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  • May 2008

    • Ex-Sis-in-Law: Billy Bob's Stalking Me

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  May 22, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Ex-Sis-in-Law: Billy Bob's Stalking Me

      The sister of Billy Bob Thornton's fourth wife says the star has been stalking her for a decade, the New York Daily News reports. The actor's former sister-in-law—who offers up no proof—also accuses him of wife-beating, drug abuse, and bugging her home. A spokesman for Thornton said the allegations are completely untrue and the woman has a history of making false claims. More »

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      celebrity  • actor  • stalker  • cyberattack  • harassment  • Billy Bob Thornton

  • April 2008

    • Pro-China Cyberattack on CNN Cancelled

      newser  |  ComputerWorld  |  Apr 20, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      Pro-China Cyberattack on CNN Cancelled

      A group of cyberattackers called off a planned virtual onslaught of CNN's main webpage yesterday as excess publicity caused confusion, ComputerWorld reports. A group called Revenge of the Flame wrote that "Our original plan for 19 April has been canceled because too many people are aware of it and the situation is chaotic," but threatened a renewed offensive sometime soon. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • hackers  • CNN  • media bias  • media coverage  • cyberattack

  • March 2008

    • Hackers Trigger Seizures on Epilepsy Board

      newser  |  Wired  |  Mar 29, 08 3:16 PM CDT

      Hackers Trigger Seizures on Epilepsy Board

      Hackers infected an epilepsy message board last week, posting messages designed to induce seizures and migraines, Wired reports. The Epilepsy Foundation shut down its forum as reports rolled in. One woman said she suffered her worst episode in a year: “I don’t fall over and convulse, but it hurts,” she said. “I couldn’t move and couldn’t speak.” More »

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      hackers  • cyberattack  • seizure  • epilepsy  • message boards  • Anonymous

    • Renegade Geek to Head Cyber Security

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 20, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Renegade Geek to Head Cyber Security

      Outre tech entrepreneur Rod Beckström will top the White House’s new secretive cyber security initiative, the Wall Street Journal reports, to the surprise of many Washington insiders. Beckström is a Silicon Valley transplant without security experience, but he has developed a cult following in the security and intelligence communities for his book The Starfish and the Spider , which favors decentralized management. More »

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • Arrest Marks TJX Hack Case Breakthrough

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Aug 21, 07 2:39 PM CDT

      Arrest Marks TJX Hack Case Breakthrough

      A Ukrainian-born man believed to have helped arrange the sale of credit card numbers stolen from TJX is in custody, investigators say, and his arrest may help crack the largest case of corporate data theft on record. He was selling thousands of  stolen numbers, the Boston Globe reports, but it's unclear how directly he was involved in the original theft. More »

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      crime  • Turkey  • hacker  • data theft  • cyberattack  • TJX

  • May 2007

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