Why Julian Assange should be a hero to conservatives

I made and I continue to make the claim that American conservatives should be supporting Julian Assange. Having preached for decades that the government should be accountable to the taxpayer, the American conservatives should see as a hero a man who informs the taxpayer of...

Hackers build case against themselves

Cyberinsecurity At the same time, they do the law enforcement community as service. The service is demonstrating how they can be hacked. Like most criminals who flaunt their actions, they get caught. " “Hackers...

Thai Flood Hacks: DIY Disaster Relief in Bangkok

Hacking the Flood in Bangkok Thailand's citizens have to deal with the epic flooding on their own. If you've ever been to Bangkok and looked up, you've seen how resourceful the Thai people can be in managing their...

Anonymous group starts something big

Anonymous is a free flowing hacker movement and an online protest group.a new form of media and distribution of information a distribution method where the viewers are also the producers. Basically...

‘Anonymous’ Hacker Group Threatens to ‘Kill’ Facebook

In a video posted on Youtube, the Hacker group ‘Anonymous’ threatened to kill Facebook on Novermber 5, 2011. Their qualm with ‘Facebook’ is with relation to privacy. In the video, posted under the...

'Topiary': Alleged LulzSec Hacker Arrested in Scotland

Police Arrest 19-year-Old Hacker: 'Topiary' from LulzSec Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in Scotland's Shetland Islands. They claim that he is Topiary, the spokesman for LulzSec. Topiary (police have not...

Cyber crime unit saves UK economy £140m in six months

3rd October 2011 A Metropolitan police unit claims to have saved the economy more than £140m in the past six months and is on course to exceed its four-year "harm reduction" target, the force said on Sunday....

PBS Hack: Newshour Hacked With Fake Tupac Is Alive Story

PBS Hacked Over Wikileaks Story?  Newshour  Website Posts  Fake Tupac Is Alive In New Zealand StoryThe PBS Newshour website has been hacked. The hack occurred Sunday night according to various media...

Cyber security plan proposed by White House

The White House has unveiled radical legislation to protect the US from hackers, criminals and spies in what will be the country's first such plan. White House officials said quite bluntly that America's public safety, its national security and its economic prosperity are all...

Lulz Security Hacks Fox Broadcasting, Releases Personal Info

Fox Hacked: Lulz Security Leaks Passwords, Details from Fox Broadcasting Staff Accounts A hacker group calling itself Lulz Security has hacked into a database containing the email addresses and passwords of around 300 Fox Broadcasting employees and affiliates. They also got...

Stolen Credit Card Info from Playstation Network Very Likely

News going around the net indicates that following the breach of the PSN (Playstation Network) credit card information was likely taken after all.The original notice from Sony was that leading up to April 20th, a...

Wickileaks Hacker, The Jester (th3j35t3r) Police Raid?

Wickileaks Hacker The Jester  (th3j35t3r) Says His Computer Seized By Police Update: Please read the comment thread, something is clearly afoot - Jester Hoax? Stay tuned.The Jester, the hacker who is believed to have brought down the Wikileaks website hours before it was...

US studying Australian Internet security program

"The government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow Internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are taken over by hackers and could limit online access if people don't fix the problem. Obama administration officials have met...

Hackers, Deniers and Real Solutions to Global Warming

Recently there has been a controversy about hackers who hacked into the UN site dealing withclimate change and found some data fudging and sloppy research. Some have used that to claimglobal warming to be a fraud. There is a problem with that. The UN body is just one out of...

Hackers Attack House Members' Sites Posting Anti-Obama Messages

Hackers calling themselves the Red Eye Crew, said to have been connected to an earlier incident in 2008, are claiming responsibility for hacking into 49 websites of House Democrats and...

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