http://www.mail.com/subjects/12324-hacking.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12324-hacking.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2159678-stuntwoman-sues-news-corp-alleged-phone-hack.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress. Eunice Huthart, of Liverpool, England, is the first person to sue the media company in the U.S. Her New York attorney, Norman Siege... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2159678-stuntwoman-sues-news-corp-alleged-phone-hack.html 2013-06-18T19:56:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2156508-report-uk-hacking-diplomats-angers-nations.html LONDON (AP) — A newspaper report that British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails has prompted an angry response from traditional rival Russia and provoked demands for an investigation from Turkey and South Africa. Although spying on diplomats is as old as diplomacy itself, the Guardian's report laid out i... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:12:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2156508-report-uk-hacking-diplomats-angers-nations.html 2013-06-17T17:12:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2148898-leaker-snowden-alleges-nsa-hacking-china-world.html HONG KONG (AP) — For months, China has tried to turn the tables on the U.S. to counter accusations that it hacks America's computers and networks. Now, former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden may have handed Beijing a weapon in its cyber war of words with Washington. In an interview with the South China Morning Post newspaper, Snowden claims the U.S... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:25:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2148898-leaker-snowden-alleges-nsa-hacking-china-world.html 2013-06-13T11:25:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2147622-us-payroll-financial-firms-hacked-8-charged.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — U.S. prosecutors announced fraud and other charges Wednesday against eight alleged members of an international cybercrime ring that the government said hacked into the computers of more than a dozen leading financial institutions and the U.S. military's payroll service. Prosecutors said the scheme to steal millions from customer accoun... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:51:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2147622-us-payroll-financial-firms-hacked-8-charged.html 2013-06-12T21:51:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2133620-2-suspected-danish-police-data-hacking.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish founder of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is suspected along with a Dane of hacking into a company handling sensitive information for the Danish police, officials said Thursday. Denmark's justice minister said hackers accessed "some information" from the Schengen Information System, a large European database on... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:45:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2133620-2-suspected-danish-police-data-hacking.html 2013-06-06T14:45:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2133418-uk-pms-spin-doctor-denies-phone-hacking.html LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron's former spin doctor has formally denied charges of phone hacking and bribery. Andy Coulson entered pleas of not guilty Thursday at London's Southwark Crown Court to conspiring to intercept voice mail messages and conspiring to make illegal payments to public officials. Britain's phone hacking scandal eru... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:16:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2133418-uk-pms-spin-doctor-denies-phone-hacking.html 2013-06-06T10:16:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2130598-rebekah-brooks-denies-phone-hacking-charges.html LONDON (AP) — Rebekah Brooks — a friend of Prime Minister David Cameron and once one of the most powerful people in the British media — on Wednesday formally denied charges of phone hacking, bribing public officials and trying to thwart a police investigation into tabloid wrongdoing. Brooks, the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News Internationa... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:05:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2130598-rebekah-brooks-denies-phone-hacking-charges.html 2013-06-05T15:05:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2129272-official-describes-rampant-computer-hacking-va.html WASHINGTON (AP) — At least eight foreign-sponsored organizations, mostly connected to the Chinese military, have hacked into computer networks at the Veterans Affairs Department in recent years or were actively trying to do so, a former VA computer security chief told Congress on Tuesday. Jerry Davis, who served as the VA's chief information security offi... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:27:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2129272-official-describes-rampant-computer-hacking-va.html 2013-06-04T22:27:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2127896-hacker-who-turned-manning-takes-witness-stand.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A one-time computer hacker who told authorities Pfc. Bradley Manning was giving information to WikiLeaks testified Tuesday the soldier never said he wanted to help the enemy during their online chats. Manning is on trial for giving hundreds of thousands of documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks. He pleaded guilty to char... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:05:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2127896-hacker-who-turned-manning-takes-witness-stand.html 2013-06-04T20:05:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2127798-silicon-valley-front-global-cyber-war.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state's Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the front lines in the increasingly aggressive fight against overseas hackers. With China seeking to grow its economy and ex... