Cyber Crime

Hackers break into Azerbaijan Eurovision websites

BAKU - A group of hackers calling themselves Cyberwarriors for Freedom attacked the official websites of the Eurovision song contest on Thursday, demanding that the host nation, Azerbaijan, cancel next week's competition.

Tech, 17 May 2012

Lockheed wins contract to run U.S. cyber crime lab

WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday said it had won a contract worth up to $454 million to support the Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center, a government facility that investigates the growing number of attacks on U.S. government networks.

Tech, 03 May 2012

Lockheed wins contract to run U.S. cyber crime lab

WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday said it had won a contract worth up to $454 million to support the Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center, a government facility that investigates the growing number of attacks on U.S. government networks.

Tech, 03 May 2012

Taliban website hacked as Afghan cyber war heats up

KABUL - Hackers have for the third time in less than a year crippled the main website of the Afghan Taliban, with a Taliban spokesman on Friday blaming Western intelligence agencies amid an intensifying cyber war with the insurgents.

World, Tech, Afghanistan, 27 Apr 2012

Investors check out on bland Check Point outlook

TEL AVIV - Internet and network security provider Check Point Software Technologies said it expected to meet second-quarter estimates, after reporting a rise in first-quarter net profit that beat forecasts on strong sales of its new products.

Tech, Media, 23 Apr 2012

Cyber crime official optimistic on new legislation

CHICAGO - The Obama administration's top cyber security official says companies would not be unduly burdened by a Senate bill that would phase in security standards for key parts of the country's privately held infrastructure.

Tech, 16 Apr 2012

European hackers suspected in Utah Medicaid files breach

SALT LAKE CITY - A data security breach at the Utah Health Department, believed to be the work of Eastern European hackers, has exposed 24,000 U.S. Medicaid files bearing names, Social Security numbers and other private information, state officials said on Wednesday.

Tech, U.S., 04 Apr 2012

Accused Irish LulzSec hacker worked in security

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - One of the people accused by authorities of being at the core of Lulz Security, perhaps the most feared hacking group on the planet, led a nonprofit group in Galway, Ireland, dedicated to making websites more secure.

Tech, Ireland, Media 09 Mar 2012

Accused Irish LulzSec hacker worked in security

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - One of the people accused by U.S. authorities of being at the core of Lulz Security, perhaps the most feared hacking group on the planet, led a nonprofit group in Galway, Ireland, dedicated to making websites more secure.

Tech, Ireland, Media 08 Mar 2012