Computer Crime

WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

2013-05-18 09:28:00

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’: Joss Whedon, Clark Gregg on Coulson return

2013-05-15 16:53:13

Britain court sentences four hackers guilty of cyberattacks

2013-05-16 10:47:00

LONDON – Four hackers who pleaded guilty to a series of high-profile cyberattacks on computers in the U.S. and Britain, including those of the CIA and Sony Pictures, were sentenced Thursday to up to 32 months in prison. The four men, all Britons,...

Chinese military unit said to resume cyber spying

2013-05-15 17:39:00

WASHINGTON -- A Chinese military unit that a private U.S. computer security company accused of launching more than 115 cyber attacks against American companies over seven years has resumed hacking after a three-month hiatus, the firm’s chief...

China dismisses U.S. accusations of cyber-spying

2013-05-07 09:35:00

BEIJING --�China on Tuesday dismissed as groundless the Pentagon's latest and most direct accusation yet that Beijing is engaging in cyber-spying on the U.S. government and businesses to acquire information to strengthen its military capabilities and...

Syria cut off from Internet for nearly 20 hours

2013-05-08 09:33:00

BEIRUT -- Syria was plunged into Internet darkness for more than 19 hours, the second electronic blackout in six months for the strife-ridden nation. The shutdown, first reported about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, fed opposition suspicions of a deliberate...

Hackers strike online data management firm Reputation.com

2013-05-01 12:51:00

Reputation.com may need a little help with its own reputation after the company revealed that someone had broken into its network and stolen some customer data.� Based in Redwood City, Calif., Reputation.com sent users an email Tuesday disclosing the...

Candace Bushnell's upcoming novel leaked by hacker Guccifer

2013-05-08 08:22:00

Candace Bushnell, author of "Sex and the City," is the latest to fall victim to Guccifer, the hacker who exposed former President George W. Bush's secret life as a painter, New York magazine reported. Taking control of Bushnell's email, Twitter...

Fake AP tweet latest hacking claimed by pro-Assad 'army'

2013-04-23 14:08:00

A fake tweet that claimed President Obama had been injured after explosions went off at the White House was quickly debunked by the Associated Press, which said its Twitter account had been hacked. But a band of hackers who support Syrian President...

Cyber security bill pits tech giants against privacy activists

2013-04-12 18:48:00

SAN FRANCISCO — The escalating cyber attacks on corporate and government computers have provided a rare opportunity for bipartisan legislation to address the problem. But rather than sailing through Congress, the latest cyber security legislation is...

CISPA passes House committee, angering privacy activists

2013-04-10 16:38:00

The U.S. House Intelligence Committee overwhelmingly passed a cyber-security bill on Wednesday, angering privacy advocates who believe the bill fails to protect critical personal information.� The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013,...

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti engage in acrimonious debate

2013-04-17 23:32:00

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti blasted one another with a torrent of allegations Wednesday night in the most acrimonious debate of the Los Angeles mayor's race, with each charging the other could not be trusted to oversee the city's Department of Water...

Members of the Korea Internet Security Agency (KISA) check on cyber attacks at a briefing room of KISA in Seoul. The South Korean military raised its cyber attack warning level after computer networks crashed at major TV broadcasters and banks, with initial suspicions focused on North Korea.

2013-03-20 00:00:00

The virus changes the way a computer communicates when requesting a website's address and sends the user to a fraudulent version of the site the user wanted to see. In addition, any web browsing done on the infected computer would go through the hackers machines.

2012-04-24 00:00:00

What happened: Christopher Chaney allegedly hacked into the personal email accounts of Hollywood celebrities, including Scarlett Johannson and Christina Aguilera, and released private photos online.

2011-12-08 09:37:16