Police has arrested three people in connection with hacking into ATM machines installed in 7-11 stores which resulted in loss of millions of dollars to Citibank customers.
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Citibank customers lose millions as 7-11 stores ATM hacked
July 3rd, 2008 by Kiyani
Student charged with hacking faces 38 years in jail
June 20th, 2008 by Kiyani
Omar Khan, a student of Tesoro High School in Californina faces up to 38 years in jail on charges of hacking into school computer system to alter his grades.
Tesoro High School was made famous by the reality TV series Real Housewives of Orange County.
US congressmen reveal hacking from China
June 12th, 2008 by Kiyani
Two US congressmen Frank Wolf and Christopher Smith have revealed that their office computers were hacked by hackers from China.
According to the statement released four of Wolf’s Capitol Hill machines were compromised in August 2006.
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Gang of hackers arrested by French police
June 3rd, 2008 by Kiyani
According to reports by French media, authorities have arrested 22 people suspected of running an international hacking gang.
The arrests were made in Paris and southern and northern France by a team of 90 policemen.
China and USA are leading sources of cyber attacks
June 2nd, 2008 by Kiyani
Akamai Technologies, Inc. in its report has said that China and US are the leading sources of hacking attacks, especially against Windows systems.
Akamai provides distributed computing platform for global Internet content and application delivery.
Who do companies fear most? Employees or Hackers
May 29th, 2008 by Kiyani
Companies mostly fear hackers. Not.
Enterprise security firm Secure Computing recently conducted a survey according to which it was revealed that most companies fear their employees when it comes to security.
Gang of phishers busted by US and Romanian authorities
May 20th, 2008 by Kiyani
US and Romanian authorities have busted a gang of 38 people who are part of a global phishing network.
Phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
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India accuses China of hacking
May 9th, 2008 by Kiyani
After Belgium it’s India’s turn to point fingers at China for hacking and cyber crimes. According to Times of India, the country’s largest circulation daily newspaper, Indian websites particularly Government owned are under attack from China.
It’s been going on for the past one year and attacks are increasing day by day.
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Hacker’s website hacked by Turkish PM supporters
May 9th, 2008 by Kiyani
A private NTV channel reported yesterday that the web site of the hacker, who hacked Turkish Prime Minister’s media center web site last week, has been hacked. (I know too many hack words!).
Website displayed the words R.T.E. which is an abbreviation used for the full name of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Belgium accuses China of cyber crimes
May 8th, 2008 by Kiyani
Belgium has accused China of cyber crimes and hacking which might result in a diplomatic row between two countries.
Belgian justice minister Jo Vandeurzen has claimed that attacks against the Belgian Federal Government have originated from China, and are likely to have been sanctioned by the Beijing government.
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