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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 13th, 2013
Website of Turkish TV and Radio Regulator Disrupted by Anonymous for OpTurkey

Website of Turkish TV and Radio Regulator Disrupted by Anonymous for OpTurkey

The hackers explain why Gezi Park is important for the people of Turkey

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 13th, 2013
Snowden Says He Has Evidence That the NSA Has Been Hacking China Since 2009

Snowden Says He Has Evidence That the NSA Has Been Hacking China Since 2009

The NSA has carried out over 61,000 global hacking operations

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 7th, 2013
Web Hosting Provider Hetzner Hacked, Users Advised to Change Passwords

Web Hosting Provider Hetzner Hacked, Users Advised to Change Passwords

Partial credit card information might have been compromised

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 7th, 2013
2008 US Presidential Campaigns Targeted by Chinese Hackers

2008 US Presidential Campaigns Targeted by Chinese Hackers

The attackers stole a lot of classified information, including correspondence

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 5th, 2013
Systems of DNSimple and easyDNS Abused for DNS Amplification Attack

Systems of DNSimple and easyDNS Abused for DNS Amplification Attack

Both companies have published post-incident reports

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 5th, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army and Anonymous Turkey Target Turkish Prime Minister's Site

Syrian Electronic Army and Anonymous Turkey Target Turkish Prime Minister's Site

Email addresses and passwords have been leaked from the website's databases

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 1st, 2013
Syrian Computer Society Shuts Down Website of Syrian Electronic Army

Syrian Computer Society Shuts Down Website of Syrian Electronic Army

The hackers are looking for a company willing to host their website

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 30th, 2013
Anonymous Hackers Target PETA for Intention to Sue Article Commenters

Anonymous Hackers Target PETA for Intention to Sue Article Commenters

The hacktivists say such actions are unacceptable

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 30th, 2013
Man Claiming to Be Anonymous Hacker Sentenced to Prison for Blackmailing University

Man Claiming to Be Anonymous Hacker Sentenced to Prison for Blackmailing University

The culprit and his accomplice made threats from YouTube and Twitter

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 30th, 2013
Drupal.org Hacked, User Passwords Compromised

Drupal.org Hacked, User Passwords Compromised

The attackers have leveraged a vulnerability in third-party software

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 28th, 2013
Turkish Hackers Breach Systems of Ohio Airport Akron-Canton

Turkish Hackers Breach Systems of Ohio Airport Akron-Canton

The airport's representatives have confirmed the hack

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 13th, 2013
Expert: Cybercriminals Likely Exploited SQL Injection to Pull Off $45M / €34M Heist

Expert: Cybercriminals Likely Exploited SQL Injection to Pull Off $45M / €34M Heist

ThreatTrack Security's Dodi Glenn shares some interesting insight

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 10th, 2013
8 Members of Cybercrime Ring Charged, Accused of Stealing $45M / €34M from Banks

8 Members of Cybercrime Ring Charged, Accused of Stealing $45M / €34M from Banks

7 of them were arrested, while the 8th was reportedly murdered in April

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 9th, 2013
The Onion Explains How It Was Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army

The Onion Explains How It Was Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army

The hackers used phishing emails to trick staffers into handing over their passwords

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 9th, 2013
Name.com Hacked, Company Resets Customer Passwords

Name.com Hacked, Company Resets Customer Passwords

Hack The Planet has taken credit for the data breach

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 8th, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army Claims to Have Hacked Israeli Critical Infrastructure Systems (Updated)

Syrian Electronic Army Claims to Have Hacked Israeli Critical Infrastructure Systems (Updated)

The breach comes in response to the Israeli strikes against a Damascus research center

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • May 8th, 2013
OpUSA: Fake Leaks, Small Website Defacements, and “Pedestrian” DDOS Attacks

OpUSA: Fake Leaks, Small Website Defacements, and “Pedestrian” DDOS Attacks

Experts have been monitoring the attacks launched in this campaign

 
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