Entries in 'hack' (14)
Steam hacked: personal and financial info may be at risk
NEWSHackers have compromised the Steam network and potentially gained access to millions of user account details.
ONS: No evidence of Census data leak
NEWSThe Office of National Statistics has issued a statement saying that there is no evidence to support claims that the UK census data has been compromised.
Anonymous trio captured
NEWSPolice investigating April's PSN security breach have made three arrests in Spain.
Spong reports that Spanish officers "have identified the three detainees as leaders of the Spanish section of ...
Citibank hacked
NEWSCitibank has admitted to suffering a data breach that allowed hackers to view the names, account numbers and contact details of around 200,000 of its customers.
Sony says sorry for PSN outage
NEWSSCEA boss Jack Tretton opened Sony's E3 conference last night with what appeared to be a very sincere apology for the PlayStation network outage that has dominated the headlines over ...
Microsoft network hijacked
NEWSMicrosoft has confirmed that its own corporate network has been hijacked and used to launch distributed denial of service attacks.
Half of home wi-fi networks can be hacked 'in seconds'
NEWSAlmost half of home wi-fi networks can be hacked in less than five seconds, a study has found.
BT admits sending unsecured customer data to ACS:Law
NEWSThe details of 500 PlusNet users which were leaked online were sent to anti-piracy solicitors ACS:Law in an unsecured document, BT has admitted.
Personal data of 8,000 more Sky subscribers leaked
NEWSThe private details of 8,000 more Sky broadband customers who have allegedly illegally shared files have appeared on the internet.
ACS:Law in hot water over leaked ?porn sharers? list
NEWSIntellectual property rights solicitors ACS:Law could be fined up to £500,000 for leaking the personal data of thousands of Sky broadband customers.
Anti-piracy law firm hacked
NEWSACS Law, the law firm that is best known for sending out hundreds of letters to internet users demanding recompense for alleged file sharing, has had its email servers hacked.
Hackers create PSOne emulator for Android
NEWSAs if the PSP didn’t have enough piracy problems of its own, news has broken of a new PSOne emulator that’s currently in development for Google’s Android handsets.
Windows 2000 PCs under attack
NEWSSymantec has observed a number of attacks on PCs using the Windows 2000 operating system that haven’t installed a recent Windows Media Service patch.
China hosts the most hacked PCs
NEWSMore Chinese computers were subverted and drawn in to botnets than in any other country, including the US, according to a recent study by security vendor McAfee.
