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3 People Said to Mull US Suits Against Murdoch's News Corp

A top British lawyer will visit the U.S. next month to explore the possibility of suing News Corp., the American arm of Rupert Murdoch's global media empire, on behalf of three people who believe a Murdoch detective may have hacked their voice mail while they were in the United States, according to reports.
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Anonymous Timeline 2011: The Rise of the Hactivist [INFOGRAPHIC]

In recent past, hacktivist groups like Anonymous and LulzSec carried various cyber attacks on different government and non-government Web sites. The reason behind all these attacks, as claimed by the hackers themselves, is to show their gripe against corruption, injustice, oppression, and violence. Here's an infographic detailing the moves done by Anonymous and their fellow hackitivists during 2011.
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Romanian Man Charged with Hacking NASA Computers

A Romanian man accused of hacking into NASA computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles under the online moniker "Iceman" has been indicted on a federal charge, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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News Corp Reaches More Phone Hacking Settlements

A further 15 politicians, sportsmen and celebrities reached settlements with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday over a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global media empire.
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Disagreements on Cyber Risk East-West 'Cold War'

With worries growing over computer hacking, data theft and the risk of digital attacks destroying essential systems, western states and their allies are co-operating closer than ever on cyber security.
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Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking

Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.
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Hacked Companies still Not Telling Investors

At least a half-dozen major U.S. companies whose computers have been infiltrated by cyber criminals or international spies have not admitted to the incidents despite new guidance from securities regulators urging such disclosures.
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Suspicion Grows China Was Behind Hack of U.S. Commission

Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official U.S. commission that monitors relations between the United States and China, U.S. officials said.
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News Corp admits guilt, settles hacking claims

The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp looks set to settle at great expense a string of legal claims after admitting wide-scale phone hacking that was both known about and concealed by senior management.
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Victims say News Corp has admitted hacking cover-up

The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has acknowledged to victims that executives covered up the scale of illegal activity by destroying evidence and lying to investigators, victims' lawyers said on Thursday.
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China behind Hacking of Official U.S. Commission’s Emails?

Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official U.S. commission that monitors relations between the United States and China, U.S. officials said.
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Symantec: 2006 hacking led to source code theft

Symantec Corp, the world's biggest maker of antivirus software, said that hackers breached its networks in 2006, stealing source code to its flagship security programs and three other products.
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Fake Memo but Real Code? India-U.S. Hacking Mystery Deepens

A memo that triggered a U.S. investigation into a possible cyber-attack by Indian military intelligence is probably a fake, but it is clear from leaked documents that serious security breaches did take place.
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Stratfor Hackers Publish Email, Password Data Online

Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group published hundreds of thousands of email addresses belonging to subscribers of private intelligence-analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc., along with thousands of customer credit-card numbers.
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Phone hacking Russian style: Opposition under fire

In a sign Vladimir Putin's allies may be getting serious about tackling the biggest protests of his 12-year rule, a loyal media outlet has published telephone calls of an opposition leader laced with profanities denigrating colleagues and followers.
If passed, NDAA would allow the military to detain anyone on the Internet who it believes "threatens" national security, including activists and independent news sites.

NDAA Bill Aims to Suppress Internet Freedom

The NDAA Bill 2012 contains language that allows the Pentagon to wage cyberwar against any domestic enemies of the state, including activists and independent news outlets.
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Facebook Accounts Hacking: Users Vigilantism Goes Viral

Facebook has been battling with hacking and spam-related issues for the last one month. The number of Facebook users who are falling prey to the unwanted Trojan spamware and sexual and violent content are increasing day by day.
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Emails warned James Murdoch on extent of hacking

A British Parliamentary committee on Tuesday published a sequence of e-mails which raised questions about the story News Corp's James Murdoch told to House of Commons legislators about what he knew about phone hacking allegations involving the now-defunct News of the World and when he knew it.
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Nexon pushes ahead with IPO, hacking impact looms

Online gaming firm Nexon Co said on Monday it would raise up to 98 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in an initial public offering this month, pushing ahead with its planned listing even as a massive hacking attack threatens to dampen excitement for the stock.
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Nexon Pushes Ahead with IPO as Hacking Impact Looms

Online gaming firm Nexon Co said on Monday it would raise up to 98 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in an initial public offering this month, pushing ahead with its planned listing even as a massive hacking attack threatens to dampen excitement for the stock.

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