Anonymous, a loosely organized group has attacked financial and government websites around the world, and recently hacked into Chinese government websites, ruining several of them, media reports said. Anonymous says it plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in order to uncover corruption and call for human rights, a member of the group [...]
A statistician working for Target in 2002 was asked an odd question by the sales managers: “If we wanted to figure out if a customer is pregnant, even if she didn’t want us to know, can you do that?” As the managers explained, new parents are a retailer’s pot of gold. Most shoppers don’t buy [...]
When someone asks to be your Facebook friend, Facebook tells you how many of your current FB friends are also friends of the person who asks. This feature was used by the researchers to get access to the accounts of many FB users. A group of 102 “Socialbots,” were designed by researchers at the University [...]
Microsoft said hackers used an unknown bug in its Windows operating system to infect computers with the Duqu virus. Some security experts say Duqu could be the next big cyber threat. Duqu captures information on the systems it infects. It appears to be a preparation for a Stuxnet-like attack, gathering information that could be used [...]
Many wars have started because one country attacked the property of another country. In the past, you could see and touch the property affected. In the future, wars could start over attacks on intellectual property—information stored in computers. Computer hackers go to jail when they are caught, just like thieves who steal real property. The [...]
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