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7 August, 2012

Anglicans dump News Corp. shares over hack scandal – Boston.com


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Anglicans dump News Corp. shares over hack scandal
Boston.com
LONDON (AP) — The Church of England has sold its shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. over its handling of a phone hacking scandal at one of its newspapers. Anglican leaders said in a statement Tuesday that they were not satisfied that News Corp.
Church of England shuns News Corp. over phone hackingLos Angeles Times

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Hack attack exposes major gap in Amazon and Apple security – CNNMoney


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Hack attack exposes major gap in Amazon and Apple security
CNNMoney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The recent hacking of Mat Honan was doubly shocking: he's a writer for tech Bible Wired, and hackers were able to crack his accounts with non-technical ease. Here's the scariest part: Anyone with both an Amazon account and an
Amazon Quietly Closes Security Hole After Journalist's Devastating HackWired News
Amazon fixes security flaw that led to hack of Wired journalistLos Angeles Times
iCloud Hacking Could Tarnish Apple's ImageForbes
Phys.Org -PC Magazine -ZDNet (blog)
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Church of England shuns News Corp. over phone hacking – Los Angeles Times


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Church of England shuns News Corp. over phone hacking
Los Angeles Times
Conversations began last year in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that roiled Britain's police and political establishment, in addition to the leadership of News Corp. and its British newspaper arm. "After a year of dialogue between the company
Anglicans dump News Corp. shares over hack scandalBusinessweek
Church of England loses faith in News Corp sharesReuters

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Anglicans dump News Corp. shares over hack scandal – Businessweek


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Anglicans dump News Corp. shares over hack scandal
Businessweek
LONDON (AP) — The Church of England has sold its shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. over its handling of a phone hacking scandal at one of its newspapers. Anglican leaders said in a statement Tuesday that they were not satisfied that News Corp.
Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake After Phone HackingBloomberg
Church of England loses faith in News Corp sharesReuters
Church of England loses faith in shares of Murdoch's News CorpReuters Blogs (blog)

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Syrian Hackers Undermine Media Integrity – Heritage.org (blog)

Syrian Hackers Undermine Media Integrity
Heritage.org (blog)
On August 3, the Syrian Electronic Army hacked into Reuters's blogging site and published a fake interview with a Syrian rebel leader, saying his troops were withdrawing from the city of Aleppo following devastating loss of life. As Aleppo has been a

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Hacking freedom of speech in Chavez’s Venezuela and Latin America – VOXXI (blog)


VOXXI (blog)
Hacking freedom of speech in Chavez's Venezuela and Latin America
VOXXI (blog)
A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up a framed image of Chavez after the Venezuelan president returned to Venezuela nearly three weeks after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba. He has now returned to Cuba for more chemotherapy.

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Hackers wage rumour war in Syria – Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail
Hackers wage rumour war in Syria
Globe and Mail
On Sunday, it was a hijacked Reuters Twitter feed trying to create the impression of a rebel collapse in Aleppo. On Monday, it was another account purporting to be a Russian diplomat announcing the death in Damascus of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian cyber war spreading disinformationE&T magazine

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Amazon Quietly Closes Security Hole After Journalist’s Devastating Hack – Wired News


Wired News
Amazon Quietly Closes Security Hole After Journalist's Devastating Hack
Wired News
Amazon has closed a privacy hole on Monday that previously allowed hackers access to Amazon accounts over the phone using just a name, email address and mailing address — three pieces of information easily found for many on the web. Photo: Ariel
iCloud Hacking Could Tarnish Apple's ImageForbes
Hacking nightmare victim chastises Apple and AmazonPhys.Org
The Cloud Security Lesson Apple Should Have Learned From GmailPC Magazine
ZDNet (blog) -The Atlantic -CMSWire
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Apple’s Secure Password Advice No Help Against ‘Epic Hack’ – Wired News


