China Denies Connection With Cyber-Spying Network

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2009 The Chinese government has denied having any relationship with "a malware-based cyber espionage network" called GhostNet, an operation revealed Sunday by a Toronto-based research team. GhostNet is suspected of infiltrating a number of military and diplomatic computer systems, including the Dalai Lama's, and is based in China. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin’s Hacked E-Mail Gets a ‘G’ Rating

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2008 Anonymous, an Internet-based group best known for pranking and protesting the Church of Scientology, apparently hacked Sarah Palin's Yahoo Mail account and posted images of her inbox and correspondence on the Web. The McCain campaign condemned the "shocking invasion," which turned up nothing of substantial juiciness. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China Denies Hacking Pentagon

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2007 China has denied responsibility for a large raid on the Department of Defense's computer network, attributing the accusation to a "Cold War mentality." A senior U.S. official was quoted in the Financial Times as implicating the People's Liberation Army in the attack, which forced the Pentagon to shut down its network for more than a week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

IRS Workers Fall for Simulated Password Scam

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2007 According to a recent internal audit, 60 percent of IRS employees fell for the oldest trick in the book, allowing auditors posing as help-desk employees access to their digital identities, and by extension your personal and private information. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Diebold Voting Machine Hacked in Four Minutes

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2006 Bev Harris of BlackBoxVoting recently got her hands on a Diebold voting machine and was able to hack it in four minutes with tools that cost $12. Harris? handiwork is just the latest demonstration of how vulnerable electronic voting machines are to vote manipulation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hacker Gets Five Years in Prison

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2006 The 20-year-old set out to damage computer networks and send massive amounts of spam. Any computer user who has ever been the victim of a virus, worm or Trojan horse shall be excused the schadenfreude he or she feels at the news of this lengthy prison sentence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )