Irish Connection 49 – Awards Show/Te’o Tour Review

ICON does a quick review of the 2012 Notre Dame Echoes – the year-end football award show and tags along with Manti Te’o in Orlando, Florida and New York, New York, as he collects eight major college football awards. Read More…. View full post on

Four Irish, British suspects helped Stratfor hack: U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors said four Irish and British men charged in a crackdown on the international hacking group Anonymous also helped breach the security analysis company Stratfor last year. In an indictment … View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking

Irish police release hacking suspect

Irish police release hacking suspect DUBLIN (AP) — Irish police say they have released without charge a 19-year-old student accused by U.S. authorities of breaking into the email account of Ireland's top cybersecurity cop and using its contents to eavesdrop on American and British anti-hacking detectives. An FBI affidavit quotes secretly recorded communications between O […]

Irish hacking suspect freed in wake of FBI sting

An Irish computer hacker accused of breaking into the email account of Ireland's top cybersecurity cop, then using its contents to eavesdrop on American and British anti-hacking detectives, was released without charges Wednesday. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking

Irish biz rife with fake sites slurping victims’ privates

Volunteer hit squad tells of thugs sneaking onto servers Irish websites have become a prime target for phishing fraudsters over recent months with multiple incidents of fraudsters setting up counterfeit banking sites on compromised but otherwise legitimate websites.… View full post on cyber security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National […]

Hacker adds ‘iconic’ Conan the Barbarian to faculty of Irish college

London, Sept 18 (ANI): A hacker reportedly broke into Dublin’s Trinity College website and added a new professor to the school – ‘Conan the Barbarian’. The hacker placed a picture on the site of the iconic character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982′s film adaptation and its 1984 sequel, “Conan the Destroyer.” According to Fox […]