Hidden microphone found in Ecuador's embassy in UK

A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is sheltering from extradition to Sweden, The Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino claimed. The microphone was found in the office of the ambassador Ana Alban and was discovered last month...

Hidden microphone found in Ecuador's embassy in UK

A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is sheltering from extradition to Sweden, The Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino claimed. The microphone was found in the office of the ambassador Ana Alban and was discovered last month...

Secret warrant forced Google to hand over WikiLeaks Volunteer's Data to Feds

According to the court records released this week on web, The Justice Department used a secret search warrant to obtain the entire contents of a Gmail account used by a former WikiLeaks volunteers in Iceland. Smari McCarthy and Herbert Snorrason, are the two Icelandic freedom of information...

Secret warrant forced Google to hand over WikiLeaks Volunteer’s Data to Feds

According to the court records released this week on web, The Justice Department used a secret search warrant to obtain the entire contents of a Gmail account used by a former WikiLeaks volunteers in Iceland. Smari McCarthy and Herbert Snorrason, are the two Icelandic freedom of information...

Edward Snowden asylum : Hong Kong, Ecuador and Iceland

Edward Snowden, an American former contractor for the National Security Agency NSA, came forward as the whistle-blower in one of the biggest internal leaks in U.S. intelligence history now seeking asylum According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Snowden would not be given...

Edward Snowden asylum : Hong Kong, Ecuador and Iceland

Edward Snowden, an American former contractor for the National Security Agency NSA, came forward as the whistle-blower in one of the biggest internal leaks in U.S. intelligence history now seeking asylum According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Snowden would not be given...

Anonymous Hacker outs wanted Edmonton men for child exploitation

A YouTube video posted by a group calling themselves Anonymous is getting a lot of attention online, claims to have outed two men who allegedly tried to lure underaged girls over the internet. In a video posted on Friday, a member of Anonymous describes a sting operation in which two Edmonton-are...

Thousands of DHS Personnel Notified of Data Breach

The Department of Homeland Security this week began notifying up to tens of thousands of employees, contractors and others with a DHS security clearance that their personal data may be at risk. The notifications began on Monday, according to an online statement, after officials learned of a...

FBI sponsored Ragebooter DDoS attack service

A website that can be described as "DDoS for hire" is perfectly legitimate, according to the owner. Malicious sites that offer attack services are not strangers on the Internet, but web sites sponsored by law enforcement is another story altogether. Ragebooter, is one of many sites that accepts...

Chinese hackers who breached Google in 2010 gained access to thousands of surveillance orders

In 2010, as part of what has been dubbed as Operation Aurora, Chinese hackers infiltrated a special database within Google’s systems and gained access to a sensitive database worth of information about American surveillance targets. Google reported the hack publicly years ago, saying that the...

PlayStation hacker gets year of House Arrest for destroying evidence of Hack

23-year-old Todd Miller, suspected of hacking into Sony's PlayStation Network, was due to be arrested, will spend a year on house arrest, but not for the hacking. Instead, he was sentenced yesterday in federal court for obstructing a federal investigation because he smashed his computers, halting...

Bloomberg Leaks Private Messages from Data-Mining Project

A news report says the beleaguered Bloomberg financial data and news service accidentally posted online more than 10,000 private messages between traders and clients at some of the world’s largest banks. The breaches, said to be part of a former employee’s data mining project, took place in 2009...

PlayStation hacker gets year of House Arrest for destroying evidence of Hack

23-year-old Todd Miller, suspected of hacking into Sony’s PlayStation Network, was due to be arrested, will spend a year on house arrest, but not for the hacking. Instead, he was sentenced yesterday in federal court for obstructing a federal investigation because he smashed his computers, halting...

The biggest bank robbery in history, Hackers stole $45 million

They didn't use guns, masks or even threatening notes passed to bank tellers. It may be the largest bank robbery in history. A gang of cyber-criminals operating in 26 countries stole $45 million by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards. Reportedly, the group of hackers targeted...

Hacker arrested by Taiwan Investigation Bureau

A suspect hacker 'Shih' was arrested by Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau CIB last week for hacking into a popular local classic music website. The police raided the apartment of the suspect and seized his computer. The investigation was launched by the bureau after it received a report from t...

Hacker insulted Thai Prime Minister, official website defaced with abusive comments

The official website of the Office of the Thai Prime Minister was quickly taken down after a hacker defaced the website with abusive message pasted next to an altered photograph of a laughing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The words "I'm a slutty moron" appeared briefly alongside a picture o...

Hacker arrested by Taiwan Investigation Bureau

A suspect hacker 'Shih' was arrested by Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau CIB last week for hacking into a popular local classic music website. The police raided the apartment of the suspect and seized his computer. The investigation was launched by the bureau after it received a report from t...

Hacker insulted Thai Prime Minister, official website defaced with abusive comments

The official website of the Office of the Thai Prime Minister was quickly taken down after a hacker defaced the website with abusive message pasted next to an altered photograph of a laughing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The words "I'm a slutty moron" appeared briefly alongside a picture o...

Self-proclaimed Alleged LulzSec leader arrested by Australian Federal Police

A self-proclaimed leader of hacking group Lulzsec has been arrested in Sydney, know by online name "Aush0k". Australian Federal Police confirmed they arrested the unnamed 24-year-old man from Point Clare yesterday. The police allege that the man compromised and defaced a government website,...

ACLU Asks FTC to Investigate Carriers on Android Security

The next shoe has fallen in an effort to force wireless carriers and handset makers to provide regular security updates to Android mobile devices. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint this week with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission accusing four leading carriers of deceptive...