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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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hacker stories: 46 news summaries

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Arrest Marks TJX Hack Case Breakthrough

Ukrainian man captured in Turkey called key to massive scheme

Aug 21, 07 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Russian Hackers Attack Websites for a Fee

'Online mercenaries' target clients' business, political foes

Aug 2, 07 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hackers across Russia are executing crippling attacks against enemy websites—and they work for hire, Der Spiegel reports. For only a few hundred dollars, clients can retain Russian hackers to disrupt business transactions by launching barrages of pernicious data into their enemies' systems. But a disturbing trend is evident in... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • cyberattack • hacker • Distributed Denial of Service • website • computer

iPhone Security Flaw Exposed

Vulnerability could make must-have gadget a target for hackers

Jul 23, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A software vulnerability in the iPhone could allow hackers to commandeer the device and steal personal information, such as text messages and contacts, or even dial expensive calls, the New York Times reports. The hack works through either a WiFi connection or by steering users to a site containing malicious... More »

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iPhone • hacker • Apple • Internet security • gadget

The Computer Virus Turns 25

Jul 13, 07 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A long time ago (1982), in a galaxy not so far, far away, Rich Skrenta, then a clever 9th grader, invented what may have been the first computer virus—Elk Cloner. It was, by current standards, a benign virus that Skrenta installed on his school computer, so that every time... More »

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hacker • computer virus • Rich Skrenta • Elk Cloner

Estonia Attack Prompts Cyber Security Blitz

Experts from all over studying how to soup up digital security

May 29, 07 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of what some are calling the first digital act of war—when hackers using as many as a million computers attacked Estonia's  web-based infrastructure—cyber security experts from all over Europe and the US are huddling to study how to prevent future disasters, reports the New York ... More »

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China • Russia • NATO • Internet • cyberpolitics • Estonia • European Union • cyberwarfare • cyberterrorism • cyberattack • hacker

Estonia Suspects Russia of Cyberattack

NATO geeks dispatched after barrage cripples e-government

May 17, 07 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Estonia is under cyberattack after removing a Soviet war memorial from its capital, reports the Guardian.  A barrage of mysterious spam assaults crippling government ministries, banks, corporations, political parties and news organizations has prompted NATO to deploy counter-cyberterrorism experts to the Baltic state, as officials cast a suspicious eye... More »

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Russia • NATO • Internet • Estonia • cyberwarfare • cyberterrorism • cyberattack • hacker • Soviet Union

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