischief

U.S. authorities often prosecute computer hacks that cause more mischief than money losses, but long prison sentences are very rare in such cases. But the hacker will have to face prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, if the victim shows that he or she has suffered a considerable amount of financial damage in a certain period of time.
Zurich American Refuse to Pay Sony PSN Hack Damages

Cyber attacks on the rise

Cyber attacks on governments, corporations, and individuals are rising rapidly all over the world.
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LulzSec continues global hack attack: CIA down, Senate attacked again!

Hacker group LulzSec is relentlessly continuing its attack: the public website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) i.e. www.cia.gov was hacked by the group and taken down temporarily on Wednesday even as the U.S. Senate said it had foiled a renewed hacking bid by the same group.
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Apple to dare Nintendo, Sony by giving Phone 5 the latest mobile graphics architecture

There is apparently more evidence that Apple is prepared to dare the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo and vie for the gaming pie. The warrior is iPhone 5 and the arsenal include the A5 processor with a dual-core graphics core and the most powerful mobile graphics processing architecture built to date. New rumors that float around suggest the iPhone will have strong gaming capabilities supported by multi-core A5 processor and Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR Series6 mobile graphics process...
CIA website is unresponsive and unavailable after reports that the website had been attacked by hackers in Washington

LulzSec takes down CIA website but classified data safe

Lulz Security or LulzSec, the hackers collective, claimed responsibility for disabling the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) public website on Wednesday, two days after hacking the U.S. Senate's computer system.
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Xbox 720: Xbox 360 successor soon

If rumors can be believed Microsoft will announce Xbox 720 at E3 2012. An industry source at Crytek was quoted by Videogamer.com, who revealed that Microsoft wants to make its new console announcement ahead of rival Sony and will do so in the next 12 months and 'likely' at next year's E3.

LulzSec: Some love them, others loathe, yet others don't care about them

It has been a quite successful run for the anonymous hacker group Lulz Security, responsible for the security breach of corporations and government agencies including PBS, Sony, Nintendo, Fox, FBI affiliate Infragard, US Senate, and Bethesda Softworks among its high profile targets. The group still manages to tweet and communicate through Pastebin and their own website without a domain-seize threat from federal agencies. The virtually connected members of the group with the face of a caricature,...
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Panasonic Lumix GF3 camera set for July release

Japanese multinational consumer electronics corporation Panasonic has announced that the company is set to launch the Panasonic Lumix GF3 which will be a smaller Interchangeable-Lens camera
The IMF nameplate is displayed on a wall at the headquarters during the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington April 11, 2008.

IMF hacking: Hackers growing bolder?

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) computer system was hacked with large and sophisticated cyberattack and confidential data on national economies and finances are at the risk of exposure. The organization did not disclose the nature of the attack.
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What To Expect In iPhone 5?

What features the next iPhone will have is a question that has given rise to a vast range of speculations.
A character from the video game "Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine" developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ poses during the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in Los Angeles

What's new and what's re-mastered at the E3

E3 has taken the week by storm with developers all around the world showcasing their latest projects and announcing the dates of release. Many have showcased upcoming games while others have talked about sequels to their already famed projects. Gaming heavy-weights like Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft and Sony came to the fore-front to display games that kept the attendees on their feet and searching for more.
IMF's acting chief John Lipsky attends a news conference in Beijing

Did IMF face cyber attack from a member-nation?

In a bizarre incident early this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) faced a cyber attack, ironically from a member-nation, though the fund is not willing to reveal the country's name.

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