Security News

Hacker exposes financial information at Georgia Tech
2002-03-19 07:36

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO69213,00.html By BRIAN SULLIVAN March 18, 2002 State and federal authorities are investigating a hack into a computer server at the...

The secret life of hackers
2002-03-18 08:17

http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2002/03/19/FFXL5GK5XYC.html Tuesday 19 March, 2002 By Suelette Dreyfus Were you to work in a certain Federal Government agency, every morning you walked through the...

Payback time! How to catch a hacker
2002-01-31 10:08

Forwarded from: security curmudgeon I'm sure everyone will remember hackerwatch.org from last year, when they were the victim of an embarassing defacement. Commentary:...

Accused Los Alamos hacker freed, barred from using computers
2002-01-30 09:42

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/232587p-2233872c.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (January 29, 2002 9:44 p.m. EST) - A former Los Alamos National Laboratory computer specialist accused of hacking...

Web hackers hit US via Taiwan
2002-01-11 18:41

http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/01/11/story/0000119478 Friday, January 11th, 2002 WORLDWIDE CRIME: A Pakistan-based group of hackers claims to have obtained top-secret data from Web sites in...

Instant Messenger flaw fixed; hackers criticized for little warning
2002-01-04 11:03

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/209997p-2027064c.html By D. IAN HOPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (January 3, 2002 1:07 p.m. EST) - As AOL Time Warner engineers opened their presents...

Hacker targets Globe website
2001-12-25 08:51

http://www.inq7.net/brk/2001/dec/24/brkinf_1-1.htm Posted: 7:20 PM (Manila Time) | December 24, 2001 By Joey G. Alarilla INQ7 ONE of the local hackers who claimed responsibility for defacing...

Re: Hackers face life imprisonment under 'Anti-Terrorism' Act
2001-09-28 12:24

Forwarded from: Vern Waltman I don't know about you all, but to me this statement has a very wide reaching effect on all who are in the computer security arena. All of the open source posts of...

FBI operation penetrates hacker underground
2001-09-17 09:03

Forwarded by: Jeff Moss http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO63711,00.html By DAN VERTON September 11, 2001 The FBI has gained a foothold in the hacker underground thanks to an...

Defense agency, Veridian to pinpoint foreign hackers
2001-08-30 05:40

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63380,00.html By DAN VERTON August 28, 2001 WASHINGTON -- The Defense Intelligence Agency said it plans to award a contract to security firm...