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18 July, 2012

Hacker gets 7 years in thefts of more than 240000 credit card numbers – CNN


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Hacker gets 7 years in thefts of more than 240000 credit card numbers
CNN
One involved hacking into a computer system belonging to the Dave & Buster's restaurant chain to steal the credit card numbers of 81000 customers. The second illegal operation involved a conspiracy to sell more than 160000 stolen credit card numbers to
Estonian Man Gets 7-Year Prison Term in Hacking CasesWall Street Journal (blog)
US court sentences Estonian hacker to prisonPhys.Org
USDOJ: Hacker Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Role in Two Hacking 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

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Hacking Victims’ Lawyer: Significant Email Emerges – ABC News


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Hacking Victims' Lawyer: Significant Email Emerges
ABC News
David Sherborne told the High Court on Wednesday that the email had been found in March by a law firm representing News International, but had only just been passed to phone hacking victims' lawyers. He described the document as a significant
Phone hacking: 'significant' email from News International executive emergesThe Guardian
News Corp. Failed to Disclose Executive's Hacking E-MailBusinessweek
Lawyer for UK phone hacking victims says significant new email has emerged in Washington Post

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Aguilera: Hacker Stole My “Feeling Of Security” – The Smoking Gun


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Aguilera: Hacker Stole My "Feeling Of Security"
The Smoking Gun
JULY 18–Christina Aguilera contends that the recent hacking of her e-mail account had stripped her of a “feeling of security†that now “can never be given back,†according to a victim’s impact statement submitted to a U.S. District Court

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Apple adds unique identifiers to fight iOS in-app purchase hack – ZDNet

Apple adds unique identifiers to fight iOS in-app purchase hack
ZDNet
Summary: Apple is starting to provide a solution to the hacking of its In-App Purchase program for iOS. The company has added unique identifiers to the receipts of purchases but there's still more to be done before app developers are protected.

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Estonian Man Gets 7-Year Prison Term in Hacking Cases – Wall Street Journal (blog)

Estonian Man Gets 7-Year Prison Term in Hacking Cases
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Chad Bray. A Estonian man was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday for his role in two computer hacking schemes related to more than 240000 stolen credit-card numbers. Federal prosecutors in Central Islip, N.Y., alleged that Aleksandr

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Hacking Inquiry Closes With Mystery Unsolved – New York Times (blog)

Hacking Inquiry Closes With Mystery Unsolved
New York Times (blog)
The investigation by the Norfolk Constabulary into the data leak concluded that the hacking was a “sophisticated and carefully orchestrated attack” on the university's digital data files by an unknown outsider operating remotely on the Internet. The

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Fired employee admits to hacking Gucci – Crain’s New York Business

Fired employee admits to hacking Gucci
Crain’s New York Business
A former employee of Manhattan-based Gucci America Inc., pleaded guilty to hacking into the company's servers, causing disruption that cost it $200000 in lost time and resources. Sam Chihlung Yin, 35, of Jersey City, N.J., admitted to first-degree

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Climate Center Hacking Investigation Closed With Mystery Unsolved – New York Times (blog)


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Climate Center Hacking Investigation Closed With Mystery Unsolved
New York Times (blog)
The investigation by the Norfolk Constabulary into the data leak concluded that the hacking was a “sophisticated and carefully orchestrated attack” on the university's digital data files by an unknown outsider operating remotely on the Internet. The
Hacker evades British cops in 'climate-gate' probeThe Hill (blog)
Police close investigation into hacked climate science emailsThe Guardian
Disappointment as climate unit hacking probe draws blankThe Independent
ITV News -Norwich Evening News
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Hacker claims breach of 50000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm – Computerworld

Hacker claims breach of 50000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm
Computerworld
Computerworld – A hacker today claimed to have broken into ITWallStreet.com, a website for IT professionals who are seeking Wall Street jobs or working with Wall Street firms, and exposed highly detailed data belonging to tens of thousands of job

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Hacker claims breach of 50000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm – Computerworld

Hacker claims breach of 50000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm
Computerworld
Computerworld – A hacker today claimed to have broken into ITWallStreet.com, a website for IT professionals who are seeking Wall Street jobs or working with Wall Street firms, and exposed highly detailed data belonging to tens of thousands of job

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Teen Hackers: 10 Stories Of Young Code-Crackers – Huffington Post

Teen Hackers: 10 Stories Of Young Code-Crackers
Huffington Post
Over the past two years, we've seen a ton of stories about teenage tech geniuses who have pushed legal boundaries by cracking the codes of governments and other major institutions, sometimes from their own bedrooms. Hacking may have been a pastime

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Hacking victims’ lawyer: significant email emerges – AZFamily

