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28 March, 2012

Gary McKinnon not at suicide risk, says psychologist – The Guardian


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Gary McKinnon not at suicide risk, says psychologist
The Guardian
Alleged hacker Gary McKinnon would no longer pose a serious suicide risk if extradited to the US, a senior psychologist has determined. Professor Declan Murphy, of the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, said McKinnon "did not express
Hacker 'no longer a suicide risk'Retford Today

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LulzSec Reborn? Not Likely, Says F-Secure – PC Magazine

LulzSec Reborn? Not Likely, Says F-Secure
PC Magazine
By Neil J. Rubenking Earlier this month the FBI arrested core members of hacking group LulzSec using intelligence gained by interrogating "Sabu", the group's nominal leader. That seemed like the end of the LulzSec story, until a group calling itself

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Hacker ‘no longer a suicide risk’ – Retford Today


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Hacker 'no longer a suicide risk'
Retford Today
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon would no longer pose a serious suicide risk if extradited to the United States, a medical expert has said. Professor Declan Murphy's latest assessment that the risk of suicide could be managed is significantly different

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Satellite-TV Hacking Allegations Return for Murdoch – Wired News (blog)


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Satellite-TV Hacking Allegations Return for Murdoch
Wired News (blog)
By Kim Zetter It's been four years since Rupert Murdoch's NDS subsidiary was largely cleared in a civil lawsuit charging that the company employed hackers to sabotage rival companies. Now the allegations have surfaced again, this time with internal
Murdoch Hacking Scandal Could Go Global, Threaten News Corp. Core TV BusinessDaily Beast
News Corp. faces new hacking allegationsCNET
News Corp facing hacking inquiry in AustraliaDigital Spy
BBC News -Stock and Land -Stuff.co.nz
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United States Losing the “War on Hackers” – PC Magazine


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United States Losing the "War on Hackers"
PC Magazine
A top FBI cyber cop thinks the country is losing the war on hackers, but I ask: what war? By John C. Dvorak The Wall Street Journal has brought to light the fact that the US law enforcement community, led by the FBI, thinks it is losing some sort of
US Outgunned in Hacker WarWall Street Journal
US 'not winning' war with hackers, says FBI bigwigCNET
FBI admits it is losing the fight against hackersDigitalJournal.com
MyFox Washington DC -RT
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UK journalist faces no charges over hacking probe – CNN


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UK journalist faces no charges over hacking probe
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff London (CNN) — A former News of the World journalist who was arrested last August in connection with alleged phone hacking will not face further police action, his lawyer said Wednesday. James Desborough's arrest came as London's
Why Was He Arrested?Sky News (blog)
Former News of the World reporter cleared of hacking allegationsTelegraph.co.uk
Former 'News of the World' Reporter James Desborough Freed From Bail in Phone Hollywood Reporter
Huffington Post -Huffington Post UK
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Hacking Scarlett Johansson—and 50 other celebs—using Google and gumption – Ars Technica


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Hacking Scarlett Johansson—and 50 other celebs—using Google and gumption
Ars Technica
He then used three e-mail accounts with names like trainreqsuckswhat@yahoo.com—an I'm-better-than-you reference to a 2008 hacker named "trainreq" who had broken into Miley Cyrus's Gmail account—to distribute nude pictures to various Internet sites.
Man accused of hacking more than 50 celebritie's emails including Christina IrishCentral
Scarlett Johansson nude pics: Hacker pleads guilty faces 60 years jail and Daily Mail
Hacker pleads guilty to felony cyber crimesPittsburgh Post Gazette
HispanicBusiness.com -BBC News -New York Daily News
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Hackers, Investors, Designers and Youth to Collaborate at Super Happy Block Party – MarketWatch (press release)

Hackers, Investors, Designers and Youth to Collaborate at Super Happy Block Party
MarketWatch (press release)
Artists, designers, and creatives from Silicon Valley will join hackers and software engineers in a multimedia mashup conversation. In addition to fleets of the Bay Area's best food trucks, there will be indoor Hack Spaces, VC Office hours,

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Hackers to face two years in jail under new EU rules – The Independent


