The United States government has filed charges against thirteen members of the hacking collective Anonymous, according to Reuters. The alleged members of the group were hit with a grand jury indictment today on charges of various hackery said to have taken place as part of Operation Payback. The indictment took place in a U.S. District […]
There’s been a bit of a security breach over at Adobe this week, with the company letting it be known that a cool 2.9 million Adobe IDs may have been involved in the incident. Adobe is taking action this afternoon with a series of precautions due to the serious nature of the incident, including resetting […]
Your computer can be hacked. Your phone can get hacked. Your e-mail account. Your Facebook account. And even… your brain. AsapSCIENCE explains how we’re coming up with ways to use technology—special lasers!—to hack our brains.
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Oh, how times have changed. Almost a year ago, Iranian officials claimed the country was suffering from constant internet-based attacks. Now, according to the WSJ, it’s Iran — or hackers working for the Iranian government — that’s allegedly behind a series of digital intrusions on the US Navy’s unclassified computers. The report, which cites unnamed US officials, says the attacks these past few weeks targeted computers that the Navy’s been using for email and intranet. Since no sensitive information was stolen, the US is reportedly more worried about the digital attacks’ implications: Iran is gaining hacking proficiency, and fast. Supposedly, it’s because Russian hackers have been extending their help — true or not, it’s clear that the US can no longer view Iran as a non-threat in the cyber arena. The Navy has already patched up its security system, but the US government is reportedly still waiting for what comes out of the US-Iran talks before deciding whether to take action.
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
US officials have revealed that Iran has hacked US Navy computers. According to the WSJ, The Iranian hackers were able to tap into a "network that is used for e-mail and the service’s internal intranet."
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Some unnamed United States government officials have revealed Iranian hackers infiltrated an unclassified Navy computer system over recent weeks, gaining access to the system used for email and an internal intranet. While the Pentagon has not commented on the information, the officials state that it isn’t believed the hackers managed to acquire any information “of […]
If you’d planned on downgrading from iOS 7 to iOS 6 on your iPhone or iPad this week using the official restore method from Apple, you’ll be out of luck starting this week. This is because as of the start of this week, Apple has stopped “signing” old versions of restore points for the operating […]
Today the folks at OPPO have revealed their next-generation smartphone “N1″ with a unique take on Android called “Color” and a set of new enhancements straight from the crew at CyanogenMod. This device was also introduced with a rather unique camera setup – it rotates! – and a backside touchpad so you can enjoy the […]
There’s a big possibility we’ll be seeing the smartphone brand known as Oppo take center stage in the smartphone universe soon – at least in the developer an hacker circuit for Android. What we’ve seen today is an announcement by CyanogenMod’s own Steve Kondik saying that he’ll be excited to attend the Oppo N1 launch […]
The iPhone 5s handset’s Touch ID feature has drawn quite a bit of attention on both sides of the positive and negative spectrum, as well as speculation about how long it would take for someone to hack it. Such a mission has been given a new large incentive, with a crowdfunding campaign kicking off on […]
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