Hacking articles

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  US prepares economic countermeasures in light of recent cyberattacks

  By Bryan Bishop on February 19, 2013 06:26 pm + 26 comments

  The recent rash of hacking attacks shows no sign of slowing — Apple today announced it had fallen Continue reading…

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  Chinese cyberattacks on US traced to this 12-story office building

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 18, 2013 11:48 pm + 128 comments

  The location of the "overwhelming percentage" of Chinese cyberattacks on US corporations and Continue reading…

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  White House says 'cyber threats' include web site defacement, IP theft

  By Carl Franzen on February 14, 2013 06:02 pm + 27 comments

  In the State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama announced a sweeping executive order Continue reading…

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  Lenovo, PayPal, and others launch the FIDO Alliance to replace passwords with more secure alternatives

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 13, 2013 01:17 pm + 9 comments

  There's little doubt that the venerable password, the internet's primary authentication tool, is Continue reading…

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  Hacker arrested for allegedly blackmailing hundreds of women into sending nude pictures

  By Adi Robertson on January 31, 2013 10:04 am + 33 comments

  In what could be the latest of a series of high-profile "sextortion" cases, a Los Angeles man has Continue reading…

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  Anonymous hacks government site, threatens to expose secrets in response to Aaron Swartz's death

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 26, 2013 01:16 pm + 143 comments

  Hacktivist group Anonymous took over the United States Sentencing Service's website earlier today to Continue reading…

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  White House announces National Day of Civic Hacking, declares open season on government data

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 22, 2013 08:47 pm + 31 comments

  Publicly-available Census or Department of Energy data can be a powerful tool in the right hands, Continue reading…

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  Student expelled after exposing security flaw in college computers

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 21, 2013 04:51 am + 94 comments

  Last fall, Ahmed Al-Khabaz and a fellow student discovered "sloppy coding" in their college's Continue reading…

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  Aaron Swartz's embattled prosecuting attorney releases first statement, says conduct was 'appropriate'

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 16, 2013 11:46 pm + 167 comments

  US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz is breaking the silence on her office’s prosecution of Aaron Swartz. Continue reading…

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  Rep. Darrell Issa investigating whether prosecutors 'threw the book' at Aaron Swartz

  By Adi Robertson on January 16, 2013 05:27 pm + 49 comments

  US Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) has said he is investigating whether prosecutors were Continue reading…