# hacking - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# Microsoft
# Microsoft
Tech giant Microsoft said today it has detected and thwarted a number of hacking attempts in recent weeks.
# hacking - Friday 30 August, 2019
# Hack
# Hack
The hack happened earlier this evening.
# hacking - Tuesday 9 October, 2018
# Hacking
# Hacking
It was originally thought that international data thieves were responsible – but gardaí made a breakthrough in recent days.
# hacking - Friday 5 October, 2018
# Hackers
# Hackers
Russia scathingly accused the West of “spy mania”, with the Russian foreign office describing the accusations as “propaganda”.
# hacking - Wednesday 22 August, 2018
# Cyber Security
# Cyber Security
The incident occurred just three months before elections take place in the US.
# hacking - Wednesday 10 January, 2018
# One One Oh No
# One One Oh No
Kevin Mitnick, who was once the FBI’s most wanted cyber fugitive, is performing a ‘live hack’ in Dublin tomorrow.
# hacking - Sunday 13 August, 2017
# Cyber Security
# Cyber Security
Only 14% of people studied were securing their messaging apps properly.
# hacking - Tuesday 8 August, 2017
# Game Of Thrones
# Game Of Thrones
They’ve threatened to upload entire series and sensitive proprietary files.
# hacking - Saturday 24 June, 2017
# Email Hack
# Email Hack
The House of Commons confirmed that a number of “unauthorised attempts” to access MPs emails were made.
# hacking - Saturday 13 May, 2017
# Ransomware
# Ransomware
The situation is being monitored currently by the NCSC.
# hacking - Monday 3 April, 2017
# Hacking
From The42
# Hacking
Therapeutic Use Exemptions are official waivers allowing athletes to use otherwise banned substances.
# hacking - Friday 17 March, 2017
# GCHQ
# GCHQ
The story was one of several offered by Spicer as evidence to support the president’s explosive claims that Obama had moved to “tap my phones.”
# hacking - Thursday 9 March, 2017
# Who's Watching You
# Who's Watching You
US officials told CNN that a federal criminal investigation was being opened into the leak.
# hacking - Wednesday 25 January, 2017
# Phishing
# Phishing
Edward Majercyzk hacked more than 300 email and other online accounts.
# hacking - Thursday 12 January, 2017
# Message To Rudy
# Message To Rudy
Trump called cyber intrusion “the fastest-growing crime in the United States” and a “major threat” to national security.
# hacking - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
# Classified
# Classified
Trump has hit out at intelligence agencies for allowing the report to leak.
# hacking - Monday 9 January, 2017
# Amateur Hour
# Amateur Hour
The accusations from the US are baseless and amateurish, the Kremlin insists.
# hacking - Friday 6 January, 2017
# From Russia With Love
# From Russia With Love
A new report says the Russian president acted on grudges against the US after being embarrassed by the Panama Papers and the Olympic doping scandal.
# hacking - Thursday 5 January, 2017
# Clapper
# Clapper
The US intelligence community has said Moscow interfered to help Republican Donald Trump win.
# hacking - Wednesday 4 January, 2017
# Allies
# Allies
The US President-elect continues to defy conventions.
# hacking - Sunday 1 January, 2017
# President-elect
# President-elect
Trump rarely uses email or computers despite his frequent tweeting.
# hacking - Saturday 17 December, 2016
# Royal Crime
# Royal Crime
The attempt involved the theft of the identity of chief executive Jackie Maguire
# hacking - Friday 16 December, 2016
# Upping The Stakes
# Upping The Stakes
The outgoing US president’s remarks dramatically upped the stakes in a dispute between the world’s leading nuclear powers.
# hacking - Tuesday 13 December, 2016
# Cyberattacks
# Cyberattacks
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Theresa May said there is no evidence of this.
# hacking - Monday 12 December, 2016
# Electoral College
# Electoral College
Ten members of the Electoral College have called for a briefing before they officially vote in the next US President.
# hacking - Friday 9 December, 2016
# The Kremlin
# The Kremlin
The White House said the review is not intended to question the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s victory.
# hacking - Saturday 29 October, 2016
# Wikileaks
# Wikileaks
The founder of Wikileaks detailed his approach a decade ago in an essay.
# hacking - Friday 23 September, 2016
# Yahoo Ya Boya
# Yahoo Ya Boya
Experts say beefing up your security is the only way to protect yourself from a potential attack.
# State Actors
# State Actors
Yahoo said names, email addresses, birth dates, and scrambled passwords were stolen.
# hacking - Friday 6 May, 2016
# Passwords
# Passwords
As long as you’re not using something as simple as ‘password’
# hacking - Thursday 25 February, 2016
# Interception
# Interception
If it’s a non-Bluetooth mouse, you might want to check for updates when you get the chance.
# hacking - Saturday 23 January, 2016
# Hacking
From Business ETC
# Hacking
It was the reason why a number of high-profile Irish sites were forced offline, but how much of a problem can they be?
# hacking - Wednesday 6 January, 2016
# Hacking Group
# Hacking Group
Two Myanmar migrant workers were sentenced to death last month over the murders of two British tourists.
# hacking - Thursday 31 December, 2015
# Hacking
# Hacking
The policy change follows news that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail accounts back in 2011.
# hacking - Monday 14 December, 2015
# Precautions
# Precautions
The company emailed a number of users alerting them to hacking attempts from ‘state-sponsored actors’.
# hacking - Wednesday 11 November, 2015
# Paying The Price
# Paying The Price
It will also offer customers a free upgrade to encourage them to stay on the service.
# hacking - Friday 6 November, 2015
# North Carolina
# North Carolina
“No no no. You’ve had to take time. And I’m glad to do something…”
# hacking - Thursday 5 November, 2015
# Hoods Off
# Hoods Off
‘This is not about the ideas of members of the Ku Klux Klan. This is about the behaviours of members of KKK splinter cells that bear the hallmarks of terrorism.’
# Anonymous
# Anonymous
So far the anti-capitalist group has set fire to a police car.