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Russia's hackers pose growing global threat

Technology / Internet

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Not long ago, the simple, anonymous thrill of exposing chinks in American software was enough of a payoff for a Russian hacker.





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Russian cargo ship docks with ISS

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A Russian cargo ship, launched Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan, docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, the Russian news agency Interfax said.


Twitter briefly blocked by hackers (AP)

Twitter briefly blocked by hackers

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created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hackers briefly blocked access to the popular Internet messaging service Twitter, steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility.


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Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case

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A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history.


Exiled Uighur leader Rabiya Kadeer

Anti-Kadeer hackers mistakenly hit Australian arts site

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hackers protesting against the Australian visit of exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer mistakenly crashed the website of an arts festival with a similar name, organisers said Thursday.


Spies breach Pentagon fighter-jet project: report

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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.


Good hackers meet to seek ways to stop the bad hackers

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The world of hackers is kind of like the "Star Wars" universe: There's a light side and a dark side of cracking computers.


Space station gets new research module

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.


Russian cargo ship blasts off for International Space Station

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A Russian cargo ship blasted off Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan on a mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's space agency said.


Report: FBI probes hacker attack on Citigroup (AP)

Report: FBI probes hacker attack on Citigroup

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.


Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.



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