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A secret British spy unit created to mount cyber attacks on Britain. The blunt instrument the spy unit used to target hackers, however, also interrupted the web communications of political dissidents who did not engage in any illegal hacking. It may also have shut down websites with no connection to Anonymous. The link for this article located at NBC News is no longer available. . Uncover the ways a clandestine unit from the UK influenced both cybercriminals and activists amid digital warfare in the UK.. British Espionage, Cyber Attacks, Political Dissidents, Hacker Strategies. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
The best way to secure your business, so the advice of many an IT security consultant appears to increasingly be, is to think like a hacker. Only by understanding how the bad guys get at your data can you truly prevent them succeeding: to catch a hacking bird, you have to become a hacking bird.. That The link for this article located at IT Pro UK is no longer available. . Understanding cybercriminal tactics enables organizations to protect their information against new vulnerabilities and challenges.. data protection strategies, cybersecurity methods, hacker insights, business security risks. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
The nightmare for Ecount, an online gift certificate service, began last year when a hacker broke in to the company's system and stole personal information belonging to its customers. Nine months later, the criminal is still at large. The thief . . . . The nightmare for Ecount, an online gift certificate service, began last year when a hacker broke in to the company's system and stole personal information belonging to its customers. Nine months later, the criminal is still at large. The thief has brazenly taunted executives with repeated e-mails while staying ahead of investigators, deftly wiping away his electronic fingerprints and covering his tracks at every turn. "We're sick to death of hearing from him," Ecount Chief Executive Matt Gillin said of the intruder, who has offered to return the information for a fee. Although law enforcement agencies are quick to trumpet their occasional victories against cybercriminals, they are rarely able to track down hackers sophisticated enough to pull off such complicated heists. Few hackers of this caliber are arrested, and fewer still spend time behind bars The link for this article located at News.com is no longer available. . Investigate the continuous crisis facing Ecount, a digital gifting platform, following a cyber assault that compromised sensitive client information.. Ecount Security,Cybercrime Trends,Data Breach Impact,Threat Prevention. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Although the U.S. government has yet to publicly identify suspects in Tuesday's terrorist attacks on America, some hackers are already plotting counterstrikes against Islamic Web sites, according to postings in Internet newsgroups. So far, the impact of the planned retaliatory hacking has been limited.. . .. Although the U.S. government has yet to publicly identify suspects in Tuesday's terrorist attacks on America, some hackers are already plotting counterstrikes against Islamic Web sites, according to postings in Internet newsgroups. So far, the impact of the planned retaliatory hacking has been limited. The official Web site of the Presidential Palace of the Islamic State of Afghanistan was unreachable today, after its address was published in several Internet newsgroups. "Let the Afghan government know what you think about them harboring Bin Laden," wrote one participant in talk.guns.politics. Similarly, the homepage of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been frequently inaccessible today, despite a statement at the site from president general Pervez Musharraf condemning the attacks. The site's address was posted Tuesday to an Internet newsgroup named alt.hackers.malicious in a message entitled "Pakistani government LOVES trojans." Attempts to reach operators of the two sites, which may be under a denial of service attack, were unsuccessful. The link for this article located at Newsbytes is no longer available. . Although the U.S. government has yet to publicly identify suspects in Tuesday's terrorist attacks on. although, government, publicly, identify, suspects, tuesday's, terrorist, attacks. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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