Repeated attacks hijack huge chunks of Internet traffic, researchers warn

  Huge chunks of Internet traffic belonging to financial institutions, government agencies, and network service providers have repeatedly been diverted to distant locations under unexplained circumstances that are stoking suspicions the traffic may be surreptitiously monitored or modified before being passed along to its final destination. Researchers from network intelligence…

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Calif. cop pelted with chunks of concrete

By Will Kane The San Francisco Chronicle LIVERMORE, Calif. — Several people set up a roadblock on a Livermore street and pelted a police officer with chunks of concrete early Friday when he stopped to clear it, sending him to the hospital, police said. The officer, whose name has not…

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