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Britain, Australia accuse Russian spies of global cyber attack

Article Agency - 4 Oct 2018

Operatives from Russia's GRU arm carried out various 'reckless and indiscriminate' high-profile online attacks, says the UK's foreign secretary

Another day, another data breach

Article Lynley Donnelly - 22 Jun 2018

Liberty is just the latest in a growing list of targets, heightening the urgency to protect information

Hackers steal $30m from top Seoul bitcoin exchange

Article Agency - 20 Jun 2018

This is the second major attack on South Korean virtual currency exchanges in just 10 days

Liberty refuses to pay hackers

Article Kiri Rupiah - 18 Jun 2018

Liberty Holdings says it refused a ransom demand after hackers breached its IT infrastructure and accessed some emails.

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Thousands of websites infected by ‘crypto mining’ malware

Article Agency - 12 Feb 2018

Researchers have been warning in recent weeks about this kind of malware, which can deliver profits without being obvious to users.

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Putin’s cyber play: What are all these Russian hackers up to?

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Oct 2016

The FBI is warning of Russian cyberattackers probing American election systems.

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Gupta’s Oakbay responds to website attacks by Anonymous group hackers

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Jun 2016

On Wednesday Anonymous Africa claimed to take down Gupta-linked websites for Oakbay Investments, Sahara, and media outlets The New Age and ANN7.

Hacker collects 272m email addresses and passwords, some from Gmail

Article Danny Yadron - 5 May 2016

Security firm announces it has persuaded fraudster to give up database of email addresses along with passwords users use to log in to websites.

Psychologist RATs on hackers

Analysis Stuart Dredge - 7 Nov 2015

“We know a lot about real-world criminology. We don’t know anything about cyber juvenile delinquency.”

Data kidnapping erupts

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Aug 2015

A recent report has revealed that hackers are obtaining compromising material and then holding it hostage until their demands are met.

Lenovo to hackers: Come on in!

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Feb 2015

Lenovo did not set out to compromise its customers security. But its behaviour makes it a greedy accomplice, writes Alistair Fairweather.

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Software piracy opens doors for hackers

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Mar 2014

A study has shown that cybercriminals are employing malware embedded in PCs running pirated software and sold to unsuspecting consumers or companies.

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Syrian group linked to hacking NY Times, Twitter, Huff Post

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Aug 2013

Hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army has claimed credit for the Twitter and Huffington Post hacks in a series of Twitter messages.

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US defence chief accuses China of cyber spying

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Jun 2013

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has accused China of waging cyber espionage against the United States.

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Bogus ‘Obama injured’ tweet upsets US markets

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2013

Hackers took over news agency Associated Press's Twitter account and sent a false tweet about the US president that briefly sent US markets reeling.

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