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| Hungarian hacker gets 30 months for extortion plot on Marriott
A Hungarian hacker who attempted to extort money from Marriott International Inc. by stealing confidential data from its computers and threatening to expose it was sentenced to 30 months in prison.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/82/~4/NtEztK6_2e0" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Anonymous grabs email from firm that defended Marine in Haditha case
In what's turning out to be quite a busy Friday for the hacking collective, Anonymous today said it has broken into the website of a law firm that represented a U.S. Marine accused of killing civilians in Haditha, Iraq.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/82/~4/A2ta6fKpRUI" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Half of Fortune 500 firms infected with DNS Changer
Half of all Fortune 500 companies and major U.S. government agencies own computers infected with the "DNS Changer" malware that redirects users to fake websites and puts organizations at risk of data theft, a security company said today.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/82/~4/glHlmDaTDpM" height="1" width="1"/> |
| VeriSign admits multiple hacks in 2010, keeps details under wraps
VeriSign, the company responsible for guiding most of the world's Internet users to the correct websites and once the largest encryption certificate issuing authority, was successfully hacked several times in 2010.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/82/~4/jOe4ro9DljM" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Tiff over LightSquared reveals odd partnership
LightSquared founder Philip Falcone's response to ethics allegations by a U.S. senator sheds some light on a strange chapter in the carrier's ongoing bid to build a controversial cellular data network.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/82/~4/TGVCW7-bxiQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
| WikiLeaks' Assange takes appeal to U.K. Supreme Court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launched his appeal in the U.K. Supreme Court on Wednesday in his last attempt in Britain to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/82/~4/E36-0G6mZZ8" height="1" width="1"/> |
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