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9 April, 2012

Scope Of Hackers’ Data Theft From Utah Health Records Grows – KUNC


TopNews Arab Emirates
Scope Of Hackers' Data Theft From Utah Health Records Grows
KUNC
Hackers made off with 280000 Social Security numbers and "approximately 500000 other victims had less-sensitive information stolen," according to the Utah Department of Health (UDOH). Officials originally said that about 25000 state Medicaid records
Utah Health Breach Affects 780000GovInfoSecurity.com
Number of Hacking Victims Shoots Up DrasticallyKCPW (blog)

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Hacked Road Sign Changed To Include Racial Slur About Trayvon Martin – Huffington Post


Globe and Mail
Hacked Road Sign Changed To Include Racial Slur About Trayvon Martin
Huffington Post
A road sign on a Michigan freeway was hacked early Monday morning and its message changed to "Trayvon A Nigger." According to Rob Morosi, a spokesman for the state's department of transportation, someone had broken the lock on the sign's controls and
Allen Park road sign hacked to show racial slur against Trayvon MartinThe Detroit News
Mich. officials 'appalled' by racist Trayvon Martin message on road work signDaily Caller

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Why journalists need public interest defense – CNN International


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Why journalists need public interest defense
CNN International
We ought to be able to see all shades of grey between the fresh revelations of email hacking by a Sky News reporter, the News International phone hacking scandal and other examples of journalists breaking the law to obtain stories.
Clarification of the 'public interest' defence is badly neededThe Guardian

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Anonymous Hackers Take Aim Again at China, England – eWeek


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Anonymous Hackers Take Aim Again at China, England
eWeek
The hackers claim they are protesting what they say is China's oppressive government and England's unjust extradition agreement with the United States. Anonymous hackers reportedly are putting the Chinese and British governments back into their
Anonymous Hackers Plan More China Site AttacksHuffington Post
Anonymous Continues Barrage Of Government HacksInformationWeek
'Anonymous' Warns of More Cyber Attacks in ChinaVoice of America

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How to Hack Like a Pro: Getting Started with Metasploit – Business Insider

How to Hack Like a Pro: Getting Started with Metasploit
Business Insider
This is my first contribution in an ongoing series on detailing the best free, open source hacking and penetration tools available. My goal is to show you some of the quality tools that IT security experts are using every day in their jobs as network

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Racial slur on Mich. road sign targets Trayvon Martin – msnbc.com (blog)


Globe and Mail
Racial slur on Mich. road sign targets Trayvon Martin
msnbc.com (blog)
Michigan State Police and the Michigan Department of Transportation are investigating and have turned to the public for help in finding those responsible for the hacking. "Whoever it is needs to be found. They changed the message,
Racist hackers alter electronic road sign to read 'Trayvon a N*gger'Examiner.com
Michigan Road Sign Displays Racist Trayvon Martin MessageChristian Post

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Meet The ‘Place Hacker’ Who Trespassed And Scaled Europe’s Tallest Building – Forbes


The Guardian
Meet The 'Place Hacker' Who Trespassed And Scaled Europe's Tallest Building
Forbes
But last February, and in the dead of night, PhD graduate Bradley Garrett got together with two friends from London's urban exploration community to trespass the building and “place hack” it. After Garrett uploaded some of the vertigo-inducing photos
Shard hacking: group sneak to top of Europe's tallest buildingThe Guardian
Shard hacking: Urban explorer Bradley Garrett scales Europe's tallest buildingDaily Mail
Trespassers reached top of London's Shard skyscraperBBC News
AFP -Sky News
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Critical Cloud Vulnerabilities Revealed at TakeDownCon Hacking Conference in … – Houston Chronicle

Critical Cloud Vulnerabilities Revealed at TakeDownCon Hacking Conference in
Houston Chronicle
TakeDownCon Hacker Conference to be held at the Westin Park Central in Dallas Texas – May of 2012, will feature professional ethical hacker, Dave Chronister, of Parameter Security delivering the controversial topic, “Cloud Computing Creates Smoke

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Opinion: Why journalists need public interest defense – CNN


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Opinion: Why journalists need public interest defense
CNN
We ought to be able to see all shades of grey between the fresh revelations of email hacking by a Sky News reporter, the News International phone hacking scandal and other examples of journalists breaking the law to obtain stories.
Clarification of the 'public interest' defence is badly neededThe Guardian

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Hackers Hit Tunisian PM’s E-Mail on Alleged Rights Violations – BusinessWeek

Hackers Hit Tunisian PM's E-Mail on Alleged Rights Violations
BusinessWeek
By Jihen Laghmari on April 09, 2012 A group that claimed to be linked to hacker group Anonymous said it obtained over 2700 e-mails belonging to Tunisia's prime minister in protest against attacks on demonstrators. “We have kept a large part of the

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Hackers Hit Tunisian PM’s E-Mail on Alleged Rights Violations – Bloomberg


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Hackers Hit Tunisian PM's E-Mail on Alleged Rights Violations
Bloomberg
A group that claimed to be linked to hacker group Anonymous said it obtained over 2700 e-mails belonging to Tunisia's prime minister in protest against attacks on demonstrators. “We have kept a large part of the Tunisian government's data secret.
Tunisia Ennahda Party Emails Hacked: Anonymous-Linked Group Says It Huffington Post
Anonymous leaks emails hacked from Tunisia's leadersAFP
Anonymous says hacks Tunisia prime minister's emailsReuters India

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Anonymous Hackers Plan More China Site Attacks – Huffington Post

Anonymous Hackers Plan More China Site Attacks
Huffington Post
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday. Anonymous, a loosely knit group

