AT&T iPad hacker pleads guilty: Cyber Highlights June 27th
Monday, June 27th, 2011A 26-year-old man who helped hackers steal personal information belonging to about 120,000 iPad users in 2010 pleaded guilty to fraud and hacking charges in a New Jersey court June 23. The man pleaded guilty in federal court to two felony charges, according to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Department of Justice. He faces a [...]
Network Solutions suffers DDoS attack: Cyber Highlights Junme 22nd
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011Network Solutions apparently began suffering a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack June 20 that left its customers unable to access DNS servers, hosted Web sites, servers, or e-mail accounts. Reports of outages began appearing late June 20, and by June 21 the company was blaming a DDoS attack. “Some customers may see interruptions caused [...]
LulzSec calls on everyone to attack government assets: Cyber Highlights June 21st
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011LulzSec has launched a new hacking campaign dubbed Operation Anti-Security and calls on everyone, supporters and enemies alike, to attack Web sites belonging to any government agency or government-friendly organization. Judging by the manifesto posted online by the hacking outfit, it seems this effort is in retaliation for the government’s attempts to control the Internet. [...]
NSA allies with Internet carriers to thwart cyber attacks against defense firms: Cyber Highlights June 20th
Monday, June 20th, 2011The Washington Post reported June 16 the National Security Agency (NSA) was working with Internet service providers to deploy a new generation of tools to scan e-mail and other digital traffic with the goal of thwarting cyberattacks against defense firms by foreign adversaries, according to senior defense and industry officials. The novel program, which began [...]
LulzSec cyber attack on U.S. CIA possible hoax: Cyber Highlights June 17th
Friday, June 17th, 2011Since claiming responsibility for a successful cyber attack on the CIA’s Web site June 15 the hacker collective LulzSec has since tweeted that not all comments made on its Twitter page are official statements for the group, leading to speculation about the authenticity of its most recent claim. LulzSec claimed responsibility for the attack via [...]
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