Security researchers warn that spear phishing attacks targeting the personal Gmail accounts of people working for the military, government agencies or contractors, continue."Once compromises happen and are covered in the news, they do not disappear and attackers don't give up or stop. They continue their busines... |
16 August 2011
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According to media reports, computers used by many Australian ministers, including Prime Minister Julia Gillard, have been compromised by hackers. The Daily Telegraph reports that tens of thousands of emails stored on official computers might have been accessed without authorization. The security breach was confi... |
29 March 2011
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A 23-year-old California man admitted causing severe emotional distress to tens of women by hacking into their personal email accounts and using risque photos found inside to blackmail them.George Samuel Bronk, 23, of Citrus Heights, CA, pleaded guilty to seven felony charges of computer intrusion, false impersonatio... |
17 January 2011
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A Michigan man had criminal charges brought against him after he accessed his wife's email account and sharing the messages inside with the woman's first husband.Leon Walker, 33, of Rochester Hills, was charged with one felony count of unlawful access to confidential data after he snooped through his wife&#... |
27 December 2010
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A California man was arrested on Friday under suspicion of hacking into the email and Facebook accounts of over 170 women and in many cases exposing their explicit intimate pictures online.George Samuel Bronk, 23, of Citrus Heights, CA, faces thirty felony charges associated with computer intrusion, identity theft, e... |
3 November 2010
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It was not any particular vulnerability that a French hacker exploited in order to get his hands on Twitter confidential corporate documents. According to his own account, it was patience and determination combined with the inherent security weaknesses in today's Web 2.0 ecosystem. TechCrunch, one of the first ... |
21 July 2009
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College Hill TV series star Dorion Standberry woke up to a really bad Monday, after an unknown hacker broke into his email during the night and started sharing its contents with all of the actor's followers on Twitter. Several other celebrities got caught in the middle and had their phone numbers, which were sto... |
23 June 2009
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