Hacking articles

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  US and Russia agree to use Cold War-era hotline to stave off cyberwar

  By Nathan Olivarez-Giles on June 18, 2013 06:53 pm + 20 comments

  The US and Russian governments have agreed to repurpose a Cold War-era hotline in a new pact that Continue reading…

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  NSA vets praise Snowden as a whistleblower, but fear he may take things too far

  By Nathan Olivarez-Giles on June 17, 2013 05:20 pm + 52 comments

  Edward Snowden, the federal contractor who exposed the NSA's controversial PRISM surveillance Continue reading…

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  Feds foil $15 million ATM 'cash out' ring

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 13, 2013 04:52 am + 15 comments

  A month after an international plot to steal $45 million from ATMs around the world came tumbling Continue reading…

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  Obama warns China that cyber attacks could be 'inhibitor' in relations

  By Sam Byford on June 8, 2013 09:25 pm + 20 comments

  President Obama held a two-day summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, where the pair Continue reading…

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  Chinese hackers stole confidential 2008 presidential campaign email and documents, say officials

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 6, 2013 09:40 pm + 22 comments

  Over the past year, reports have circulated of widespread cyberattacks, based in China, against Continue reading…

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  China and US to begin first high-level meetings on cybersecurity and industrial espionage

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 1, 2013 11:06 pm + 18 comments

  After months of political back-and-forth, top-level officials from US and China will meet next month Continue reading…

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  Cracking Kinect: the Xbox One's new sensor could be a hardware hacker's dream

  By Andrew Webster on May 31, 2013 01:21 pm + 116 comments

  One of the biggest upgrades to Microsoft's recently unveiled Xbox One console is the new and Continue reading…

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  Despite opposition, Google will make critical security exploits public after seven days

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 30, 2013 04:42 am + 210 comments

  Google’s security researchers are well known for uncovering vulnerabilities in other people's Continue reading…

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  Pentagon downplays importance of pilfered weapons data after report exposes China hacks

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 28, 2013 08:30 pm + 14 comments

  The Pentagon suffered a black eye yesterday when a classified report detailing Chinese hackers’ Continue reading…

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  Telecom companies threaten to sue reporters for uncovering privacy breach with Google

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 22, 2013 11:37 pm + 43 comments

  After being made aware of a large and potentially costly privacy breach exposing more than 170,000 Continue reading…