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Hackers to face two years in jail under new EU rules
The Independent
Computer hackers will face at least two years in jail under new rules proposed by the EU, it has emerged. The wide-ranging measures, which are aimed at tackling the rise of online crime, are likely to hit hacktivism groups such as Anonymous.
Hackers face two years in jail under new EC proposalsV3.co.uk
European hackers will face two years in prisonInquirer
Two years' jail for hacking IT systems, draft EU law proposesSofia Echo
ZDNet UK (blog)
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This Fun Hack ‘n Slash Platformer is Basically Zelda Meets Mario – Kotaku

This Fun Hack 'n Slash Platformer is Basically Zelda Meets Mario
Kotaku
Action-RPG Zelda hacking and slashing meets 2D Mario platforming. Sound fun? It is! Swordigo's story plays like a deliberate (almost winking) Zelda homage, in which you take on the role of a blue-haired youngster who sets out to save his people from

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Kiwi named in Murdoch hack claim – Stuff.co.nz

Kiwi named in Murdoch hack claim
Stuff.co.nz
A former secretive unit within Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is claimed to have promoted a wave of hi-tech piracy in Australia against its pay-television rivals and tried to infiltrate hacking communities in New Zealand to prevent the pirating of

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iPhone Password Hacking is Easy (With the Right Software) – PC Magazine


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iPhone Password Hacking is Easy (With the Right Software)
PC Magazine
In a video (see below) Micro Systemation is able to hack an iPhone in just seconds. Granted, the password wasn't very complicated – it was "0000." Forbes explains that the hack is possible through a Micro Systemation application called XRY,
Cops can crack a smartphone in minutesTechEye

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US ‘not winning’ war with hackers, says FBI bigwig – CNET


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US 'not winning' war with hackers, says FBI bigwig
CNET
Shawn Henry, executive assistant director at the FBI says that the current methods used to stop hacking are "unsustainable." by Don Reisinger March 28, 2012 7:23 AM PDT With hackers around the world taking aim at business and government sites seemingly
The feds are losing the cyberwarWired (blog)

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‘LulzSec Reborn’ claims attack on military dating site – Washington Post


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'LulzSec Reborn' claims attack on military dating site
Washington Post
Now, following the arrests of some of the group's most prominent members, a group of hackers has taken up the LulzSec banner and vowed to begin attacking sites under the name “LulzSec Reborn.” The group's first target was a dating site called
Hacking group claiming to be LulzSec targets US military dating websiteThe Guardian
Hacking group claims attack on dating site for militaryStandardNet
LulzSec reborn! Hackers break MilitarySingles.comRT
Siliconrepublic.com -ValueWalk -IBTimes.co.uk
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Man accused of hacking more than 50 celebritie’s emails including Christina … – IrishCentral


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Man accused of hacking more than 50 celebritie's emails including Christina
IrishCentral
A Florida man accused of hacking into the email accounts of more than 50 celebrities, including Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera and Mila Kunis, has pleaded guilty. Christopher Chaney, 35, now faces up to 60 years in jail and £1.5million in fines
Scarlett Johansson nude pics: Hacker pleads guilty faces 60 years jail and Daily Mail
Scarlett Johansson nude photo hacker pleads guiltyBBC News
Florida man pleads guilty to hacking into email accounts of Scarlett Johansson New York Daily News
Zee News -Social Barrel -National Post
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CU-Boulder hacking club shows skills at competition – Denver Post

CU-Boulder hacking club shows skills at competition
Denver Post
Nathan Lapinski, left and Brian Carlsen of the Ethical Hacking club competition team at the University of Colorado pictured here on the CU Boulder Campus. (Paul Aiken) It was 1 pm on a Saturday in March when University of Colorado senior Skylar Sokol

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Murdoch Faces New Hacking Claims – BusinessWeek


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Murdoch Faces New Hacking Claims
BusinessWeek
(NWSA) (NWSA), already engulfed in a UK phone-hacking scandal, faces fresh investigations in Australia and Britain as lawmakers said police should probe an alleged piracy scheme to topple pay-TV rivals. NDS, a pay-TV software maker co-owned by News
Satellite-TV Hacking Allegations Return for MurdochWired News (blog)
Murdoch Hacking Scandal Could Go Global, Threaten News Corp. Core TV BusinessDaily Beast
News Corp. faces new hacking allegationsCNET
Digital Spy -Reuters
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Murdoch Faces New Hacking Claims on Lawmaker Piracy Probe – BusinessWeek


