White House officials confirm breach on unclassified network

Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

A White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that suspicious activity has been identified on the Executive Office of the President (EOP) network. The official, speaking to Reuters, said that mitigation efforts were ongoing, but declined to identify the exact nature of the problem. "In the course of assessing ...

Officials warn 500 million financial records hacked

Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

Federal officials warned companies Monday that hackers have stolen more than 500 million financial records over the past 12 months, essentially breaking into banks without ever entering a building. "We're in a day when a person can commit about 15,000 bank robberies sitting in their basement," said Robert Anderson, executive assistant ...

Cyber crime: First online murder will happen by end of year, warns US firm

Monday, October 6th, 2014

Governments are ill-prepared to combat the looming threat of "online murder" as cyber criminals exploit internet technology to target victims, the European policing agency warned. In its most alarming assessment of the physical danger posed by online crime, Europol said it expected a rise in "injury and possible deaths" caused ...

JPMorgan hack exposed data of 83 million, among biggest breaches in history

Saturday, October 4th, 2014

Names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of the holders of some 83 million households and small business accounts were exposed when computer systems at JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) were recently compromised by hackers, making it one of the biggest data breaches in history. The bank revealed the scope of ...

So Your Nude Selfies Were Just Hacked…

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014

If you haven’t been following the most recent news regarding a wide swath of celebrities whose accounts were hacked and private photos shared, you must have been having a lot of fun on Labor Day and I salute you. Probably the very first thing most of the victimized celebrities are doing ...