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Seventeen-year-old arrested over TeamPoison attacks

A teenager has been arrested in Newcastle over alleged cyberattacks by the TeamPoison hacking group against Tony Blair and international law enforcement agencies Read more

10 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Hackers hold bank to ransom over stolen data

In an unusual move, a group of hackers has attempted to blackmail a Belgian bank for €150,000 over client data lifted from a compromised server Read more

4 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

CloudFlare: How we got caught in LulzSec-CIA crossfire

...attacks, according to Prince. The group used the site to publicise its hacks against Sony, the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency and others, and... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Twitter probes suspected user data leak

Twitter probes suspected user data leak

Up to 55,000 alleged Twitter user account passwords and email addresses have been posted online, sparking an investigation by the micro-blogging site Read more

9 May, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Report: Scammers shift from spam to social media

Online scammers are switching from spam email to social-media attacks in the hunt for victims, according to security company Symantec's latest threat report Read more

1 May, 2012 by Michael Lee

Anonymous UK vows to target GCHQ again

A British branch of the hacktivist group will launch its next DDoS attacks against GCHQ and the Home Office this weekend as part of protests against the extradition treaty between the US and UK Read more

17 April, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Symantec pins source-code leak on 2006 hack

...ZDNet UK-selected story, see Symantec says source code stolen in 2006 hack on CNET News. Get the latest technology news and analysis, blogs and... Read more

18 January, 2012 by Steven Musil

Four arrested over terrorism-linked AT&T hack

...in the Philippines this week who were allegedly paid by terrorists to hack into AT&T's system, but the US telecoms company said its... Read more

28 November, 2011 by Steven Musil

EDF Greenpeace hack leads to £1.3m fine and jail

...EDF employees were given prison sentences on Thursday for hiring investigators to hack into Greenpeace systems in France, Greenpeace said in a blog post on... Read more

11 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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

Lush hack let slip 5,000 people's bank details

...A four-month hack on cosmetics retailer Lush exposed the payment details of around 5,000... Read more

10 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Researchers hack security system to unlock car

...cellular network. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Expert hacks car system, says problems reach to SCADA systems on CNET News. Get... Read more

27 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Sony warns of $3.2bn loss after earthquake and PSN hack

...Sony has forecast a loss of $3.2bn after being hit by hack on the PlayStation Network and the Japanese earthquake. Credit: Erica Ogg According... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Rachel King

Researchers call off Scada hack demonstration

...on Monday. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see SCADA hack talk canceled after U.S., Siemens request on CNET News. Get the... Read more

19 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Former Kinect developer takes credit for hack contest

...team said it was his idea to hold a bounty contest to hack the Kinect. Former Kinect developer has taken credit for the idea to... Read more

22 February, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

1 hour ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

1 hour ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

2 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

4 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

5 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

7 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

9 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

9 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

14 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

15 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report