This year saw a number of sensational instances when the Web sites of various government agencies and corporations were hacked, in what appeared to a series of cyber-wars, initiated by a group of hackers.
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The most common passwords of 2011 — obviously ones you should avoid using — range from the simple “password” and “123456,” to “football” and “michael” data posted by hackers reveals.
Hackers accessed a water treatment’s control system and switched the power on and off until a pump burned out, according to counter-terrorism officials’ report.
OneID, founded by Steve Kirsh, a well-known Silicon Valley multimillionaire, will confirm who you are by combining the private security keys of your phone, computer and tablet.
http://cmibipora.pr.gov.br defaced by LUN4T1C0
Facebook and Fox News survived Nov.
COMMENTARY | Every week, we hear a story or two about a new target of the hacker group Anonymous. Within the last week, Anonymous has claimed it would take down the Fox News website and Mexico’s Zeta Cartel. Even though many targets have been announced over the last few months, very few have had to deal with an impressive strike.
Online activists say attacking a tool they use is not part of their plan and they point to lone rogue Anon.
This, at least the first part of it, is false in a you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me kind of way, which is the whole point. That kind of headline draws you to read the post, which proceeds to give seemingly sound (but ultimately misleading) evidence for why inequality isn’t growing in order to plants seeds of doubt about whether that whole inequality thing is really a problem.