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Pentagon Seeks Hacker Proof Weapon Systems

The top American arms buyer wants future US weapon systems to be hacker-proof

10 years ago

Teenager Hacks High School To Improve Grades

American student tests his cyberskills with hack of high school network to bolster exam results

10 years ago

FBI Offers Biggest Ever Reward For Admin Of Gameover Zeus Botnet

Russian hacker behind the Gameover Zeus botnet is hit with world's largest ever reward for his arrest

10 years ago

Twitter Confirms CFO Account Hack

The Twitter account belonging to the CFO of the microblogging website falls victim to hack

10 years ago

Death Threats From Hacker Lead To Prison Sentence

A hacker who made a number of death threats in Japan has been jailed in a case that captured the…

10 years ago

British Hacker Linked To US Military Twitter Hack

Junaid Hussain, who had been previously jailed for hacking, identified as founder of group that attacked US military Twitter account

10 years ago

Christmas Presents Threaten Your Business, Warns EY

January hangovers could be the least of CSOs’ headaches, according to a new warning from Ernst & Young on the…

10 years ago

Lizard Squad Hacker Arrested In London

A man linked to the Lizard Squad has been arrested amid reports of a second arrest in Finland

10 years ago

Hacker Clones Fingerprint From Photograph

A hacker claims to have 'cloned' the fingerprint of a German politician using a humble photograph

10 years ago

Hacker Pays To Avoid 440 Year Prison Sentence

No brainer of the day? A hacker in Texas pays $10,000 to avoid a possible 440-year prison sentence

10 years ago

Bitcoin Exhange Website Slaps 100 BTC Bounty On Hacker

Bitalo.com refuses to be bullied by blackmailers

10 years ago

Avast Closes Forum As Security Company Hacked

Avast says customers will need to change their passwords following forum attack

10 years ago

12 Year Old Admits Hacking Government Websites As Part Of Anonymous

The young Canadian hacker will be sentenced for causing at least $60,000 worth of damage

11 years ago

Hacker Splashes Sex And The City Author’s Next Book Online

Pages of Candace Bushnell's Killing Monica novel thrown on Google Drive for all to see

11 years ago

Linode Hackers Compromise Passwords, Credit Card Details

Linode had a Bitcoin heist last year. Now it has had another serious breach

11 years ago

Angel Activist Or Demon Hacker? The Madness Of Weev

AT&T "hacker" Weev hates Government, but told TechWeekEurope of his Mormonism - and his plans to run for Congress

11 years ago

Adobe Confirms Hacker Breach Of Connect Video Conferencing

Adobe has confirmed that the personal data of 150,000 users has been compromised after a hacker breach

12 years ago

Gary McKinnon Will Not Be Extradited To US

After ten years of waiting, Gary McKinnon learns he will not be extradited

12 years ago

Pwnium 2 Closes After A Single Submission

The $2 million Chrome hacking competition yielded just one serious exploit

12 years ago

Botnet Creator Who Ensnared 72,000 Machines Gets 30 Months

Bot herder with an alleged history of dirty dealing gets sent down

12 years ago

Gary McKinnon Extradition Deadline Set

Theresa May's decision will be made in just over a month at the latest

12 years ago

AntiSec Did Not Steal Apple UDID Codes From Us, Says FBI

If AntiSec is lying, where did the UDID codes come from?

12 years ago

Police To Investigate School Children’s Data Leak

An alleged hack attack sees children's data leaked online

12 years ago

Home Secretary To Rule On Gary McKinnon Case By Mid-October

Theresa May will either confirm or reject Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US by mid-October

12 years ago

Russian Hacker Makes In-App Purchase Free On iPhone, iPad

Free game upgrades thanks to flaws in Apple's in-app purchase method

12 years ago

DarkMarket Hacker Dr Smurf Pleads Guilty

Dr Smurf was caught out when his customer was an uindercover FBI agent

12 years ago

Massive Money-Stealing Botnet Suspect Arrested In Russia

A 22-year-old allegedly used 6 million computers to steal £2.9 million, as part of a major botnet operation

12 years ago

Hacker Claims He Stole 50Gb Of Credit Card Details

A former Anonymous member says he hacked 79 banks in 3 months, for the lulz

12 years ago

Call Of Duty Malware “Patch” Creator Jailed

Cybercrime discovered while investigating a real-world robbery

12 years ago

SOCA Website Forced Offline By DDoS Attack

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has been taken offline by a DDoS attack, TechWeekEurope has learnt

12 years ago