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:13:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2127798-silicon-valley-front-global-cyber-war.html 2013-06-04T14:13:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2114118-chicago-man-pleads-guilty-ny-hacking-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A self-described anarchist and "hacktivist" from Chicago pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he illegally accessed computer systems of law enforcement agencies and government contractors. "As part of each of these hacks, I took and decimated confidential information stored on computer systems websites used by each of the entities," Jeremy Ha... Wed, 29 May 2013 01:21:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2114118-chicago-man-pleads-guilty-ny-hacking-case.html 2013-05-29T01:21:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2109688-israeli-expert-syria-cyberattack-foiled.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli security expert says Syrian hackers tried to break into the computers of the water system of the city of Haifa. Speaking at a lecture on Saturday in the southern city of Beersheba, Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, Israel's former cyber security adviser, said that a group calling itself "The Syrian Electronic Army" had launched the failed a... Sat, 25 May 2013 14:53:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2109688-israeli-expert-syria-cyberattack-foiled.html 2013-05-25T14:53:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092966-syrian-hackers-compromise-ft-blog-twitter-feeds.html LONDON (AP) — A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels. A few of the FT's dozens of Twitter feeds and blogs... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092966-syrian-hackers-compromise-ft-blog-twitter-feeds.html 2013-05-17T18:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2090636-uk-court-jails-4-lulzsec-hackers-cyberattacks.html LONDON (AP) — Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday. The hackers, who were affiliated with the group Lulz Security, had all pleaded guilty to hacking charges. Prosecutors say they also targeted the we... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:33:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2090636-uk-court-jails-4-lulzsec-hackers-cyberattacks.html 2013-05-16T16:33:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087622-experts-smartphones-avenue-hackers.html MIAMI (AP) — Smartphones are increasingly popular not only with consumers, but also with thieves who see the devices as another way to tap into bank accounts and other sensitive information, experts say. Many consumers simply don't realize how vulnerable their Androids, iPhones and other devices can be. An April study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlant... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087622-experts-smartphones-avenue-hackers.html 2013-05-15T16:23:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2076068-global-network-hackers-steals-45m-atms.html NEW YORK (AP) — The sophistication of a global network of thieves who drained cash machines around the globe of an astonishing $45 million in mere hours sent ripples through the security world, not merely for the size of the operation and ease with which it was carried out, but also for the threat that more such thefts may be in store. Seven people were a... Fri, 10 May 2013 15:16:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2076068-global-network-hackers-steals-45m-atms.html 2013-05-10T15:16:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2075294-feds-nyc-hackers-stole-45m-atm-card-breach.html NEW YORK (AP) — A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday — and outmoded U.S. card technology may be partly to blame. Seven people are under arrest in the U.S. in connection with the cas... Fri, 10 May 2013 02:29:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2075294-feds-nyc-hackers-stole-45m-atm-card-breach.html 2013-05-10T02:29:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2070892-cyberattacks-growing-irritant-us-china-ties.html BEIJING (AP) — Signs are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the U.S., lending urgency to fledgling efforts by both governments to engage on the issue. The Pentagon this week said China appeared to be cyberspying against the U.S. government, the first time it has made such an assertion in ... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:57:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2070892-cyberattacks-growing-irritant-us-china-ties.html 2013-05-08T18:57:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2060632-brookss-ex-bodyguard-charged-uk-hacking-probe.html LONDON (AP) — A man who provided protection for the former chief executive of News International has been charged in relation to Britain's wide-ranging phone-hacking investigation, British authorities said Friday. Scotland Yard said David Johnson, 47, allegedly conspired with Rebekah Brooks and five others in July 2011 to conceal computers and other items... Fri, 03 May 2013 11:37:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2060632-brookss-ex-bodyguard-charged-uk-hacking-probe.html 2013-05-03T11:37:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058386-dutch-ponder-police-to-hack.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled the draft of a law that would give police investigating online crimes the right to hack into computers in the Netherlands or abroad and install spyware or destroy files. Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten said Thursday that such actions would carried out only after the approval of a judge. The bill would also... Thu, 02 May 2013 13:48:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058386-dutch-ponder-police-to-hack.html 2013-05-02T13:48:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2047922-deals-site-livingsocial-its-hacked.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Online deals service LivingSocial said Friday that its website was hacked, and the personal data of more than 50 million customers may have been affected. The company said customers' names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords may have been compromised by the cyberattack. But it said the database that stores customer c... