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HACKING

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2016
U.S. investigates reported hack of FBI, DHS employee data
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department are investigating a claim that personal data related to thousands of DHS and FBI employees was hacked and has been posted online, an agency spokesman said on Monday.
WORLD
Jan 29, 2016
U.S., British spies hacked Israeli Air Force, say reports citing Snowden
The United States and Britain have monitored secret sorties and communications by Israel's air force in a hacking operation dating back to 1998, according to documents attributed to leaks by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 29, 2016
Congress to probe whether NSA back door led to Juniper hacking
A U.S. congressional probe into the impact of a hack of Juniper Networks Inc software will examine the possibility that it was initially altered at the behest of the National Security Agency, a lawmaker said in an interview on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2016
North Korea suspected of targeting South with cyberattacks
South Korea said on Wednesday it suspected North Korea of attempting cyberattacks against targets in the South, following a nuclear test by the North this month that defied United Nations sanctions.
EDITORIALS
Jan 23, 2016
Fears over personal data security
People are understandably worried about the security of the My Number system, and the government has done little to reassure them.
WORLD
Jan 8, 2016
U.S. analysts suspect Russia hackers behind Ukraine power outage
U.S. cyberintelligence firm iSight Partners said on Thursday it has determined that a Russian hacking group known as Sandworm caused last month's unprecedented power outage in Ukraine.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2015
Microsoft failed to warn victims of Chinese email hack: former employees
Microsoft experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China's Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular — but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their...
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 29, 2015
Database of 191 million U.S. voters exposed on Internet, says researcher
An independent computer security researcher uncovered a database of information on 191 million voters that is exposed on the open Internet due to an incorrectly configured database, he said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2015
Xi defends China's web controls in call for 'Internet sovereignty of all countries'
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to respect each country's sovereignty over its own Internet as he sought broader support for strict controls like China's on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 8, 2015
EU lawmakers, nations agree on bloc's first cybersecurity law
EU lawmakers and member states struck a deal on the bloc's first cybersecurity law on Monday that will require Internet firms such as Google and Amazon to report serious breaches or face sanctions.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2015
China behind 'massive' cyberattack on Australian government: ABC
A major cyberattack against Australia's Bureau of Meteorology that may have compromised potentially sensitive national security information is being blamed on China, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2015
On China's fringes, cyberspies raise their game
Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2015
Anonymous hacker group targets Iceland sites in whaling protest
Activist hackers from the Anonymous collective have claimed responsibility for bringing down five government websites in Iceland in a protest against whale-hunting by the North Atlantic nation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2015
South Korea trains young hackers, plays catch-up years after North's elite unit proved abilities
In a darkened "war room" dozens of South Korea's brightest college students are practicing hacking each other as part of a government program to train them to battle some of the world's best — the shadowy techno-soldiers of Kim Jong Un's regime.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 18, 2015
Activist hackers battle Islamic State in cyberspace
Islamic State sympathizers using social media to spread propaganda and recruit fighters are drawing an increasing amount of return fire from activists who have been knocking some sites offline and infiltrating others.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2015
Coordinated European raids target Iran's 'Rocket Kitten' cyberspy group
European authorities have taken action to take down a cyberespionage campaign believed to be linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, the first operation of its kind since Tehran signed a nuclear treaty, according to security researchers.

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