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Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard two kilometers from the front line on Puthukkudiyiruppu

Sri Lanka army website hacked: defence ministry

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Sri Lankan army's website has been targeted in a "cyber terrorism" attack by Tamil rebels, the defence ministry said Friday, and replaced with gruesome photos of apparent victims of the civil war.


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Some Twitter staff accounts reportedly hacked

Technology / Internet

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A hacker believed to have struck celebrity Twitter accounts previously has reportedly broken into accounts of the microblogging service's workers including co-founder Evan Williams.


Briefs: Chinese hacked Asahi Shimbun site

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created Dec 29, 2005 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chinese computer programmers may have hacked into the Web site of a Japanese daily, according to local media Thursday.


Spies breach Pentagon fighter-jet project: report

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Computer spies have hacked into the Pentagon's most costly weapons program, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, raising the prospect of adversaries gaining access to top-secret security data.


Researchers: Cyber spies break into govt computers (AP)

Researchers: Cyber spies break into govt computers

Technology / Internet

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- A cyber spy network based mainly in China hacked into classified documents from government and private organizations in 103 countries, including the computers of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan exiles, ...


Spears, DeGeneres Twitpic accounts hacked

Technology / Internet

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hackers have broadcast bogus information about celebrities including Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres after breaking into their Twitpic accounts.


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Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole

Technology / Software

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 11

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.


Australia says Web blacklist combats child porn

Technology / Internet

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

(AP) -- Australia's communications minister has defended a proposed Internet blacklist as necessary to combat child pornography but admitted that at least one site had been wrongly blocked during trials.


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Twitter hacked by old technique -- again

Technology / Internet

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Breaking into someone's e-mail can be child's play for a determined hacker, as Twitter Inc. employees have learned the hard way - again.


PETA offers $1 million for fake meat

Biology /

created Apr 22, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 3

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the animal rights group based in Virginia, is offering a $1 million prize for meat produced in a laboratory.


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British police probe tabloid phone-hacking claims

Technology / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

British police probed allegations Thursday that a top-selling newspaper paid private investigators to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of high-profile figures.


Microsoft (?) Site Hacked

Microsoft (?) Site Hacked

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2007 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (25) | comments 0

Beware: Partner sites may not reach your own security standards, as Microsoft recently learned.


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How Secure Is Your Network? NIST Model Knows

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data breaches are a recurring nightmare for IT managers responsible for securing not only their company’s confidential data, but possibly also sensitive information belonging to their clients, ...


Towers carrying electical lines in South San Francisco, California

US electricity grid hit by cyber attacks: report

Technology / Internet

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Chinese and Russian cyber-spies have hacked into the US electricity grid and inserted programs that could be used to disrupt the system, a report said Wednesday.


Japan completes Antarctic mission

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created Apr 13, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan's 47th Antarctic exploration mission returned to port Thursday carrying prized ice specimens -- and 300 tons of garbage -- collected over 16 months.