Chinese hackers allegedly used seven passwords stolen from top executives of Nortel Networks, the once telecommunications giant, to hack into their system and acquire trade secrets. According to the Wall Street Journal, the hackers, presumably form China, penetrated Nortel’s computers as early as the year 2000 and downloaded technical papers,…
Nortel Was Hacked for a Decade
Hackers based in China stole technical papers, R&D reports, business plans, employee e-mails and other documents. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
CIA Hacked
The agency’s Web site was taken down on Friday. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
CIA Hacked
The agency’s Web site was taken down on Friday. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Entire Cryptome whistleblowing site hacked by Blackhole exploit kit
The Cryptome.org whistleblowing website was hit by a serious web hijack last week that for several days borrowed thousands of its pages to serve malware, the organisation has admitted. Starting on 8 February, attackers were able to hide malicious scripts pointing to malware on every one of the site’s 6,000…
Cryptome.org hacked into serving up Blackhole exploit kit
Secret publishing site Cryptome.org was infected over the past weekend exposing thousands of users to the Blackhole exploit kit. Find out what happened and some advice for webmasters to keep their sites clean and safe. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
CIA website hacked in attack ‘claimed’ by shadowy cyber group Anonymous
The Central Intelligence Agency website was brought down for several hours in what appeared to be a concerted attack by hackers. View full post on america cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
United States Census Bureau Hacked and Vulnerability Exposed
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Apple supplier Foxconn hacked not for bad factory conditions but for kicks
Foxconn, a Taiwanese manufacturer of Apple’s iPhone and iPad infamous for inhumane working conditions, has been hacked by a group calling itself Swagg Security. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Syrian TV text news service hacked
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 5 (UPI) — Syrian television officials say they have suspended their breaking-news texting service because their computer system appears to have been hacked. View full post on computer security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security