Blasts in White house, Barack Obama injured: Hacked AP twitter a/c

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 23:42

US President Barack Obama is fine, a presidential spokesman said today after a hacked AP Twitter account sent out fake news about two bomb blasts at the White House and that the President was injured.

‘Anonymous’ hackers take over US sentencing commission website

Last Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013, 19:26

The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the US Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide.

Facebook's annual hacker competition opens for registration

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 22:08

The top prize will be USD 10,000 (approx. Rs 5.5 lakh) as against USD 5,000 (Rs 2.75 lakh) last year and as many 25 of the best hackers will be taken to Facebook's headquarter in USA, a statement said.

Scarlett Johansson`s hacker jailed for 10 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 14:54

Christopher Chaney, who hacked into actress Scarlett Johansson`s private computer files and leaked nude photos of the actress online, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.

Scarlett Johansson`s hacker jailed for 10 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 13:34

Christopher Chaney, who hacked into actress Scarlett Johansson`s private computer files and leaked nude photos of the actress online, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.

UK police say they won`t charge hacker

Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 22:43

British authorities say they`ve opted not to charge a computer hacker who waged a decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the US for breaking into military computers.

Mark Wahlberg plans story on hacker

Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 09:17

American actor and producer Mark Wahlberg is set to produce a film based on the life of a hacker.

UK blocks extradition of alleged hacker to US

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 00:29

A British computer hacker`s decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the US over alleged breaches of military and NASA networks ended in success Tuesday, as the UK government ruled he was unfit to face charges there.

Hacker wins $60,000 from Google after finding major security flaw in Chrome browser

Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 11:19

A hacker has won a 60,000 dollar prize from Google for finding a major security flaw in the Internet search giant’s Chrome browser.

Cyber crime targets 5.4 mn Australians

Last Updated: Friday, September 7, 2012, 00:00

About 5.4 million Australians were targeted by cyber crimes, which cost the country 1.65 billion Australian dollars ($1.68 billion) in the past 12 months, according to Norton`s Cybercrime report 2012 released Thursday.

Hackers post Apple data online after hacking FBI laptop

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 22:04

Anonymous affiliate - AntiSec - released a file on the internet which allegedly contained a million identification numbers for the Apple devices.

Another LulzSec ‘hacker’ arrested over Sony Pictures breach

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 13:14

US authorities have reportedly arrested a second suspected member of hacking group LulzSec on charges of taking part in an extensive computer breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment.