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Hacker group claims hit on US defense contractor

Hacker group Anonymous released a trove of military email addresses and passwords it claimed to have plundered from the network of US defense consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton.

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created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Swedish court to issue verdict in Pirate Bay case

(AP) -- Innovative digital pioneers or reckless cyber pirates? The founders of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay are either heroes or villains depending on whom you ask.

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3




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European Internet campaigners battle ACTA

A controversial international accord billed as a way to beat online piracy has sparked a fightback led by Internet users in ex-communist countries who say the region's past underlines the need to defend freedom.

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Czech Republic, Slovakia freeze anti-piracy pact

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said Monday his country would freeze plans to ratify a controversial international online anti-piracy accord after mounting off-and-online protests.

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created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hong Kong freezes $42 mln in Megaupload raids

Hong Kong Customs officers have raided offices, domestic premises and luxury hotel suites as part of a worldwide FBI Internet piracy investigation into file-sharing site Megaupload.com.

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created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 58

US shutdown of sharing site draws hacker retaliation

US authorities have shut down one of the largest file-sharing websites and charged seven people with copyright crimes, sparking a retaliatory cyber attack on the FBI and Justice Department websites. ...

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 13

Wikipedia to be blacked out over anti-piracy bill (Update)

Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based online encyclopedia ...

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 10

Anonymous targets Finland over anti-piracy efforts

Cyber-activists attacked the websites of Finnish anti-piracy groups after a local Internet service provider was forced to block access to a popular file-sharing website, officials said Tuesday.

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Hackers hijack Twitter accounts of Chavez critics

(AP) -- Over months, Venezuelan TV soap opera writer Leonardo Padron built a Twitter following of about 250,000 people by posting more than a dozen messages a day, many of them skewering President Hugo Chavez.

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created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ariz. police confirm 2nd hack on officers' email

(AP) -- A second computer hacking attack in as many weeks against Arizona state police targeted the personal email accounts of some of its officers, an official confirmed Wednesday.

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created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

LulzSec hackers taunt with telephone hotline

A hacker group on Wednesday brazenly ramped up its antics as unrelenting waves of cyberattacks expose how poorly defended many networks are against Internet marauders.

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created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hackers claim hit on CIA website (Update 2)

A hacker group was brazenly ramping up its antics as waves of cyberattacks targeting even the US spy agency expose how poorly defended many networks are against Internet marauders.

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created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 8


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