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Roland's 'Backstage' website hacked

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 25 February 2012 1:43 PM

Personal data of some subscribers exposed.

Nokia hacked

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 30 August 2011 1:53 PM

Web app hole caused breach.

Zuckerberg Facebook page hacked

In Messaging - By Tom Brewster, 27 January 2011 9:23 AM

But how?

Trapster.com hacked, leaving millions of smartphone users exposed

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 24 January 2011 1:45 PM

Password changes urged.

New Google service identifies hacked sites

In Web/client - 20 December 2010 1:53 PM

"More aggressive, public" warnings.

UK Royal Navy site hacked

In Web/client - By Tom Brewster, 9 November 2010 2:20 PM

Site compromised, but "no malicious damage".

CIO allegedly hacked former employer

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 14 September 2010 9:11 AM

Reboots CEO's desktop during meeting.

TechCrunch hacked to distribute Zeus Trojan via JavaScript file

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 8 September 2010 10:14 AM

Problem may have existed "for some time".

Hell Pizza customer database hacked

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 27 July 2010 12:01 PM

Personal details of 230,000 customers revealed.

Hackers forum gets hacked

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 21 May 2010 1:26 PM

Personal details revealed.

Servers hacked to launch more powerful DDoS attacks

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 13 May 2010 1:40 PM

Servers more potent than PCs.

WordPress users report hacked blogs

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 13 April 2010 11:42 AM

SQL injections may be responsible.

Yahoo accounts of journalists based in China and Taiwan hacked

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 1 April 2010 3:11 PM

Foreign journalists and academics targeted.

TechCrunch hacked for 2nd time in 24 hours

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 28 January 2010 12:32 PM

Attackers launch four-letter tirade against tech blog's founder.

Hackers take China's Baidu offline

In Web/client - By Rosalie Marshall, 13 January 2010 11:42 AM

Political motivations remain confusing.

Pakistani cyber crime website hit by hacker

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 12 January 2010 11:39 AM

Hacker managed to gain access to email database.

Facebook users hacked with direct messages

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 7 January 2010 10:28 AM

First Facebook security threat of 2010.

NASA sites hacked via SQL injection

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 9 December 2009 11:00 AM

25 administrator accounts compromised.

JB Hi-Fi, Overclockers websites compromised

In Web/client - By Ben Grubb, 30 November 2009 1:37 PM

Users document their infections.

Verified Britney Spears Twitter account hacked

In Messaging - 13 November 2009 10:55 AM

False tweets feature Satan-worshipping.

Mossad laptop hack behind nuclear strike, reports suggest

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 9 November 2009 11:56 AM

Expert cites hotel maid attack.

Underground hacker forum taken offline

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 22 September 2009 10:39 AM

Users' details posted.

Woman loses US$4,000 in Facebook scam

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 7 September 2009 10:23 AM

Hacked page leads to major loss.

More ATMs in Las Vegas hotels hit by hackers

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 5 August 2009 10:47 AM

Several ATMs in Las Vegas have been exploited by hackers as a delegate reveals the extent of the incidents.

Hacked Windows 7 appears on file-share sites

In Applications - By David Neal, 3 August 2009 10:34 AM

Lenovo source code key goes walkabout.

Hackers break into MI5 website

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 31 July 2009 10:12 AM

Visitors' personal information may be compromised, but no risk to UK security.

TechCrunch claims it contacted Twitter ahead of publication of hacked documents

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 20 July 2009 12:26 PM

Questions have been placed over whether TechCrunch could face a legal threat after it published hacked company documents belonging to micro-blogging site Twitter.

ImageShack hit by hacking group

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 14 July 2009 10:22 AM

The image-hosting site ImageShack was compromised over the weekend.

Hacking attacks work of individual group, not North Korea, says Finnish security expert

In Hackers - By Daniel Long, 10 July 2009 10:17 AM

A major DDoS attack against US and South Korean government websites is not thought to be the work of North Korean interests, says a security expert

Britney Spears Twitpic account hacked, fake death posted

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 30 June 2009 10:42 AM

Reports of the death of Britney Spears have been greatly exaggerated -- and caused by hackers.

