Security News

DAVE WILSON: 'Hacktivists,' caught in web of hate, deface Afghan sites
2001-10-03 07:17

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/118547p-1278272c.html [Again its amateur hour on the Internet, the attempts by hackers in trying to take out banks, electric power and communications...

Mass web banking hack probed
2001-07-09 08:23

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/222 By Kevin Poulsen July 6, 2001 12:00 AM PT The FBI is investigating a June computer intrusion into a web banking company that may have compromised customer...

Hackers penetrate America Online's ICQ Web servers
2001-06-27 06:56

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47-68-84-88_STO61694,00.html By JENNIFER DISABATINO June 26, 2001 Two servers for the instant messaging service ICQ were cracked yesterday, defacing...

[Satire] Survey: Majority of Web Users are FBI Agents Posing as Teenage Girls
2001-06-25 09:00

http://www.satirewire.com/news/0008/satire-fbiteens.shtml NEW YORK, N.Y. (SatireWire.com) The Internet reached a demographic milestone this week as a new study revealed that for the first time,...

Investigators seek clues to White House Web site attack
2001-05-08 02:58

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO60283,00.html By RICK PERERA IDG NEWS SERVICE May 07, 2001 White House officials are still unsure who is responsible for a denial-of-service...

Hackers Deface Web Sites; FBI Issues DDoS Warning
2001-05-08 02:15

http://www.internetnews.com/wd-news/article/0,,10_760451,00.html By Ryan Naraine and Michael Singer May 7, 2001 Web page defacement attacks by hackers have escalated dramatically in the last 24...

Teen charged for hacking into NASA Web site
2001-03-14 16:14

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0,1643,500463211-500706718-503874142-0,00.html By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (March 13, 2001 5:42 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - A...

Advance notice of Web site warning may have helped block              attacks
2001-03-12 06:33

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO58475,00.html By DAN VERTON March 09, 2001 Early warnings issued by the FBI to four vertical-industry groups about the continuing threat of...

FBI investigating widespread Web site break-ins by crime              groups
2001-03-09 04:25

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO58414,00.html By DAN VERTON March 08, 2001 The FBI today disclosed it has launched 40 separate investigations into alleged hacking incidents...

Small Start-Up Helps the CIA To Mask Its Moves on the Web
2001-02-13 07:23

http://cryptome.org/cia-safeboy.htm By NEIL KING JR. Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL February 12, 2001 How's this for a curious pairing? Stephen Hsu and his partners at SafeWeb Inc....