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Hack attack forces DigiNotar bankruptcy

Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar has been forced into bankruptcy after a hack attack destroyed trust in its certificates. DigiNotar parent company Vasco announced that... Read more

20 September, 2011

Monsanto reveals Anonymous hack attack

The agricultural biotech firm Monsanto has confirmed that it was the victim of a hacking attack by the online collective Anonymous Read more

14 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Report: Sony may have averted third hack attack

A group of hackers that planned another attack on Sony's servers following the breach of the PlayStation Network was unable to carry out its plan, according to a report Read more

10 May, 2011 by Erica Ogg

Symantec pins source-code leak on 2006 hack

...source code for some of its flagship products was acquired in a hack attack in 2006 Read more

18 January, 2012 by Steven Musil

Report: 35 million South Koreans hit by data breach

A hack attack on popular Korean websites Cyworld and Nate has exposed the names... Read more

29 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Trustwave sold root certificate for surveillance

The certificate authority has admitted selling a subordinate root certificate to an organisation to allow it to eavesdrop on encrypted employee traffic, prompting Mozilla to consider revoking trust in Trustwave Read more

9 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

GlobalSign confirms external server hack

...has confirmed. GlobalSign has confirmed that a server was breached in a hack attack, and that its own SSL certificate may have been exposed. GlobalSign... Read more

15 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Bitcoin: Cheat Sheet

...Bitcoin Exchange - which trades in BTCs and US dollars - also suffered a hack attack this summer. A compromised account was used to sell off a... Read more

16 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Hong Kong stock exchange website hit by hack

...ZDNet UK-selected story, see Hong Kong stock exchange halts trading after hack attack on CNET News. Get the latest technology news and analysis, blogs... Read more

11 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Citigroup hacking totals $2.7m

...that the group incurred losses of $2.7m (£1.7m) in a hack attack on 10 May. Citigroup acknowledged earlier in June that the breach... Read more

27 June, 2011 by Steven Musil

Europe hobbled by lack of cyber-contact knowledge

...security incidents were simulated. "They [the member states] were notified about a hack attack that made networks unavailable. They couldn't use the regular internet... Read more

10 November, 2010 by Ben Woods and Tom Espiner

Hackers force Debian Linux sites offline

The Debian Linux group had to pull servers offline after a recent hack attack, it has admitted Read more

24 November, 2003 by Patrick Gray

Hack attacks: Develop your attack response strategy

Your response to a hack attack is vital - what you do in the minutes and hours afterwards... Read more

14 July, 2003 by Beth Blakely

Chat 'bots' may be hacker tool

...sharing racket and exploit code for IIS vulnerabilities means that a massive hack attack may be brewing Read more

10 May, 2002 by Rachel Lebihan

ISP hackers likely to evade justice

...the ISP was hit by a combined hacking and DDoS attack. "The hack attack targeted the most vulnerable point of our network -- the Web servers... Read more

14 February, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

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