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11 June, 2012

Win the Facebook Hack in Toronto and Win a Job at AdParlor – Broadcast Newsroom

Win the Facebook Hack in Toronto and Win a Job at AdParlor
Broadcast Newsroom
TORONTO — (Marketwire) — 06/11/12 — AdParlor, an Adknowledge company and a leading advertising platform on Facebook, announced today that they will be giving away a new iPad and a software engineering job offer to the winner of the Facebook Hack in

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Tennessee School System Hacked – eSecurity Planet


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Tennessee School System Hacked
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The hackers claim to have accessed students' and employees' Social Security numbers, birth dates, and more. By Jeff Goldman | June 11, 2012 Hackers recently claimed to have accessed the personal information of approximately 110000 students and
Clarksville schools act after hacking reportWDEF News 12

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Dutch hacking defendant brought to U.S. – UPI.com

Dutch hacking defendant brought to U.S.
UPI.com
Federal prosecutors said Monday a Dutch citizen was extradited to the United States to make his first court appearance on computer hacking charges. SEATTLE, June 11 (UPI) — Federal prosecutors said Monday a Dutch citizen was extradited to the United
Charges: Dutch man obtained thousands of credit card numbers through hackingMinneapolis Star Tribune
Man charged with stealing more than 40000 credit cards, more than 100 in Q13 FOX
Dutch man indicted in Seattle for stealing credit card numbersKING5.com

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Clarksville schools act after hacking report – Knoxville News Sentinel


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Clarksville schools act after hacking report
Knoxville News Sentinel
(AP) — School officials in Clarksville, Tenn., have shut down websites and email after a hacker group claimed to have stolen data. Officials said Monday they have asked police and the FBI for help in the case. According to The Leaf-Chronicle,
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Hollywood Hack Day draws dozens of developers, winner gets $2000 – Los Angeles Times

Hollywood Hack Day draws dozens of developers, winner gets $2000
Los Angeles Times
For participants in Hollywood Hack Day, it was a weekend loaded with coffee, Red Bull, Chipotle burritos and round-the-clock hacking. It wasn't quite the frenzy shown during hacking scenes in “The Social Network,” but the event did draw about 90

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Hollywood Hack Day draws dozens of developers; winner gets $2000 – Los Angeles Times

Hollywood Hack Day draws dozens of developers; winner gets $2000
Los Angeles Times
For participants in Hollywood Hack Day, it was a weekend loaded with coffee, Red Bull, Chipotle burritos and round-the-clock hacking. It wasn't quite the frenzy shown during hacking scenes in “The Social Network,” but the event did draw about 90

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Charges: Dutch man obtained thousands of credit card numbers through hacking – Washington Post

Charges: Dutch man obtained thousands of credit card numbers through hacking
Washington Post
SEATTLE — Federal prosecutors say a 21-year-old Dutch national coordinated the theft of about 44000 credit card numbers worldwide, including some from the Boeing Employees Credit Union, by hacking into the sales system of businesses.

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Amritsar man arrested for bid to hack EVM – Indian Express

Amritsar man arrested for bid to hack EVM
Indian Express
The Punjab police is probing an alleged bid to hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) outside some polling booths in Amritsar during the municipal corporation elections held in the state yesterday. The police have set up a technical team to conduct the

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Win the Facebook Hack in Toronto and Win a Job at AdParlor – MarketWatch (press release)

Win the Facebook Hack in Toronto and Win a Job at AdParlor
MarketWatch (press release)
Similar to the famous 'hacking' scene in the movie 'The Social Network,' AdParlor will be looking to hire the top developers from this event. AdParlor is a leader in handling large Facebook Ad campaigns and provides both full-service and self-service

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Data on Canadian Officials Stolen in Attack on Stratfor – Bloomberg

Data on Canadian Officials Stolen in Attack on Stratfor
Bloomberg
Data on almost 1000 Canadian government officials was stolen in the hacking of a Texas-based intelligence firm in December, according to internal government documents. Almost 900 federal government workers and 109 provincial government officials were

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23K at risk after UNF server hacked – WOKV

23K at risk after UNF server hacked
WOKV
By Gene Wexler The University of North Florida has notified potential victims that a computer database containing personal information was breached by a hacker. The school says information for those who submitted contracts to live in a residential hall

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Amritsar man held for bid to hack EVM – Indian Express

Amritsar man held for bid to hack EVM
Indian Express
The Punjab police is probing an alleged bid to hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) outside some polling booths in Amritsar during the municipal corporation elections held in the state yesterday. The police have set up a technical team to conduct the

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Developments in British phone-hacking scandal – NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)

Developments in British phone-hacking scandal
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
August 2006: Goodman arrested along with private investigator Glenn Mulcaire for suspected hacking into voicemails of royal officials. January 2007: Goodman jailed for four months; Mulcaire given six-month sentence. News of the World editor Andy

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Secret Service laced honeypot with seduction to catch hackers – Computerworld (blog)

Secret Service laced honeypot with seduction to catch hackers
Computerworld (blog)
But what if hacking the hacker was less high-tech, less about following a cyber-trail, and more about good old-fashion seduction to find a chink in the cybercrook's armor? USSS social engineering using sex as bait helped lure Romanian hackers to

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Student, Employee Info Hacked In Montgomery County – NewsChannel5.com

Student, Employee Info Hacked In Montgomery County
NewsChannel5.com
Authorities are investigating after hackers accessed the personal data of 110000 Clarksville-Montgomery County School system employees and students. A 911 call came in around noon Sunday to Clarksville police about the hacking.

