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Chinese Hackers Accessed Sensitive Information By Hacking Google: US Officials

Back in 2010, Google reported that Chinese hackers had been able to breach its systems. This triggered a very real concern from the U.S. government, leading to an investigation by FBI. Now, government officials have revealed that during the hack, Chinese hackers were able to access databases of highly sensitive information.

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Indicted With Hacking And Fraud Charges

The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid “anakata” Svartholm Warg, held in a Swedish prison for seven months, has been indicted today with serious fraud, attempted aggravated fraud, and aiding attempted aggravated fraud. The trial has been scheduled for late May in Stockholm.

Users Continue Reporting Hacking Of Yahoo Mail Accounts

In the recent past, security researchers have discovered a number of critical security vulnerabilities in Yahoo Mail. As a result, Yahoo has tried to patch these vulnerabilities by upping the ante on security. However, it seems that the measures taken are inadequate and users are still reporting frequent incidents of Yahoo Mail accounts being hacked.

White House Announces National Day Of Civic Hacking

The gift of coding is often not confined to those who have top grades or the ones coming out of Ivy League institutions. This has been manifest in the fact that we have often seen excellent software solutions from people belonging to humble origins. Evidently, to tap into this potential, White House has now announced the National Day of Civic Hacking.

Anonymous Protests Aaron Swartz’s Suicide By Hacking MIT Website

Aaron Swartz, the gifted Internet prodigy who was a co-founder of Reddit and a very active part of the Creative Commons team committed suicide on Saturday. The federal prosecutors and MIT had collaborated to try and put him behind bars. Anonymous has defaced MIT’s website as a display of its retaliation against MIT’s involvement in the entire saga.

Court Sentences Hacker To 10 Years In Prison For Hacking Email Accounts Of Celebrities

Email accounts get hacked every day and nothing is the big deal about them. However, when a person hacks the account of a celebrity and posts his or her private info online, now that’s a scandal. A hacker who’d been the cause of such a scandal has now been awarded 10 years in prison by a U.S. District Judge.

Millions Of Hacking Attacks Launched Against Israeli Government Websites

Ever since the current conflict in Gaza started, Isreali Defence Forces have been fairly active on the social media. However, they irked an unexpected enemy when it planned to block internet access in Gaza – that’s Anonymous.