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Apple's Secure Password Advice No Help Against 'Epic Hack'
Wired News
If you haven't read my colleague Mat Honan's eye-opening account of his “epic hacking” over the past weekend, you should. If you have, you have a pretty clear idea of how the trust we put in could service providers can be cracked, and then subverted to
iCloud Hacking Could Tarnish Apple's ImageForbes
The Cloud Security Lesson Apple Should Have Learned From GmailPC Magazine
Black cloud looms over Apple online service after high-profile hackZDNet (blog)
The Atlantic -CMSWire -Lifehacker
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Prenda Law Inc. Sues AT&T And Comcast For Aiding Hackers – MarketWatch (press release)

Prenda Law Inc. Sues AT&T And Comcast For Aiding Hackers
MarketWatch (press release)
Lightspeed's original complaint was filed on December 14, 2011 against Anthony Smith, one of the alleged ringleaders of the hacking gang. Lightspeed's early efforts were successful in unraveling the conspiracy when counsel for AT&T, Bartholomew Huffman

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Wired Reporter Hack Spotlights Cloud Security Risks – CIO (blog)

Wired Reporter Hack Spotlights Cloud Security Risks
CIO (blog)
“Getting into Amazon let my hackers get into my Apple ID account, which helped them get into Gmail, which gave them access to Twitter. Had I used two-factor authentication for my Google account, it's possible that none of this would have happened
How Apple And Amazon Security Flaws Led To My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab Huffington Post

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How Apple And Amazon Security Flaws Led To My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab … – Huffington Post


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How Apple And Amazon Security Flaws Led To My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab
Huffington Post
my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of all, my AppleID account was broken into, and my hackers used it to remotely erase all of the data on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.
This Is The Best Way To Make Sure Your Gmail Password Stays SafeBusiness Insider

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Profit Motive Powers Boost in Dangerous SQL Injection Website Hack Attacks – ReadWriteWeb


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Profit Motive Powers Boost in Dangerous SQL Injection Website Hack Attacks
ReadWriteWeb
Forget script kiddies hacking into websites just to deface them with flashing “H@X0rs rulez” messages. Todays attacks are all about the very adult business of stealing and intercepting data to generate profit. New evidence for this trend shows in a

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450000 Yahoo Mail Passwords Hacked. – Solar Panels News


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450000 Yahoo Mail Passwords Hacked.
Solar Panels News
Yahoo, one of the world's biggest internet giants had a security breach recently in which around 450000 passwords were hacked. This massive breach shows us how the users deal with their passwords which ultimately lead to frauds and cyber crimes.
Yahoo hacking reveals 10 most common passwordsTimes of India
Yahoo's mass account hacking shows 'users' carelessness with passwords'Zee News

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Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake After Phone Hacking – Businessweek


Hollywood Reporter
Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake After Phone Hacking
Businessweek
The Church of England sold its stake in News Corp. (NWSA) (NWSA) saying the company controlled by Rupert Murdoch hadn't shown a commitment to corporate governance reforms after a phone-hacking scandal. The church sold all its News Corp. shares,
Phone Hacking Scandal: Church of England Sells News Corp. StakeHollywood Reporter
Church of England sells News Corp shares in phone-hacking protestThe Guardian
Church of England loses faith in News Corp sharesReuters
Wall Street Journal -TheWrap
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Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake After Phone Hacking – Bloomberg


Hollywood Reporter
Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake After Phone Hacking
Bloomberg
About 60 people have been arrested in probes into bribery and phone and computer hacking that began with New Corp.'s U.K. publishing business, News International. Church of England investment bodies own assets worth more than 8 billion pounds,
Church of England loses faith in News Corp sharesReuters
Church of England sells $3M in News Corp. shares over media giant's phone Washington Post
Phone Hacking Scandal: Church of England Sells News Corp. StakeHollywood Reporter
Wall Street Journal -AFP
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Sun journalist arrested in corruption probe – Reuters