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Phone hacking: Five files on journalists handed to CPS – BBC News


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Phone hacking: Five files on journalists handed to CPS
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Police investigating phone hacking have passed files on five journalists to the Crown Prosecution Service, as part of Scotland Yard's Operation Weeting. The files relate to allegations of offences under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa)
Phone hacking: Met refers files on five journalists to CPSThe Guardian
Prosecutors study hacking investigation filesThe Independent
Phone Hacking: files for five journalists sent to CPSTelegraph.co.uk
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George Osborne: Coulson denied phone hacking went beyond rogue reporter – The Guardian


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George Osborne: Coulson denied phone hacking went beyond rogue reporter
The Guardian
Andy Coulson denied to George Osborne in 2007 that he knew that phone hacking at the News of World went beyond a single rogue reporter, according to evidence given by the chancellor in the Leveson inquiry. The senior Conservative politician also
Developments in British phone-hacking scandalNEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
I knew that hiring Coulson was risky, admits Osborne: But he still told PM to Daily Mail
Leveson inquiry: the 12 questions facing George OsborneTelegraph.co.uk
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In Amritsar, man held for bid to ‘hack’ EVM – Indian Express

In Amritsar, man held for bid to 'hack' EVM
Indian Express
The Punjab police is probing an alleged bid to hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) outside some polling booths in Amritsar during the municipal corporation elections held in the state yesterday. The police have set up a technical team to conduct the

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Phone hacking: Met refers files on five journalists to CPS – The Guardian


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Phone hacking: Met refers files on five journalists to CPS
The Guardian
Scotland Yard has referred files relating to five journalists arrested on suspicion of phone hacking to prosecutors, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. The journalists' cases are the first to be referred to the CPS to consider whether charges
Prosecutors study hacking investigation filesThe Independent
Phone Hacking: files for five journalists sent to CPSTelegraph.co.uk
CPS given phone hacking probe filesThe Press Association
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Police hand over hacking investigation files – The Independent

Police hand over hacking investigation files
The Independent
Today's five files bring to 12 the number of files relating to Scotland Yard's phone-hacking inquiry that have been sent to prosecutors. The CPS has launched prosecutions relating to just one of the files so far – including former News International
CPS receives 5 hacking case filesITV News
Phone hacking: Files on five journalists passed to CPSDigital Spy UK

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League Of Legends Hacked In Europe – Cinema Blend


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League Of Legends Hacked In Europe
Cinema Blend
Riot Games announced this weekend that their strategy game League of Legends was hacked. The hackers were able to acquire player information in several European countries. In a note to gamers, Riot stressed that no billing information was accessed in
League of Legends European user accounts hackedGamasutra
League of Legends Hacked: You Know The Drill By NowForbes
League of Legends European accounts hackedEurogamer.net
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Gordon Brown, ex-British PM tells hacking inquiry UK press confusing fact with … – CBS News


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Gordon Brown, ex-British PM tells hacking inquiry UK press confusing fact with
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Tony Blair: I ducked fight with UK media UK TV host: Piers Morgan told me how to hack Cameron, ex-PMs to testify in UK hacking probe He said that instead of covering the difficult decisions facing his government, The Sun had concluded "that I
Gordon Brown to testify at phone-hacking inquiryCNN
Former Prime Minister Contradicts Murdoch Testimony at Hacking InquiryPittsburgh Post Gazette
George Osborne: Coulson denied phone hacking went beyond rogue reporterThe Guardian
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Hacker hits Brighton cyber bully campaigner – The Argus

Hacker hits Brighton cyber bully campaigner
The Argus
A hacker broke into a woman's computer days after she had won a court battle to unmask her online tormentors. Last week a High Court judge ordered Facebook to release the details of web bullies who had taunted Nicola Brookes from Brighton.

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League of Legends European user accounts hacked – Gamasutra


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League of Legends European user accounts hacked
Gamasutra
by Mike Rose [Console/PC, Business/Marketing] Newsbrief: Riot Games' League of Legends is the latest hacking victim, with the company confirming that personal player information in Europe has been accessed by an unknown assailant.
League of Legends Hacked: You Know The Drill By NowForbes
League of Legends European accounts hackedEurogamer.net
League of Legends accounts compromisedJoystiq
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British Hacking Inquiry to Question Political Heavyweights – New York Times


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British Hacking Inquiry to Question Political Heavyweights
New York Times
former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were set on Monday to be the first of a series of past and present political heavyweights to testify before the judicial inquiry into the hacking scandal.
Gordon Brown to testify at phone-hacking inquiryCNN
Gordon Brown to face hacking inquirySydney Morning Herald

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