CYBER WARS

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China's PLA controls hackers: US IT security firm
Feb 19, 2013 (AFP)
China's army controls hundreds if not thousands of virulent and cutting-edge hackers, according to a report Tuesday by a US Internet security firm that traced a...
Extracting Relevance from Mountains of Data
Feb 18, 2013 (SPX)
DARPA held a multi-program performer meeting for researchers to hear presentations on the latest innovations and promising approaches in the area of Big Data an...
Facebook network hit by 'sophisticated' attack
Feb 15, 2013 (AFP)
Facebook said Friday its computer system was "targeted in a sophisticated attack" last month, but that it found no evidence any user data was compromised. The c...
The Pirate Bay to sue over look-alike site
Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay says it will sue a Finnish anti-piracy site for pirating the design of its website. The Finland-based Copyright Information and...
Cybersecurity battle looms after Obama directive
Feb 13, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama's order aimed at ramping up protection from cyberattacks will address only a small portion of threats and sets up a fresh battle in Congr...
Many hurdles await U.S. cybersecurity law
Feb 13, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. President Barack Obama's cybersecurity executive order has set in motion structural reforms its backers hope will be readily embraced by the U.S. corporate...
Obama moves to defend infrastructure from cyberattacks
Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)
Warning that cyberattacks pose a danger to US security, President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to better protect critical infrastr...
Tokyo man arrested over bizarre hacking campaign: reports
Feb 10, 2013 (AFP)
Japanese police Sunday arrested a man suspected of being behind a computer hacking campaign following an exhaustive hunt that at one stage had authorities track...
US is target of massive cyber-espionage: report
Feb 10, 2013 (AFP)
The US intelligence community has concluded that America is the target of a massive cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening its competitiveness, The Washin...
Hacker 'botnet' hijacked online searches: Microsoft
Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)
Software titan Microsoft and computer security giant Symantec said Thursday that they smashed a hacker-infected computer network that was hijacking Internet sea...
EU considers cybercrime reporting plan
Feb 07, 2013 (UPI)
The European Union has proposed new rules that would require firms including energy providers, banks and hospitals to report cyber-break-ins. While EU digital a...
US lawmakers propose password privacy bill
Feb 06, 2013 (AFP)
A group of US lawmakers on Wednesday proposed a bill that would make it illegal for employers or schools to require the disclosure of passwords for social netwo...
US Energy Department was hacking victim
Feb 04, 2013 (AFP)
The US Department of Energy on Monday confirmed it was the target of a cyber attack in January, which stole employee and contractor data, but said no classified...
US may use preemptive cyber strikes: report
Feb 04, 2013 (AFP)
A secret legal review has concluded the US president has the power to order preemptive cyber strikes if credible evidence suggests a major digital attack is imm...
China Communist paper rejects hacking allegations
Feb 04, 2013 (AFP)
The official mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party on Monday roundly rejected claims of hacking attacks from China by American media outlets, hinting ins...
Hacking incidents ignite fears over China
Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)
A string of cyberattacks on major US media outlets like the New York Times has intensified worries over Chinese hackers, who analysts say are probably linked to...
Hacking case puts Dutch man in US prison
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
A Dutch man was sentenced to 12 years in a US prison on Friday for being an online "broker" for credit card numbers stolen in a computer hacking conspiracy. Dav...
Schmidt book labels China online menace
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that in his coming book, Google chairman Eric Schmidt brands China an Internet menace that sanctions cyber crime for eco...
Wall Street Journal says also hit by Chinese hackers
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
The Wall Street Journal said Thursday its computers had been hit by Chinese hackers, becoming the latest US media organization to report an effort to spy on its...
Twitter hit by 'sophisticated' cyber attack
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
Twitter said Friday it was hammered by a "sophisticated" cyber attack similar to those that recently hit major Western news outlets, and that the passwords of a...
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