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Hackers Take Aim at Small Businesses

Cyberthieves find them to be tempting targets: Wall Street Journal

(Newser) - It’s not just Sony and Citigroup that face a hacking threat: Small businesses are becoming an increasingly popular target, reports the Wall Street Journal . Of 761 data breaches investigated in 2010, 63% were against firms with 100 or fewer workers. Some 95% of the credit card breaches Visa has...

Taliban: We Were Hacked; Mullah Omar Is Alive

Death reports were fake, says spokesperson

(Newser) - Everyone's getting hacked these days—even the Taliban, apparently. A spokesperson in Afghanistan tells the AP and the Los Angeles Times that the group's leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, is alive—and that it was a hacker who sent out text messages, emails, and Internet postings announcing Omar's...

Reddit Co-Founder Hacked MIT Archives: US

24-year-old faces 35 years in jail, $1M fine

(Newser) - A co-founder of Reddit is charged with hacking into Massachusetts Institute of Technology archives and stealing some 4 million scientific and academic articles. Aaron Swartz, 24, could face 35 years in prison and a million-dollar fine on federal fraud and other charges, the Boston Globe reports. Swartz, who worked at...

Hackers LulzSec, Anonymous Hit Rupert Murdoch, Rebekah Brooks
 Guess Who Got Hacked Now? 
HELLO, LULZSEC
Jul 18, 2011 6:20 PM CDT

Guess Who Got Hacked Now?

Anonymous, AntiSec target Rupert Murdoch, Rebekah Brooks in latest hacks

(Newser) - So it turns out that the News of the World isn't the only gig in town that can hack: Notorious prankster-hackers LulzSec and Anonymous are wreaking havoc with Rupert Murdoch and his empire, reports Gizmodo . Lulzsec fired the first volley, publishing a cheeky account of Murdoch's death—via...

Hacker Gets 18 Years for Framing Neighbor in Biden Threat

Attack started after parents reported man for kissing young son

(Newser) - A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 18 years for hacking into his neighbors' wireless account to send child pornography and threats against Vice President Joe Biden and other officials. Barry Ardolf aimed to "ruin" his neighbors' "reputation and livelihood," said an FBI spokesman. The two-year attack...

News of World Scandal: More Hacks, Arrests Loom

Newly revealed targets: Families of dead troops, Princess Di inquest lawyer

(Newser) - The families of British service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan can likely be added to the ever-expanding list of people whose phones were hacked by Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, according to the Telegraph . And they're not the only new target to emerge. The AP reports...

Rupert Murdoch Has Only Himself to Blame
Rupert Murdoch Has Only Himself to Blame
OPINION
Jul 6, 2011 1:58 PM CDT

Rupert Murdoch Has Only Himself to Blame

Phone hacking is byproduct of his own corporate culture: Alex Pareene

(Newser) - The phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. gets worse by the day, and while the big man himself has called the allegations "deplorable," he is sticking by news exec Rebekah Brooks even as the UK government promises an inquiry. This is no fleeting scandal, writes...

AntiSec Hacks Apple
 AntiSec Hacks Apple 
Jul 4, 2011 4:15 AM CDT

AntiSec Hacks Apple

Hackers post 26 passwords to an Apple server

(Newser) - Apple is the latest target to get hit by hackers. The newly formed hacking group AntiSec uploaded a document to the Internet that members say contains 26 administrator usernames and passwords to an Apple server, reports the Wall Street Journal . Apple had no comment, but security experts said the targeted...

Sony: 90% of Subscribers Have Returned

CEO apologizes to shareholders over PlayStation cyberattack

(Newser) - Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer credited "very loyal" PlayStation Network gamers for flocking back to the service in big numbers, as he sought today to reassure shareholders following a series of embarrassing hacker attacks. The CEO apologized for the data breach in April , which compromised personal data from more...

Facebook Hires Top Hacker
 Facebook Hires Top Hacker 
Jun 27, 2011 4:42 AM CDT

Facebook Hires Top Hacker

Hire linked to development of iPad app

(Newser) - The hacker who was among the first to unlock the old AT&T iPhones and was sued by Sony for jailbreaking its PlayStation 3 has been hired by Facebook, reports Tech Unwrapped . George Hotz, aka GeoHot, has apparently been trying to keep a low profile since the Sony lawsuit. Analysts...

