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BBC News: We’ve Been Hacked By The Iranians

BBC News’ outlet BBC Presia was reportedly hacked by Iranian authorities this evening. The news group claims that the cyberattack is part of an expanding effort by the regime to stifle coverage within the country.


June 24, 2011
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90% Of Companies Say They’ve Been Hacked In Last 12 Months

In a five-day survey that polled public and private organisations both large and small, Ponemon research found that 90 per cent of the companies asked had been hacked in the last 12 months.


June 14, 2011
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Anonymous Goes After US Federal Reserve

Headless hacker collective Anonymous says it plans to hit the US Federal Reserve starting tomorrow as a part of Operation Empire State Rebellion, timed to coincide with, um, Flag Day. Buy gold! Buy gold now!


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Panetta Is Wrong: Next Pearl Harbor Will Not Be A Cyber Attack

Everyone’s favourite Italian grandmother and likely next Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta made headlines last week when he cautioned that “there’s a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor we confront could be a cyber attack“. That’s nonsense.


January 31, 2011
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Duck! Security Experts Warn Of Stuxnet "Boomerang Effect"

To many in the intelligence community (especially those who purportedly created it), the Stuxnet worm was a wildly successful cyberattack. But it was also a major failure on at least two fronts—fronts that could come back to haunt us.