URL shortening site hacked to redirect millions of links

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 17 June 2009 11:22 AM

The Cligs URL shortening site was hacked during the weekend to cause 2.2 million links to redirect to the same site.

Web Hosting Talk payment system hack revealed

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 13 April 2009 5:51 PM

A hacker has dumped active credit card numbers of users of the popular Web Hosting Talk forums online less than 24 hours after the site restored the lion’s share of data ...

Paul McCartney's website hacked to distribute malware

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 8 April 2009 10:19 AM

The website for former Beatle Paul McCartney is the latest legitimate website hacked to serve up malware.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's bank account hacked

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 October 2008 9:49 AM

Security professionals weigh in on what may have caused the most recent high-profile personal account breach -- this one involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Palin's personal email account hacked, contents leaked

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 18 September 2008 12:41 PM

A hacker group broke into the email account for GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

Red Hat admits to getting hacked

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 26 August 2008 11:37 AM

Linux distributor Red Hat has issued a critical security update after its servers were hacked last week..

Security site hacked and defaced

In Web/client - By Craig Carpenter, 20 August 2008 10:28 AM

A security firm in Johannesburg has been hit by a hacker from Turkey.

Google Trends hacked again

In Web/client - By Nick Farrell, 18 July 2008 10:34 AM

Google has had its Hot Trends system hacked for the second time.

Phoenix Mars Lander website hacked

In Web/client - By Negar Salek, 4 June 2008 11:04 AM

A hacker hacked the website of the highly publicised Phoenix Mars Lander Project over the weekend changing the lead story, media reports have claimed.

MacBook Air hacked in two minutes

In Networks - By Andrew Charlesworth, 31 March 2008 9:34 AM

A three-way hacking contest between Apple, Windows and Linux laptops has ended in the Mac caving in first - in just two minutes..

Boeing to ensure 787's flight control system can't be hacked by passengers

In Crypto - By Jack Rogers, 8 January 2008 4:05 PM

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring Boeing to make sure that computers governing flight control systems on the new 787 are not vulnerable to hacking from ...

Hacked Marin County website prompts shutdown of all California state sites

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 4 October 2007 10:16 AM

A hacked county website in California that redirected users to a pornographic site triggered the federal government late Tuesday to initiate a system-wide shutdown of all ...

TippingPoint: .gov.au sites frequently hacked

In Web/client - By Negar Salek, 25 May 2007 11:42 AM

Hacks on Queensland government sites increased by 104 percent in two years.

Hacked personal information used in fraudulent purchases

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 25 January 2007 5:19 PM

Personal information stolen from the databases of TJX Companies has been used in fraudulent credit card purchases in the United States and abroad, according to one banking ...

Major US clothing retailer hacked potentially affecting millions

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 18 January 2007 5:40 PM

A major clothing retailer announced Wednesday that hackers accessed its network and stole an unknown amount of credit card information.

NASA, military websites hacked in protest over Israeli bombings

By René Millman, 1 August 2006 1:08 PM

A number of U.S. government, military and university websites have been defaced in protest over the crisis in the Middle East.

D.C. lobbying firm claims IBM hacked its server

By Dan Kaplan, 14 July 2006 3:04 PM

A federal judge is weighing the merits of a lawsuit filed by a Washington D.C. law and lobbying firm that claims IBM and an unidentified employee tried to hack into its email ...

Sensitive FBI data hacked

By Frank Washkuch, 6 July 2006 6:38 PM

A former government consultant breached sensitive portions of the FBI's classified computer system to obtain the passwords of 38,000 employees – including that of FBI Director ...

Nebraska child support network hacked

By Dan Kaplan, 29 June 2006 9:56 PM

A hacker on Wednesday hijacked a server on the Nebraska’s child support payment computer system, gaining access to the personal information of more than 300,000 individuals and ...

Florida emergency site hacked during Alberto

By Dan Kaplan, 14 June 2006 9:45 PM

As Tropical Storm Alberto was crashing into Florida’s coast, a malicious attacker briefly hijacked the state’s Division of Emergency Management website Tuesday, replacing the ...

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