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Slate Magazine (blog) Lawmakers Cite Boston Bombing, WikiLeaks “Hacking” as Reasons to Pass CISPA Slate Magazine (blog) North Korean hackers and the Boston bombings might not appear to have much in common. But not according to some American lawmakers, who are using both to justify passing a controversial cybersecurity bill that civil liberties advocates claim … and more

A publishing company has revealed its computer network was hit by a cyber-attack in which Apple users' details were allegedly taken, and not an FBI laptop as hackers claimed previously.

Supporters of Anonymous claim they stole more than 12

International Business Times What Are These Hackers Trying to Do? MMORPG News We've kept hearing quite many companies being targeted by hacker since the first time the public focused on hacker attacking Sony PSN in April. It seems that almost not one game company is safe overnight.

Fox News Spain cracks down on suspected PSN hackers Neoseeker The Spanish National Police today revealed they had apprehended three individuals suspected of taking part in the PSN hack attacks. They aren't just any hackers, but possibly the “local leadership” of hacktivist collective “Anonymous” which Sony long ..

PLP statement – Wikileak cables reveal poor judgment by the Prime Minister Bahama Islands Info (blog) The Progressive Liberal Party has noted with dismay the content in the recently published secret diplomatic cables concerning apparent infighting at the leadership level in the Royal Bahamas Police Force. The former police commissioner, Mr. Ferguson, …

Here’s a fun story. Police in Australia thought they were being mighty clever when they took over an “underground hacking forum.” (The forum is r00t-y0u.org, though it seems to be down right now.) One of the hackers on the forum then retaliated by breaking into police computers using a simple SQL injection. Security fail.