"In 2009 and 2010 two separate attacks hit widely-used online gambling payments processors Moneybookers and Neteller. Though they initially appeared innocuous, it now seems both attacks saw millions …
Teens Who Hacked CIA Chief’s AOL Email Now Allege Breaching FBI Systems
"Teenagers bent on embarrassing U.S. government officials claim to have broken into several federal systems, as well as obtained private contact details for thousands of law enforcement and military …
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Cyber attacks could warrant military reply, experts say
"Computer attacks like North Korea's breach of Sony Entertainment are not acts of war, but they could cause enough havoc and economic pain to trigger a military response, experts told the …
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U.S. Detects Flurry of Iranian Hacking
"Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard military force hacked email and social-media accounts of Obama administration officials in recent weeks in attacks believed to be tied to the arrest in Tehran of …
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Pentagon Farmed Out Its Coding to Russia
"The Pentagon was tipped off in 2011 by a longtime Army contractor that Russian computer programmers were helping to write computer software for sensitive U.S. military communications systems, setting …
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Pentagon Contractors Developing Lethal Cyber Weapons
"Under a forthcoming nearly half-billion-dollar military contract, computer code capable of killing adversaries is expected to be developed and deployed if necessary, according to contractors vying …
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Here’s the Government’s New Definition of a Major Cyberincident
"Following a spate of agency data breaches -- and a nudging from Congress -- the White House is updating annual cybersecurity guidelines that, for the first time, provide a definition for a ‘major’ …
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The U.S. Still Doesn’t Know Who’s In Charge if Massive Cyber Attack Strikes Nation
"The threat of a massive cyber attack on civilian infrastructure, leading to loss of life and perhaps billions in damages, has kept lawmakers on edge since before former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta …
Pentagon Creates Cybersecurity Exchange Program With Industry
"The U.S. Defense Department is sending career personnel on tours with private cybersecurity companies and bringing in specialists from those companies to gain the skills necessary to defend military …
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Hackers Claim Million-Dollar Bounty for iOS Zero Day Attack
"HACKING APPLE’S IOS isn’t easy. But in the world of cybersecurity, even the hardest target isn’t impossible—only expensive. And the price of a working attack that can compromise the latest iPhone is …
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