Hacking

World news about “Hacking” published by euronews.

02/06 23:30 CET

US searches for Russian man charged with cyber attack

A Russian man has been charged in the United States for his role in a cyber crime gang that infected over a million PCs around the world with software used to steal bank details. Evgeniy Bogachev, who was last known to be living in Russia, was indicted in Pittsburgh…

27/05 23:24 CET
Convicted LulzSec hacker turned FBI informant walks free

A convicted hacker turned FBI informant who was facing more than 20…
22/05 11:43 CET
Hackers target millions of eBay users

EBay is mounting a massive damage limitation exercise after revealing that hackers raided its network three months ago. It is understood some…
21/05 16:16 CET
ebay users urged to change passwords

EBay has asked users to change their passwords following a cyberattack that compromised one of its databases. The US firm said the database…
20/05 10:08 CET
Arrests worldwide in FBI-led crackdown on ‘snooping’ cybercrime

Are you being spied on? Has your personal information been seized…
19/05 18:47 CET
Chinese say US cyberspying claim is “made up”

China has described as "made up" US accusations of cyber-espionage…
05/04 09:22 CET
Xbox security child’s play as five-year-old hacks dad’s account

A five-year old has exposed a security flaw in Microsoft's Xbox…
21/03 07:20 CET
Sarkozy decries ‘Stasi’ phone-tapping in France

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has denounced the phone-tapping…
FUTURIS | 17/03 18:44 CET
Behind the mask of biometric security

How reliable is biometric security? Computers recognize us by our faces, voices and fingerprints, but can we trick them by pretending to be…
FUTURIS | 17/03 18:42 CET
How to hack biometric security?

It's so easy, anyone can do it. Identity thieves bypass some systems of facial, voice or fingerprint recognition by pretending to be somebody…
21/01 15:32 CET
Hackers steal millions of email account details in Germany

More than 16 million email users in Germany have had their passwords…
13/12 14:41 CET
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth goes nuts over nibbles at Buckingham Palace

Britain's Queen Elizabeth was allegedly left angered - by royal police…

11/12 - BRUSSELS BUREAU - NATO launches ‘cyber attack’ exercises
25/10 - India leader Singh unconcerned by alleged US spying on world leaders
26/09 - Hackers gather in Brussels to shed light on government surveillance
23/09 - iPhone Touch ID fingerprint scanner ‘easily’ hacked within days of launch
16/09 - Germany: Pirate Party behind drone stunt at Merkel rally
20/08 - Hacker says sorry to Zuckerberg for accessing his Facebook page
07/06 - US intelligence chief responds to internet tapping claims
10/05 - Global cyber gang rob millions
28/04 - Dutch man arrested in Spain for cyber attack against anti-spam company
24/04 - FBI looks into hacker attack on Associated Press
07/04 - Israeli websites come under attack
05/04 - ‘Wanted’ for $1 million: pig-faced N Korea leader Kim Jong-un
27/03 - Cheeky hacker shows us when the world is on the Net
20/03 - South Korean banks and TV hit in apparent cyber attack
13/03 - US Secret Service investigates website with hacked celebrity data
16/01 - ON THE FRONTLINE - Fighting Cybercrime in Europe
07/01 - RIGHT ON - Careful what you click on!
25/09 - HI-TECH - Hackers steer a new route – to your car
05/03 - Another bitcoin bank bites the dust, Flexcoin blames losses on hackers
12/02 - Bitcoin under pressure from hackers and regulators
22/07 - Apple developer site hacking – done by a white hat?
13/03 - Mitten im Konklave: Entschädigung für Missbrauchsopfer
18/02 - Hackers chop Twitter account of fast food giant
16/02 - Facebook in hacking attack
06/02 - Fed downplays hack attack
13/01 - Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz commits suicide
18/12 - Tittileaks: Hacker gets 10 years
09/11 - French hacker given six months in prison
20/10 - Russia: Hackers target opposition internet election, organisers claim
16/10 - Britain stops hacker extradition to US
11/09 - Pirate Bay co-founder extradited to Sweden
10/08 - New ‘spy’ computer virus reported in Middle East
07/06 - Hackers leak Linkedin passwords
20/02 - Hacktivists Anonymous target Spain’s Goya Awards
03/02 - Poland suspends ratification of treaty
25/01 - EU gets tough on internet data protection
25/01 - Dotcom denied bail as US pushes for extradition