Data breaches Data breaches

Technology is getting smarter, but hackers are still stealing data through basic web application flaws. Even sophisticated attacks exploit a series of basic security oversights. In this topic page, we keep tabs on some of the most prominent breaches and discuss how you can avoid being a statistic.

Hackers attack Cern

Hackers attack Cern

A Greek hacking crew have come close to getting into the controls of Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which went live last week.
Iain Thomson Sep 15 2008 9:00AM Security
Taiwan busts hacking ring

Taiwan busts hacking ring

Taiwan Police has swooped down on a ring of cyber-thiefs who had been targeting government and corporate data stores.
Egan Orion Aug 28 2008 11:25AM Security
Hackers breach Best Western in data heist

Hackers breach Best Western in data heist

Hackers have broken into the corporate databases for Best Western Hotels and may have stolen the names, addresses and credit card information of every customer who stayed with the international group since 2007.
Iain Thomson Aug 25 2008 3:55PM Security
Journalists expelled from Black Hat for hacking competitors

Journalists expelled from Black Hat for hacking competitors

Three French journalists from Global Security Magazine have been thrown out of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas for hacking into fellow journalist’s computers.
Iain Thomson Aug 9 2008 4:58PM Security
Hackers infiltrate legitimate websites

Hackers infiltrate legitimate websites

Surfers who think they can avoid cyber-crime by sticking to reputable websites are fooling themselves.
Andrew Charlesworth Jul 31 2008 7:57AM Security
Security outfits helping hackers

Security outfits helping hackers

Hackers are getting quicker at taking advantage of publicly-disclosed security holes, new research shows.
Nick Farrell Jul 30 2008 10:42AM Security
Hackers go down to Georgia

Hackers go down to Georgia

A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack brought down a government website in the country of Georgia this weekend..
Shaun Nichols Jul 22 2008 1:50PM Security
Hackers go down to Georgia

Hackers go down to Georgia

A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack brought down a government website in Georgia this weekend.
Shaun Nichols Jul 22 2008 1:37PM Security
Hackers fry Nigella Lawson website

Hackers fry Nigella Lawson website

Self-styled 'domestic goddess' Nigella Lawson may have exposed users to malware, after her website was compromised by hackers.
Iain Thomson Jul 18 2008 10:10AM Security
Hackers hit Sony PS3 website

Hackers hit Sony PS3 website

Hackers have "compromised" pages on the US Sony PlayStation website, a security firm claimed today..
Robert Jaques Jul 3 2008 1:52AM Security
Turkish hackers crack ICANN

Turkish hackers crack ICANN

A Turkish hacking group has successfully hacked the web sites for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Iain Thomson Jun 28 2008 11:51AM Security
Oyster card hackers may have their research blocked

Oyster card hackers may have their research blocked

HMRC has radically improved its data security measures since the breach which caused it to lose 25 million child benefit records in October last year.
Richard Thurston Jun 27 2008 10:25AM Security
ATM hackers net millions using stolen information

ATM hackers net millions using stolen information

A unique breach of bank information has hit one of the world's largest banks.
Chuck Miller Jun 20 2008 10:33AM Security
Trojan-to-worm toolkit helps advanced hackers go undetected

Trojan-to-worm toolkit helps advanced hackers go undetected

Researchers at Panda Labs have discovered a free toolkit that allows users to turn any executable file into a worm.
Dan Kaplan Jun 19 2008 10:05AM Security
Hackers 'seeding' legitimate websites

Hackers 'seeding' legitimate websites

SQL injection attacks colonising big name sites.
Staff Writers Jun 10 2008 9:00AM Security
Ethical hacking site falls victim to hackers

Ethical hacking site falls victim to hackers

Metasploit, the hacking tools site which is widely used by white hat hackers, has itself fallen victim to ARP poisoning, which led to the defacement of the site
Richard Thurston Jun 5 2008 10:03AM Security
Chinese hackers blamed for power cuts

Chinese hackers blamed for power cuts

Cyber war games are now getting out of hand, with US government spinners being prepared to blame everything on the Chinese.
Nick Farrell Jun 4 2008 9:58AM Security
22 arrested in hacking ring

22 arrested in hacking ring

Inspector le Knackeur swoops
Nick Farrell May 30 2008 10:05AM Security
Staff more dangerous than hackers

Staff more dangerous than hackers

Security problems created by employees are far more serious than the dangers posed by external hackers and criminals, new research reports..
Robert Jaques May 30 2008 7:47AM Security
Team of Spanish hackers arrested

Team of Spanish hackers arrested

Spanish authorities charged a team of young hackers with infiltrating more than 20,000 web pages, including one belonging to NASA.
Dan Kaplan May 20 2008 8:32AM Security

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