Tag: hacking
LulzSec affiliate Ryan Cleary bailed and banned from the net
Ryan Cleary, the British teenager arrested last week in connection to the LulzSec hacking collective who ran riot over the internet during the past few weeks before swiftly disbanding, has been granted bail provided he stays offline. the internet ban…
LulzSec hackers call it a day
LulzSec, the hacking collective that have courted media controversy for the last 50 days, have decided to call it a day. After popping a final, virus-filled release of data via a torrent, the group are now disbanding as the media…
LulzSec deny The Sun newspaper hack
News International publications including The Sun's online presence and The Times are reportedly the latest targets for hackers following the recent wave of attacks on major web destinations. Initially, the attacks were being attributed to LulzSec, the hacking collective whose…
LulzSec leader caught by FBI and Scotland Yard teams
A 19 year-old from Essex, England, believed to be the leader of the LulzSec hacking group, has been arrested today as part of a joint operation by the FBI and Scotland Yard. The arrest comes just hours after LulzSec used…
Hacker who stole Lady Gaga tracks, XXX Ke$ha pics, jailed
A hacker known by the alias "DJ Stolen" has been given an 18 month sentence in a juvenile detention centre after admitting to stealing songs from Lady Gaga, Leona Lewis and Justin Timberlake among others. The 18-year old German teenager…
Minecraft and EVE Online latest LulzSec hack targets
Hacking collective LulzSec have struck again, this time with what appears to be a focussed attempt to disrupt the online workings of some of the most popular PC games. Branding yesterday's hacking activities as "Titanic Takeover Tuesday", LulzSec launched DDoS…
Sony Picture hack compromises millions of users' passwords
Deary, deary me; Sony are having a mare of a time right now when it comes to security issues. No sooner do they get the PlayStation Network back to a fighting-fit state after last month's damaging hack attack than they…
PlayStation hack: users urged to change passwords and even cancel credit cards
The PlayStation Network (PSN) has been hacked, Sony has confirmed, exposing the personal details of potentially all its users to hackers. PSN was taken offline last week following an "intrusion", but now Sony has come out and admitted to…
WordPress hit by "root-level" hacking attack
Wordpress suffered a "root-level" security breach this week that left key elements of the blogging platform's source code exposed. Hosting over 19 thousand blogs worldwide, with over 300 posts made a minute, the attack has the potential to fuel malware…
Hackers! – The newspaper for mischevious tech-heads
Fancy yourself as a bit of a computer whizz? Is breaking into a restricted Area 51 server for you a piece of cake? Then you may soon find yourself fbeatured in Hackers!, a brand new newspaper "about doing things you're…