Hacking victims' lawyer: significant email emerges
AZFamily
David Sherborne told the High Court on Wednesday that the email had been found in March by a law firm representing News International, but had only just been passed to phone hacking victims' lawyers. He described the document as a significant

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Hacker evades British cops in ‘climate-gate’ probe – The Hill (blog)


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Hacker evades British cops in 'climate-gate' probe
The Hill (blog)
The hacking from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) created a political stir on Capitol Hill, fueling GOP claims that scientists sought to squelch data that undercuts evidence of human-induced climate change. But multiple inquiries have found that the
Police close investigation into hacked climate science emailsThe Guardian
Disappointment as climate unit hacking probe draws blankThe Independent
No charges over UEA hacking attackITV News
Norwich Evening News -Nature.com (blog)
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Disappointment as climate unit hacking probe draws blank – The Independent

Disappointment as climate unit hacking probe draws blank
The Independent
No criminal charges will be brought despite evidence of a "sophisticated and orchestrated" hacking attack on a university's computers, police said today.
No charges over hacking attackBuxton Advertiser

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One on One: Chad Dickerson, CEO of Etsy – New York Times (blog)


New York Times (blog)
One on One: Chad Dickerson, CEO of Etsy
New York Times (blog)
Well, there had been internal hack days at Yahoo for some time, these were done with the support of upper management. Bradley Horowitz — who is now at Google — and I created the first external one. Hack Day was important because it really represented

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News Corp. Failed to Disclose Executive’s Hacking E-Mail – Businessweek


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News Corp. Failed to Disclose Executive's Hacking E-Mail
Businessweek
News Corp. (NWSA)'s British unit failed for months to disclose in civil litigation a company executive's e- mail related to hacking the phone of a “well-known person.”
Phone hacking: 'significant' email from News International executive emergesThe Guardian
News Corp failed to disclose executive's phone-hack emailSydney Morning Herald

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Glenn Mulcaire forced to reveal who gave phone-hacking order – The Guardian

Glenn Mulcaire forced to reveal who gave phone-hacking order
The Guardian
Investigator used by the News of the World told to reveal who told him to hack Max Clifford assistant's phone. By Lisa O'Carroll.

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EC-Council Announces Flagship Hacking Conference, Hacker Halted, to be … – Houston Chronicle

EC-Council Announces Flagship Hacking Conference, Hacker Halted, to be
Houston Chronicle
EC-Council's world famous Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH), Advanced Mobile Hacking & Forensics, Advanced Network Defense and Securing Windows Infrastructure are amongst the courses that will be available, along with a series of highly technical and
World's Leading IT Security Certification Provider to Host Technical Hackers Technology Digital (press release)

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Phone hacking: ‘significant’ email from News International executive emerges – The Guardian


The Guardian
Phone hacking: 'significant' email from News International executive emerges
The Guardian
High court told of message referring to hacking of 'well known individual' during hearing on civil claims against NoW publisher. By Lisa O'Carroll.
News Corp. Failed to Disclose Executive's Phone-Hacking E-MailBusinessweek

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News Corp. Failed to Disclose Executive’s Phone-Hacking E-Mail – Businessweek

News Corp. Failed to Disclose Executive's Phone-Hacking E-Mail
Businessweek
News Corp. (NWSA)'s British unit failed for months to disclose in civil litigation a company executive's e- mail related to hacking the phone of a “well-known person.”

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Sajid troubled over his hacked email – India Today


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Sajid troubled over his hacked email
India Today
Filmmaker Sajid Khan is having a terrible time these days. Be it hacking of email account or Sherlyn Chopra lashing out at him publicly on Twitter.
DIRECTOR SAJID KHAN COMPLAINS OF TROUBLE WITH HACKERindiablooms

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Hackers hit wrong target – The Daily Cougar


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Hackers hit wrong target
The Daily Cougar
The information was obtained from Yahoo Voices, previously Associated Content, a site used for publishing articles online. A hacker group called D33D's Co. claimed responsibility not only for the publication of the sensitive information on Yahoo

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Anonymous hackers target energy majors – UPI.com


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SecureState Consultant to Introduce Smart Meter Hacking Framework at Security … – Sacramento Bee

SecureState Consultant to Introduce Smart Meter Hacking Framework at Security
Sacramento Bee
PRNewswire/ — SecureState, a management consulting firm specializing in information security, today announced that Spencer McIntyre, of the Research & Innovation Team, will be presenting at Security B-Sides Vegas on Wednesday, July 25, 3 pm at The

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EC-Council Announces Flagship Hacking Conference, Hacker Halted, to be … – Equities.com

EC-Council Announces Flagship Hacking Conference, Hacker Halted, to be
Equities.com
EC-Council's flagship information security (IS) conference, Hacker Halted USA 2012 will be held in Miami, FL from October 25-31st. Hacker Halted will unite some of the greatest minds in information security, as industry experts address the latest

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