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Festival Gives Fans Taste of Modern German History
Nov 26, 2015The movie We Are Young, We Are Strong is among the 14 titles screened at the Festival of German Cinema in China. [Photo provided to China Daily] When you speak of Germany, most Chinese probably think of beer and soccer, but an ongoing ...
Tags: movie, German Cinema, German History
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Sony Takes Dramatic Measures in Response to a Devastating Hacker Attack on Movie Studio
Dec 11, 2014Sony is taking dramatic measures in its response to a devastating hacker attack on its movie studio. Sony Pictures Entertainment has had a large proportion of its dirty laundry aired on the internet, with thousands of private emails ...
Tags: Sony, Consumer Electronics
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Yahoo's Service Sites Were Used by Hackers to Enslave Massive Numbers of Ordinary PCs
Jan 13, 2014Yahoo, has acknowledged that its service sites were used by hackers to enslave massive numbers of ordinary PCs who did so to generate bitcoins, and by extension, real earnings. Ads were placed on Yahoo web sites that when clicked by users, ...
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A Man Was Sentenced for Participating in a DDoS Attack by Hacker Group Anonymous
Dec 4, 2013A man from Wisconsin was sentenced for participating in a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack by hacker group Anonymous on a Kansas company. Eric J. Rosol, 38, is admitted that on Feb. 28, 2011, he took part in a denial of service ...
Tags: Ddos Attack, Fined
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Twitter's SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication Feature Could Be Abused to Lock Users
May 29, 2013Twitter's SMS-based, two-factor authentication feature could be abused to lock users who don't have it enabled out of their accounts if attackers gain access to their log-in credentials, according to researchers from Finnish anti-virus ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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4 British Men Associated with The LulzSec Hacker Collective Received Prison Sentences Thur
May 20, 2013Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the group against corporate and government websites in 2011. Ryan Cleary , 21, Jake Davis, 20, ...
Tags: Computer Products, LulzSec hacker
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The Customers of Name. Com Should Reset Passwords for The Security
May 13, 2013Domain registrar Name.com forced its customers to reset their account passwords on Wednesday following a security breach on the company's servers that might have resulted in customer information being compromised. Hackers might have ...
Tags: Computer Products, Passwords
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Researchers Found Additional Malware Related to The Targeted Attacks
Apr 26, 2013Researchers following a cyber espionage campaign apparently bent on stealing drone-related technology secrets have found additional malware related to the targeted attacks. FireEye researchers have been tracking so-called "Operation ...
Tags: Malware, Cyber Attacks, Computer Products
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Cody Andrew Kretsinger Was Sentenced Thursday to One Year in Federal Prison for His Role
Apr 23, 2013Cody Andrew Kretsinger, a 25-year-old man from Decatur, Ill., was sentenced Thursday to one year in federal prison for his role in a May 2011 breach of a Sony Pictures website and database. At the time of the intrusion Kretsinger, who ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Hacker Group Anonymous on Saturday Made The Formula One Its Latest Victim
Apr 23, 2013Hacker group Anonymous on Saturday made the Formula One its latest victim when it performed a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on its official website (formula1.com), as well as defacing its fan site f1-racers.net and several ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Andrew Auernheimer Is Seeking Leniency in His Sentencing From The Court
Mar 20, 2013Andrew Auernheimer, a hacker who was convicted last November of illegally accessing emails and other data belonging to 120,000 iPad 3G owners from AT&T's networks is seeking leniency in his sentencing from the court. In a memo filed ...
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A Former Tribune Company Employee Could Face as Much as 25 Years of Jail Time
Mar 14, 2013A former Tribune Company employee could face as much as 25 years of jail time over federal charges accusing him of conspiring with members of the hacker group Anonymous to hack into a Tribune website. Matthew Keys, who according to his ...
Tags: Tribune, Anonymous Hack, company news
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A Special Unit in The Chinese Army Is Behind Repeated Cyber Attacks on U.S. Institutions
Mar 4, 2013In a move to counter recent reports claiming that a special unit in the Chinese Army is behind repeated cyber attacks on U.S. institutions, the nation Thursday claimed its military and defence ministries websites are routinely hacked from ...
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Attackers Uses Fake Versions of a Released Report About a Chinese Cyberespionage Group
Feb 25, 2013Attackers are using fake versions of a recently released report about a Chinese cyberespionage group as bait in new spear-phishing attacks that target Japanese and Chinese users. The report was released Tuesday by security firm Mandiant ...
Tags: cyberespionage, China, cyber security
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US Federal Reserve Has Confirmed Its Computer Systems Were Accessed by Hackers
Feb 18, 2013The US Federal Reserve has confirmed its computer systems were accessed by hackers but said the incident did not affect the central bank's "critical operations". The acknowledgement came days after the hacker group known as Anonymous ...
Tags: computer systems, Internet, computer