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Murdoch Faces New Hacking Claims on Lawmaker Piracy Probe
BusinessWeek
(NWSA) (NWSA), already engulfed in a UK phone-hacking scandal, faces fresh investigations in Australia and Britain as lawmakers said police should probe an alleged piracy scheme to topple pay-TV rivals. NDS, a pay-TV software maker co-owned by News
Murdoch Hacking Scandal Could Go Global, Threaten News Corp. Core TV BusinessDaily Beast
TV piracy claims heap more pressure on Murdoch empireReuters
News Corp. faces new hacking allegationsCNET
Sydney Morning Herald -New York Times (blog)
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Are Rupert Murdoch and David Cameron Locked in a Death Spiral? – TIME (blog)


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Are Rupert Murdoch and David Cameron Locked in a Death Spiral?
TIME (blog)
The hacking and corruption scandal still roiling Rupert Murdoch's media empire, though unleashed by the tragedy of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, created the Restoration theatrics of the Leveson Inquiry and another farce Twitter users swiftly tagged
All about Britain's tabloid hacking scandalVictoria Times Colonist
New PBS documentary examines Murdoch phone hacking scandal89.3 KPCC
Murdoch's Scandal to air in the US – Entertainment News TodaySan Francisco Luxury News
Globe and Mail -Montreal Gazette
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European hackers will face two years in prison – Inquirer


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European hackers will face two years in prison
Inquirer
By Dave Neal HACKING INFORMATION SYSTEMS could become a criminal offense worthy of two years imprisonment after a vote in the European Parliament. A Civil Liberties Committee vote yesterday supported a draft law proposal that would bring down a steel
Two years' jail for hacking IT systems, draft EU law proposesSofia Echo
Hackers face two years in jail under new EC proposalsV3.co.uk

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Hacking group claiming to be LulzSec targets US military dating website – The Guardian


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Hacking group claiming to be LulzSec targets US military dating website
The Guardian
LulzSec, the hacking group who broke into a number of websites in the spring of 2011, is back – at least in name. Following the arrest and charging in the US, UK and Ireland of a number of people alleged to have been involved in computer break-ins by
Hacking group claims attack on dating site for militaryStandardNet
LulzSec hackers reborn with military dating website attack?Siliconrepublic.com
LulzSec Returns And Hacks CSS CorpValueWalk
IBTimes.co.uk -SC Magazine UK
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Hacking book: why ‘death knocks’ are appreciated by the bereaved – The Guardian (blog)


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Hacking book: why 'death knocks' are appreciated by the bereaved
The Guardian (blog)
Today's extract from The phone hacking scandal: journalism on trial* is by Jackie Newton and Sallyanne Duncan who are worried that the Leveson inquiry may overlook the value of "death knocks". They argue that many encounters between journalists and the

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Gordon Ramsay’s ‘mistress’ claims police probing NotW hacking found ‘recorded … – Daily Mail


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Gordon Ramsay's 'mistress' claims police probing NotW hacking found 'recorded
Daily Mail
By Matt Blake Gordon Ramsay's alleged former mistress has claimed detectives probing News of the World hacking have unearthed a cache of recorded dirty calls between her and the TV cook. Sarah Symonds, 41, said she was contacted by the Operation
GORDON RAMSAY'S HELL AS 'DIRTY CALLS WERE BUGGED BY REPORTERS'Daily Star

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Hackers face two years in jail under new EC proposals – V3.co.uk


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Hackers face two years in jail under new EC proposals
V3.co.uk
by Gareth Morgan The European Commission (EC) is looking to strengthen computer hacking laws, with proposals that would see launching an attack on IT systems become a criminal offence, with a minimum sentence of two years' jail time.
European hackers will face two years in prisonInquirer
Two years' jail for hacking IT systems, draft EU law proposesSofia Echo
Europe-wide draft law seeks to criminalise hackingZDNet UK (blog)

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Murdoch Hacking Scandal Could Go Global, Threaten News Corp. Core TV Business – Daily Beast


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Murdoch Hacking Scandal Could Go Global, Threaten News Corp. Core TV Business
Daily Beast
Allegations that a News Corp. subsidiary hacked pay-TV access codes of a rival broadcaster and that a hacker in the pay of the company pirated rival satellite channels in Italy could threaten the conglomerate's core business of broadcasting, satellite,
TV piracy claims heap more pressure on Murdoch empireReuters
Computer-Hacking Allegations Made Against News CorporationNew York Times (blog)
TV hacking claims pile pressure on James MurdochBaltimore Sun
Chicago Tribune -CNN
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