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:19:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2047922-deals-site-livingsocial-its-hacked.html 2013-04-26T22:19:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2041376-reporter-murdochs-sun-charged-bribery.html LONDON (AP) — A senior reporter at Rupert Murdoch's The Sun newspaper is being charged with conspiring to pay 23,000 pounds (roughly $35,000) in bribes in return for tips about the royal family, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Sun's Chief Royal Correspondent Duncan Larcombe is alleged to have conspired with employees of Sandhurst — Britain's prestigious m... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:14:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2041376-reporter-murdochs-sun-charged-bribery.html 2013-04-24T13:14:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2040814-australian-charged-with-hacking-government-site.html SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police have arrested a man they say is affiliated with international hacking collective Lulz Security on a charge of attacking and defacing a government website, officials said Wednesday. The 24-year-old senior IT worker, whose name was not released, was arrested on Tuesday night at his Sydney office, the Australian Federal Police... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:17:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2040814-australian-charged-with-hacking-government-site.html 2013-04-24T05:17:06Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2029934-lulzsec-hacker-prison-sony-pictures-attack.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 25-year-old hacker with the group known as LulzSec was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison and ordered to pay $605,663 in restitution for an attack on Sony Pictures computers that began in late May 2011. Cody Andrew Kretsinger, who went by the online nickname "recursion," was also sentenced to a year of home detention and 1,000 hou... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:22:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2029934-lulzsec-hacker-prison-sony-pictures-attack.html 2013-04-19T00:22:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028036-senior-british-journalist-charged-bribes.html LONDON (AP) — The Sun newspaper's executive editor was charged Thursday with authorizing bribes to a government official, making him one of most senior journalists to be caught up in Britain's sprawling media ethics scandal. Fergus Shanahan is accused of authorizing one of his journalists to make two payments totaling 7,000 pounds ($10,700) to an unidenti... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:06:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028036-senior-british-journalist-charged-bribes.html 2013-04-18T15:06:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008082-lulzsec-hacker-pleads-guilty-to-cyberattacks.html LONDON (AP) — A British computer hacker affiliated to the group Lulz Security pleaded guilty Tuesday to cyberattacks on institutions including Sony, Britain's National Health Service and Rupert Murdoch's News International. Ryan Ackroyd admitted one count of carrying out an unauthorized act to impair the operation of a computer. Prosecutors say the 26-yea... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:42:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008082-lulzsec-hacker-pleads-guilty-to-cyberattacks.html 2013-04-09T15:42:30Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1982322-ex-policeman-jailed-selling-info-to-uk-paper.html LONDON (AP) — A former police officer has been jailed in Britain for selling information to Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper. Alan Tierney, who formerly worked at Surrey Police, was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for selling details of arrests, including a case involving Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood. Tierney, 40, earlier pleaded guilty to t... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:11:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1982322-ex-policeman-jailed-selling-info-to-uk-paper.html 2013-03-27T15:11:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1976106-experts-nkorea-training-teams-cyber-warriors.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus is fixed on North Korea, which South Korean security experts say has been training a team of computer-savvy "cyber warriors" as cyberspace becomes a fertile battleground in the nations' rivalry. Malwa... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:28:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1976106-experts-nkorea-training-teams-cyber-warriors.html 2013-03-25T01:28:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1972120-skorea-misidentifies-china-cyberattack-origin.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In an embarrassing twist to a coordinated cyberattack on six major South Korean companies this week, investigators said Friday they wrongly identified a Chinese Internet Protocol address as the source. A joint team of government and private experts still maintains that hackers abroad were likely to blame, and many analysts suspec... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:44:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1972120-skorea-misidentifies-china-cyberattack-origin.html 2013-03-22T12:44:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1972534-guide-to-britains-media-regulation-regime.html LONDON (AP) — The British government is setting up a new media watchdog to tame the country's scandal-tainted press. The move comes after a phone hacking scandal caught journalists eavesdropping on voicemails, bribing public officials, and intruding into the private lives of celebrities, athletes, politicians and crime victims. Many journalists, however, ... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:08:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1972534-guide-to-britains-media-regulation-regime.html 2013-03-22T12:08:57Z