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Sun journalist arrested in corruption probe
Reuters
LONDON Aug 7 (Reuters) – Police arrested a journalist working for Rupert Murdoch's British Sun newspaper on suspicion of corruption on Tuesday as part of a wide-reaching investigation centred on allegations of phone-hacking by newspaper reporters.
Journalist, officer held in UK corruption probeHuffington Post
Two more held in hacking payments inquiryThe Independent
British journo arrested over phone-hackingStuff.co.nz
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Phone Hacking Scandal: Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake – Hollywood Reporter


Hollywood Reporter
Phone Hacking Scandal: Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake
Hollywood Reporter
The total stake held by the church was sold for £1.9 million ($3 million), it said. "As a result, none of the three national investing bodies of the Church of England hold shares in the company," it emphasized in a statement. The church said it used
Church of England sells News Corp shares in phone-hacking protestThe Guardian
Church of England pulls News Corp investment over phone hacking scandalTelegraph.co.uk
Church of England sells £1.9m News Corp shareholdingDigital Spy
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Yahoo Open Hack fest is back – The Hindu


The Hindu
Yahoo Open Hack fest is back
The Hindu
Yahoo India's Research and Development wing announced the return of its annual Open Hack fest. Slated to be held on August 11 and 12 in Bangalore, this is the fifth year of the event, which is popular among developers. Of the over 2000 developers who

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Church of England sells News Corp shares in phone-hacking protest – The Guardian


The Guardian
Church of England sells News Corp shares in phone-hacking protest
The Guardian
The Church of England has sold all of its shares in News Corporation because it fears Rupert Murdoch's media empire has failed to learn lessons from the phone-hacking scandal. The church first raised concerns about the News of the World's
Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake After Phone HackingBusinessweek
Phone Hacking Scandal: Church of England Sells News Corp. StakeHollywood Reporter
Church of England loses faith in News Corp sharesReuters
The Week UK -Deadline.com
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Disinformation flies in Syria’s growing cyber war – Reuters

Disinformation flies in Syria's growing cyber war
Reuters
"But the regime's technical capabilities look pretty basic, and the opposition hacking of the personal emails of Assad and his wife earlier this year show the regime's cyber defenses have serious weaknesses." The opposition too, many suspect, have been

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Two more held in hacking payments inquiry – The Independent


Telegraph.co.uk
Two more held in hacking payments inquiry
The Independent
Operation Elveden is being supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and is running in conjunction with Operation Weeting, the Met's inquiry into phone hacking. The journalist was held at about 6am on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt
Journalist, officer held in UK corruption probeHuffington Post
Police officer and journalist arrested in illegal payments probeTelegraph.co.uk
Journalist, Policeman Arrested in News Corp. Bribes ProbeBusinessweek

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Website hacked, staff working to get it back up – News Chief

Website hacked, staff working to get it back up
News Chief
at a Turkish gaming site instead. Haines City's government website was hacked into about 10:30 p.m. — and taken down as soon as the city's Information Technology staff was notified later Sunday night, Assistant City Manager Jonathan Evans said Monday.

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Hackers suspected to be behind denial of service to Al Arabiya websites – Al-Arabiya


Al-Arabiya
Hackers suspected to be behind denial of service to Al Arabiya websites
Al-Arabiya
The hackers posted their banner and criticized Al Arabiya TV, accusing it of its involvement in “the destruction of Egypt and Libya,” of working “day and night to broadcast venomous, Brotherhood, Zionist, thoughts, in Egypt and the Arab World,” and of

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Pakistani hackers deface inactive Southern Railways website – IBNLive.com


IBNLive.com
Pakistani hackers deface inactive Southern Railways website
IBNLive.com
New Delhi: An inactive website of the Southern Railways www.southernrailway.gov.in has been defaced apparently by Pakistani hackers. The hacker group that calls itself 'Pak Cyber Pyrates' replaced the home page of the website with a page with content

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