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| Feb.16 |
 Paris |
Landis accused of hacking in warrant| A judge has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis for allegedly hacking into the computer system of the French anti-doping agency's lab | |
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| Jan.21 |
 Washington |
 Clinton calls on China to Google probe| The US has called on Beijing to investigate the recent cyber attacks, which have prompted the search giant to threaten to leave China | |
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| Jan.13 |
Washington |
US 'troubled' by China cyberattacks Commerce Secretary Gary Lock has said the country is troubled by recent cyberattacks originating from China targeted human rights activists
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| Jan.12 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google reports China-based attack Google says pullout possible. The company and at least 20 others were victims of a highly sophisticated and targeted attack in mid-December
| Google has decided it is no longer willing to consider censorship of its site in China and may have to shut down its site and its offices in that nation
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| Nov.26 |
 London |
Computer hacker 'is facing a US trial' Gary McKinnon, 43, who has Asperger's syndrome, faces being tried in the US after requests to block his extradition were refused
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| Nov.14 |
 Iran |
 Iran forms political web monitor Iranian police have set up a special unit to monitor political websites and fight internet crime
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| Oct.5 |
Microsoft |
Hotmail accounts 'posted online' Thousands of passwords have been hacked. Microsoft said that it was aware of the claims and that it was 'investigating the situation'
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| Aug.17 |
USA |
Man 'stole 130m card numbers' US prosecutors have charged Albert Gonzales, 28, with stealing data relating to 130 million credit and debit card numbers
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| Aug.7 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
  Web attack 'aimed at one blogger' A 'massively co-ordinated' attack on Google, Facebook and Twitter was directed at pro-Georgian blogger known as Cyxymu
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| Aug.6 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Twitter site reopens after attack Micro-blogging service was taken offline for more than two hours in what the company believes was a co-ordinated attack
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| Jul.31 |
London |
UK Pentagon hacker to face U.S. trial Gary McKinnon accused of hacking into U.S. government computers on Friday lost his court appeal to have his case heard in Britain
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| Jul.25 |
 Melbourne |
Chinese hack film festival site Chinese hackers have attacked the website of Melbourne International Film Festival over a documentary about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer
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| Jun.10 |
 China |
China's computers at hacking risk Every PC in China could be at risk of being taken over by hackers because of flaws in compulsory government software
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| May.29 |
Washington |
US launches cyber security plan President Obama has announced plans for securing American computer networks against cyber attacks and the creation of a cyber security offic...
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| Apr.21 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Call to rally against cyber crime Security professionals at a conference organised by RSA are being called on to band together to fight the highly organised cyber criminals
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| Mar.29 |
 Canada |
Major cyber spy network uncovered| Canadian researchers: An electronic spy network, based in China, has infiltrated computers from government offices around the world | |
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| Mar.2 |
Global |
Facebook users suffer viral surge
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| Feb.17 |
Sweden |
Pirate Bay joy at charge change
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| Feb.13 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft bounty for worm creator A reward of $250,000 has been offered by Microsoft to find who is behind the Downadup/Conficker virus
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| Nov.6 |
USA |
Campaigns' computers hacked
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| Sep.19 |
 Iraq |
Web site of influential Shiite cleric hacked The Web site of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was hacked; the attackers' messages saying they are Sunnis upset over fatwas, or edicts
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| Jul.23 |
London |
UK move to fight online music piracy 6 of the UK's biggest net providers have agreed a plan, negotiated by the government, with the music industry to tackle piracy online
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| Jun.10 |
New York |
US net firms to block child porn
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| Mar.3 |
Washington |
China trying to crack U.S. computers The Chinese military continues to increase spending on efforts to break into U.S. military computer systems, expand its Navy
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| Feb.6 |
 Morocco |
Facebook fraudster 'stole prince's ID' Authorities arrested a state-employed engineer for stealing the identity of King Mohammed VI's younger brother on the Internet site
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| Dec.24 |
Germany |
Thousands sought over child porn
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| Jul.26 |
China |
Huge Chinese piracy ring tackled
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| Jun.14 |
FBI |
FBI tries to fight zombie hordes
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| May.17 |
Estonia |
Estonia hit by 'Moscow cyber war'
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| May.11 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google searches web's dark side
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| Aug.12 |
England |
Terror plot: Internet cafes raided
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| Aug.26 |
Morocco |
Two detained for US computer worm
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| Jul.8 |
Germany |
Sasser creator avoids jail term
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| Mar.16 |
London |
Police foil huge bank raid
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| May.4 |
European Union |
Sasser worm 'hits 1m PCs,'
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| Jan.25 |
South Korea |
Virus-like attack hits web traffic
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| Aug.9 |
USA |
Web child porn ring broken A joint European-U.S. investigation has broken an ring that included parents who sexually abused their own children
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| Feb.14 |
Netherlands |
Charged over Kournikova virus
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| May.4 |
USA |
'I love you' virus disrupts computers| Virus contained in e-mail messages is thought to be the fastest-moving and most widespread virus ever seen | |
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