US Federal Reserve investigates extent of hacker breach
The Federal Reserve says it is still working to determine the extent its computer systems had been breached by hackers
Hackers turn Burger King Twitter account into McDonald's
Hackers breached the Twitter account of fast-food chain Burger King, posting the online equivalent of graffiti and sometimes making little sense.
Cyber attacks against the media are on the rise: rights group
Cyber attacks against journalists and media organizations around the world have increased over the past few years
Cyber-security battle on the cards
President Obama’s order aimed at ramping up protection from cyberattacks will address only a small portion of threats
Obama to issue executive order against cyber-attacks
US President Barack Obama plans to release a long-awaited executive order aimed at improving the nation’s defenses against cyberattacks as early as Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Assange urges leak of secret US drone strike documents
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged US officials Friday to leak secret documents on drone strikes, saying that the broad discretion to kill citizens showed a “collapse” in the American system.
Hackers breach security firm Bit9, attack its customers
Security software maker Bit9 said that computer hackers have breached its network, then launched a second round of attacks against some of its customers.
Hackers breach US Federal Reserve Bank internal website
The Federal Reserve said that one of its internal websites had been briefly breached by hackers, though no critical functions of the U.S. central bank were affected by the intrusion.
Anonymous hacks US govt. website
Hacker group Anonymous said it disabled the US Sentencing Commission’s website Saturday in revenge for the death of Internet freedom advocate Aaron Swartz
Iran accused of cyber-attacks on US banks
US financial institutions are being pounded with high-powered cyber attacks that some suspect are being orchestrated by Iran
Top-10 list most-wanted hacker nabbed in Thailand
Thai police arrested an Algerian national on the US FBI top-10 wanted list for allegedly making millions from cybercrime