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HACKING

BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2014
Automakers unveil plan to guard car computers against hacking
U.S. trade groups representing the largest automakers have agreed for the first time to privacy protections that may prevent hackers from gaining access to increasingly computerized cars.
WORLD
Oct 15, 2014
Suspected Russian hackers exploit Windows vulnerability to attack targets such as NATO, Ukraine
Hackers, probably Russian, have exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber-intelligence firm iSight Partners.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2014
Russian hacking attack takes aim at leadership in Moscow
A hacker targeted a Russian regional parliament's website on Tuesday with a statement berating authorities in Moscow and declaring the southern Volga region's Astrakhan province was leaving the Russian Federation.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2014
Medical records are worth more to hackers than credit cards
A person's medical information can be worth 10 times more than a credit card number on the black market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 13, 2014
Canada ratifies China deal that may help smooth relations
Canada has finally ratified a foreign investment protection agreement with China after a two-year delay, a step that may help ease tensions between the two countries and smooth the way for a possible visit to China by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2014
Leak clouds Apple's shiny image
Apple Inc. has often displayed uncanny timing with its well-orchestrated end-of-year iPhone releases. But the leak of racy celebrity photos in the past few days put the company in the unusual position of having to mend its image just days before a highly anticipated product launch next Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 2, 2014
Nude celebrity hack may be iCloud breach in run-up to new iPhone
Apple Inc.'s iCloud service may have been used to illegally access nude photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities, raising security concerns as the company prepares to unveil its newest iPhone.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 23, 2014
U.S. undercover investigators are among 25,000 exposed in data breach
A cyberattack on a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees has compromised data on at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, officials said on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2014
Spy agencies hit in new cyber-espionage campaign: Kaspersky Lab
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab said they have uncovered a cyber-espionage operation that successfully penetrated two spy agencies and hundreds of government and military targets in Europe and the Middle East since the beginning of this year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 8, 2014
Chinese hackers turned focus to U.S. experts on Iraq: security firm
A sophisticated group of hackers believed to be associated with the Chinese government, who for years targeted U.S experts on Asian geopolitical matters, suddenly began breaching computers of experts on Iraq as the rebellion there escalated, a security firm said Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 1, 2014
Microsoft targets cybercrime rings with roots in Kuwait, Algeria
Microsoft Corp. launched what it hopes will be the most successful private effort to date to crack down on cybercrime by moving to disrupt communications channels between hackers and infected PCs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2014
Murdoch protegee Brooks cleared of cellphone hacking
Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm, was acquitted Tuesday of orchestrating a campaign to hack into phones and bribe officials in a case that has shaken the British political establishment.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 10, 2014
Private U.S. report accuses another Chinese military unit of hacking
A private U.S. cybersecurity company on Monday accused a unit of China's military of conducting far-reaching hacking operations to advance the country's satellite and aerospace programs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 3, 2014
Russian charged after U.S. disrupts major hacking, extortion ring
A U.S.-led international operation disrupted a crime ring that infected hundreds of thousands of PCs around the globe with malicious software used for stealing banking credentials and extorting computer owners, the Justice Department said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 2, 2014
China case suggests hackers punch the clock at routine day jobs
Five Chinese men indicted for stealing thousands of emails and documents from U.S. companies had classic hacker nicknames. Yet one thing made them different: their clock-punching day jobs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 23, 2014
eBay criticized for weak response to huge data loss
EBay Inc. came under pressure Thursday over a massive hacking of customer names, addresses and passwords as three U.S. states began investigating the e-commerce company's security practices.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2014
Suspect flip-flops on email threats
A computer expert on trial for sending violent threats from other people's hacked computers has admitted he's guilty, calling himself “a psychopath” in a surprise confession, his lawyer says, potentially ending a case that had earlier seen police arrest the wrong suspects.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 20, 2014
China slams U.S. charges over hacking, data theft
The United States on Monday charged five Chinese military officers and accused them of hacking into American nuclear, metal and solar companies to steal trade secrets, ratcheting up tensions between the two world powers over cyberespionage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 29, 2014
U.S., U.K. advise against use of Internet Explorer until bug is fixed
The U.S. and U.K. governments on Monday advised computer users to consider using alternatives to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes a security flaw that hackers used to launch attacks.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2014
Interconnectivity exposes global shipping fleet to hacking threat
The next hacker playground: the open seas — and the oil tankers and container vessels that ship 90 percent of the goods moved around the planet.

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