Security News

Defense Department hacker gets 21-month sentence
2005-05-13 11:08

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,101670,00.html By Scarlet Pruitt MAY 12, 2005 IDG NEWS SERVICE A 21-year old Indiana resident was slapped with a 21-month jail...

Hacker jailed for three years
2005-04-05 05:04

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/Hacker-jailed-for-three-years/2005/04/05/1112489456181.html Stockholm April 5, 2005 A Hungarian who cracked the computer system of Swedish mobile...

Hacker arrested for manipulating 100,000 computers
2005-03-29 12:54

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/25/content_2743999.htm [Seems a little high... - WK] GUILIN, March 25 (Xinhuanet) -- A man who hacked into 100,000 computers to launch group attacks has...

Chico State computer system attacked by hackers
2005-03-16 08:30

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.chicoer.com/Stories/0,1413,135~25088~2765075,00.html By MELISSA DAUGHERTY Staff Writer March 16, 2005 More than 59,000 people connected to Chico State...

Windows NT4 servers open to hackers
2005-03-11 10:10

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/Windows-NT4-servers-open-to-hackers/2005/03/11/1110417668599.html By Sam Varghese March 11, 2005 Hundreds of thousands of websites which run on Windows NT4...

Hackers Target U.S. Power Grid
2005-03-11 10:05

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25738-2005Mar10.html By Justin Blum Washington Post Staff Writer March 11, 2005 Hundreds of times a day, hackers try...

Hackers breach LexisNexis, grab info on 32,000 people
2005-03-10 09:07

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/hacking/story/0,10801,100287,00.html By Paul Roberts MARCH 09, 2005 IDG NEWS SERVICE Hackers have compromised databases belonging to LexisNexis...

Largest hacker group in China dissolves
2005-02-24 17:35

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/22/content_2603191.htm www.chinaview.cn 2005-02-22 BEIJING, Feb. 22 -- Honkers Union of China (HUC), the earliest and largest hacker group in China and...

Hackers post Paris Hilton's address book online
2005-02-22 14:13

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,99934,00.html [My understanding of the Danger Hiptop/T-Mobile Sidekick is that unlike Blackberry's or Palm PDA's, the Sidekick...

Manhunt for Filipino hacker ensues
2005-02-02 11:09

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=26163 By Erwin Lemuel Oliva Feb 02, 2005 INQ7.net A MANHUNT for the alleged Filipino hacker of the...