The European Parliament’s website fell under a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDOS) on Thursday in what the organisation classified as retaliation for the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing site and an anti-counterfeiting trade agreement. The Parliament issued a statement saying it had acted to reduce the impact of the attacks, but…
Megaupload taken down by US authorities for alleged piracy
A day after thousands of websites went on strike protesting controversial anti-piracy legislation in the US, federal authorities today announced they have busted a service allegedly supporting piracy that hauled in an estimated $175 million (£113 million). Seven individuals and two companies were charged with multiple counts of racketeering, copyright…
Computers, jewelry, games taken in apartment break-ins: Berea Police Blotter
Three apartments were burglarized. View full post on computer theft – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Operation Brotherhood Shutdown : Multiple Sites taken down by Anonymous Hackers
Operation Brotherhood Shutdown : Multiple Sites taken down by Anonymous HackersAnonymous Hackers take down the The Muslim Brotherhood websites. The hacking group had made an announcement Tuesday in which they threatened to launch “Operation Brotherhood Takedown,” on all Brotherhood sites at 8pm on Friday, 11 November. According to a video released…
Adidas website taken down after cyber attack
Adidas, the German sportswear and equipment maker, said Sunday that all its websites remained closed down Sunday after what it called a “sophisticated and criminal” attack. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft, Vodafone and the Telegraph websites taken down in DNS hack
A Turkish hacking group managed to tamper with Internet addressing records over the weekend, redirecting dozens of websites belonging to companies including Microsoft, UPS and Vodafone to a different web pages controlled by the hackers. According to Zone-H, a website that tracks defacements, 186 websites were redirected to a page…