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Allen Park road sign hacked to show racial slur against Trayvon Martin – The Detroit News

Allen Park road sign hacked to show racial slur against Trayvon Martin
The Detroit News
By Tom Greenwood Allen Park — The Michigan Department of Transportation is working with police to determine who hacked into a road sign and posted a racial slur along a freeway seen early Monday morning. The portable electronic sign contained a

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Pentagon wants to hack into video game consoles – TG Daily


TG Daily
Pentagon wants to hack into video game consoles
TG Daily
According to official documents cited by ZDNet, the Navy claims it wants to hack into video game consoles to lift "sensitive information" exchanged via messaging services. However, the military insisted it would only deploy the technology against
US plan to hack into games consolesThe Age
US hires company to hack into video gaming systemsStars and Stripes

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Anonymous plans more attacks against Chinese sites – msnbc.com

Anonymous plans more attacks against Chinese sites
msnbc.com
SHANGHAI — Activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday. Anonymous, a loosely knit group that has

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“Anonymous” says plans more attacks against China sites – Chicago Tribune

"Anonymous" says plans more attacks against China sites
Chicago Tribune
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday. Anonymous, a loosely knit group

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“Anonymous” says plans more attacks against China sites – Baltimore Sun

"Anonymous" says plans more attacks against China sites
Baltimore Sun
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday. Anonymous, a loosely knit group

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Anonymous Attacks UK Government Websites – Wall Street Journal (blog)


Financial Times
Anonymous Attacks UK Government Websites
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Nick Clayton The Anonymous hacker collective seems to have adopted some slightly unusual tactics for its latest actions. It announced in advance that it would be launching attacks, allowing the UK government time to prepare.
Expect more online attacks, Anonymous hackers sayBBC News
UK government website disrupted by hacker attackReuters
Hackers claim attack on UK Home Office siteHindustan Times
Financial Times -msnbc.com (blog)
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“The Hacker Company”: Facebookers Snag A Vintage Sign For New HQ – TechCrunch

“The Hacker Company”: Facebookers Snag A Vintage Sign For New HQ
TechCrunch
It all started last April when former Facebook engineer Chris Putnam (of fame) was visiting his girlfriend's mom in Lake City, FL and saw the striking sign — 'The Hacker Company.” Putnam, who had left Facebook in August 2010 to do his own thing,

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Shard hacking: Urban explorer Bradley Garrett scales Europe’s tallest building – Daily Mail


Daily Mail
Shard hacking: Urban explorer Bradley Garrett scales Europe's tallest building
Daily Mail
Dr Garrett, who has written a PhD thesis on what he calls 'place-hacking', said his group called the London Consolidation Crew had climbed up the Shard a number of times over the past 12 months. 'We have been really interested in the construction and
Shard hacking: group sneak to top of Europe's tallest buildingThe Guardian
Trespassers 'reach summit of Shard'Retford Today
The Shard: daredevils climb UK's tallest building to capture amazing London Telegraph.co.uk

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Critical Cloud Vulnerabilities Revealed at TakeDownCon Hacking Conference in … – PR Web (press release)

Critical Cloud Vulnerabilities Revealed at TakeDownCon Hacking Conference in
PR Web (press release)
TakeDownCon Hacker Conference to be held at the Westin Park Central in Dallas Texas – May of 2012, will feature professional ethical hacker, Dave Chronister, of Parameter Security delivering the controversial topic, “Cloud Computing Creates Smoke

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Shard hacking: group sneak to top of Europe’s tallest building – The Guardian


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Shard hacking: group sneak to top of Europe's tallest building
The Guardian
The night-time images, said to be from the summit of the 310 metre (1016ft) Shard in central London, were posted on Place Hacking, the blog of US student Bradley L Garrett, who claims to have slipped past a lone security guard with two friends.
Man who couldn't wait to go up the Shard: 'Urban explorer' scales 1000ft towerDaily Mail
Trespassers 'reach summit of Shard'Retford Today
The Shard: daredevils climb UK's tallest building to capture amazing London Telegraph.co.uk

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Accused LulzSec hacker pleads guilty in Sony breach – Moneycontrol.com


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Accused LulzSec hacker pleads guilty in Sony breach
Moneycontrol.com
Accused LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in California to taking part in an extensive computer breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment.Kretsinger, a 24-year-old who used the moniker "Recursion," pleaded guilty to
Report: Lulzsec hacker pleads guilty to breaching Sony websiteGMA News
Cody Kretsinger, Accused LulzSec Hacker, Pleads Guilty In Sony Hacking CaseHuffington Post
US college student and Lulzsec member Cody Krestinger pleads guilty in Sony The Daily Telegraph

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Tunisia Ennahda Party Emails Hacked: Anonymous-Linked Group Says It … – Huffington Post


AFP
Tunisia Ennahda Party Emails Hacked: Anonymous-Linked Group Says It
Huffington Post
(FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) By Tarek Amara TUNIS, April 8 (Reuters) – A group claiming affiliation with activist hacker collective Anonymous says it has hacked 2725 emails belonging to Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party, including those of the prime
Hackers claim they've snared Tunisian leader's emailsmsnbc.com
Anonymous leaks emails hacked from Tunisia's leadersAFP

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Hackers claim they’ve snared Tunisian leader’s emails – msnbc.com


AFP
Hackers claim they've snared Tunisian leader's emails
msnbc.com
TUNIS — A group claiming affiliation with activist hacker collective Anonymous says it has hacked 2725 emails belonging to Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party, including those of the prime minister, in the latest challenge to the Islamist-led government.
Anonymous leaks emails hacked from Tunisia's leadersAFP

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