LulzSec Takes Down Brazilian Government Sites

And it's annoyed about its portrayal as 'nerds'

(Newser) - LulzSec has claimed responsibility for taking down two major Brazilian government websites this morning. Both brazil.gov.br and presidencia.gov.br were unreachable, and a Twitter feed called “ LulzSecBrazil ” has claimed responsibility, the Atlantic Wire reports. Meanwhile, the main LulzSec feed tweeted , “Our Brazilian unit is...

IMF Cyberattack Was by Foreign Government: Source

Hacker collective Anonymous not responsible, says security expert

(Newser) - The cyberattack on IMF was carried out by hackers thought to be connected to a foreign government, not hacker collective Anonymous, according to a security expert familiar with the incident. The hackers removed a “large quantity” of data that included emails and other documents, the source says. Bloomberg obtained...

Kate Middleton's Bank Account Hacked in 2005

Crime may be related to News of the World phone hacking scandal

(Newser) - The News of the World hacking scandal just got even more royal : Kate Middleton was a victim. But it was her bank account, not her phone, that was hacked, so the incident falls outside Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard’s phone hacking investigation. Middleton’s account was allegedly accessed in 2005...

Sony Unveils New 'Vita' Portable Gaming Device

It will be out for $249 later this year

(Newser) - Sony has unveiled its new portable gaming machine—the PlayStation Vita, a touch-interface and motion-sensitive handheld expected to outplay the enormously successful PlayStation Portable. The Vita will go on sale before the winter holidays, starting at $249. The device will allow gamers to be connected with one another over cellphone...

Hackers Lulz Security or LulzSec Hit Sony Again
 Hackers Hit Sony Again 
Jun 7, 2011 9:25 AM CDT

Hackers Hit Sony Again

LulzSec claims new cyberattack

(Newser) - According to hacker group Lulz Security or LulzSec, the current score is "hackers 16, Sony 0." That's what the group posted yesterday after claiming to have staged the 16th recent cyberattack on the electronics company. LulzSec posted a file containing Sony Computer Entertainment Developer Network source code,...

China Warns Google: Stop Being 'Political Tool'

Business could suffer, editorial threatens

(Newser) - China is not happy with Google. A front-page editorial in a Communist party newspaper accuses the search giant of "trying to provoke a new dispute between China and the US" through its suggestions that recent Gmail hacking attacks on US officials originated in China. "Google should not become...

Hackers Attack Nintendo; Lulzsec Claims Responsibility
 Hackers Hit Nintendo 
Jun 5, 2011 8:08 AM CDT

Hackers Hit Nintendo

But no customer data breached, company says

(Newser) - First the hackers came for Sony’s PlayStation Network , and now they’ve breached Nintendo. The Japanese company announced today that one of its US website servers was hacked, but no company or customer information was compromised and nothing was damaged. Though the incident is minor compared to the PlayStation...

China: Blaming Us for Google Hack 'Unacceptable'

Beijing rejects notion it was involved in phishing campaign

(Newser) - China has rejected the notion that it was involved in a phishing campaign that hacked into the Gmail accounts of US government officials and Chinese activists, the BBC and the Telegraph report today. Google yesterday claimed the campaign originated in Jinan , although it did not directly blame the Chinese government....

Hacked PBS: Tupac&#39;s Alive
 PBS 'Reports' Tupac Is Alive 
May 30, 2011 4:11 AM CDT

PBS 'Reports' Tupac Is Alive

Hacker upset at NewsHour story about WikiLeaks inserts fake report

(Newser) - Famed rapper Tupac Shakur is alive and well and living in New Zealand, 15 years after his "death," reported PBS's NewsHour online for a few hours last night. But that's because the broadcaster's website was hacked by LulzSec, and the fake story was inserted into...

Hackers Posted Underwear Pic, Says Weiner

Breitbart's website pounces, says the congressman is covering something up

(Newser) - A lewd picture sent to a Seattle university student from Anthony Weiner's Twitter account has the New York congressman claiming his account was hacked. "Tivo shot. FB hacked. Is my blender gonna attack me next?" Weiner joked on Twitter, soon after the compromising photo was published. The photo...

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