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# Hacking

DDoS attacks brought down lottery and government sites, but what are they?

It was the reason why a number of high-profile Irish sites were forced offline, but how much of a problem can they be?

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Jan 23rd 2016, 8:45 AM

# hacking group

Anonymous attacks Thai police sites in protest at backpacker murder verdicts

Two Myanmar migrant workers were sentenced to death last month over the murders of two British tourists.

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Jan 6th 2016, 8:42 AM

# Hacking

Microsoft will start telling users if they were the target of government snooping

The policy change follows news that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail accounts back in 2011.

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Dec 31st 2015, 12:30 PM

# precautions

Twitter warns users about possible 'government' hacking

The company emailed a number of users alerting them to hacking attempts from ‘state-sponsored actors’.

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Dec 14th 2015, 10:38 AM

# paying the price

The TalkTalk hack is going to cost it up to €49 million

It will also offer customers a free upgrade to encourage them to stay on the service.

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Nov 11th 2015, 10:03 AM

# North Carolina

Judge accused of asking an FBI agent to spy on his family in exchange for free beer

“No no no. You’ve had to take time. And I’m glad to do something…”

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Nov 6th 2015, 11:55 PM

# hoods off

The hacker group Anonymous has exposed hundreds of alleged Ku Klux Klan members

‘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.’

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Nov 5th 2015, 11:26 PM

# Anonymous

Thousands take to the streets in Guy Fawkes masks in centre of London

So far the anti-capitalist group has set fire to a police car.

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Nov 5th 2015, 10:20 PM

# in the crosshairs

The company behind Tinder says its dating services are 'frequently under attack'

Because no site is ever truly safe.

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Oct 20th 2015, 1:55 PM

# Hacked

There's a new kind of Facebook notification you'll never want to see

It means your profile is believed to have been targeted by a government-sponsored hacker.

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Oct 19th 2015, 7:30 PM

# thanks rupert

Confirmed: Rebekah Brooks is back in charge of The Sunday Times and The Sun

She left the organisation in 2011 and received a €22 million payoff.

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Sep 2nd 2015, 4:05 PM

# ashley madison

Almost all of the women on Ashley Madison are fake, according to new data

Gizmodo writer Annalee Newlitz says the company faked female profiles to lure men in.

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Aug 27th 2015, 8:17 AM

# Hacked

Oireachtas, Garda and Defence Forces emails appear on Ashley Madison database

A search of the hacked databases found 17 email addresses linked to government departments and state agencies.

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Aug 21st 2015, 1:44 PM

# Open Secret

Two radio hosts have outed a husband's Ashley Madison account live on air

The FBI have launched an investigation into the infidelity site hack.

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Aug 20th 2015, 12:17 PM

# the wolves of wall street

How a group of hackers and traders made $100 million - using press releases

The story of “one of the most intricate and sophisticated trading rings” in history.

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Aug 16th 2015, 9:00 PM

# Hackers

Millions of customers could be affected by Carphone Warehouse cyber attack

No Irish customers have been affected.

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Aug 8th 2015, 6:15 PM

# be careful

A lone hacker is earning up to €91,000 per month just by sending emails

And he may not even have great computer skills.

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Aug 8th 2015, 10:00 AM

# Easy Money

Fancy being a millionaire hacker? It's easier than you might think

Learn some code, pick up some Russian… and be ok with living a criminal life. Easy as 1,2,3…

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Jul 25th 2015, 7:00 PM

# ashley madison

Irish people aren't too worried about affair website getting hacked

“Life is short. Have an affair.”

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Jul 21st 2015, 4:08 PM

# Hacked

Dublin gym websites targeted by Islamist hacking group

The leisure centres are working to remove the messages and gruesome content.

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Jul 17th 2015, 11:11 PM

# Surveillance

Leaked emails show Irish Defence Forces held talks with controversial hacking company

Hacking Team sells viruses to repressive governments, but the Defence Forces say they never bought anything.

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Jul 9th 2015, 11:10 PM

# Gazza

Paul Gascoigne has won €264,000 in damages for having his phone hacked

The troubled former footballer, along with numerous other celebrities, has received a settlement from Mirror Group Newspapers.

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May 21st 2015, 1:26 PM

# Cybercrime

The Government is thinking up new ways to stop you from being hacked

Experts say the public needs protection against ‘petty’ cybercrimes.

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Apr 19th 2015, 8:00 AM

# Op Elveden

Ex-policeman who leaked Milly Dowler information to The Sun has been jailed

Simon Quinn, 43, will serve 18 months in prison.

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Apr 1st 2015, 3:53 PM

# Freedom of Speech

Second blogger 'brutally hacked to death' in Bangladesh

He had criticised fundamentalist Islamic views.

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Mar 30th 2015, 8:36 PM

# unhackable

This is how you make sure everything you have online stays safe

Or at the very least, make it very difficult to be compromised.

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Mar 29th 2015, 6:00 PM

# TechKnowHow

Explainer: What exactly is hacking anyway?

Clue: it’s not what’s happening in the picture.

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Mar 22nd 2015, 11:00 AM

# creepy clown

BBC's website went down and an old childhood nemesis freaked everyone out

That old test card made a terrifying reappearance.

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Mar 14th 2015, 2:51 PM

# Rehired

Rebekah Brooks 'to head up Storyful in News Corp return'

The former editor of the Sun and the News of the World was acquitted on hacking charges last year.

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Mar 2nd 2015, 8:35 AM

# Hacked

Taylor Swift responds to Lizard Squad's hacking attempt in perfect fashion

The hacking group took over her Twitter and Instagram accounts earlier today.

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Jan 27th 2015, 6:26 PM

# Lizard Squad

Hackers claiming to support Islamic State have done this to Malaysia Airlines

It is the latest attack linked to a group calling itself the Lizard Squad.

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Jan 26th 2015, 9:54 AM

# Not a game

Teenager arrested for Xbox and Playstation Christmas attacks

The 18-year-old was detained as part of a joint effort between police in Britain and the United States.

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Jan 16th 2015, 3:17 PM

# tensions

North Korea is really unhappy with the US over those new sanctions

North Korea said the US is focused on ‘inveterate repugnancy and hostility’. Ouch.

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Jan 4th 2015, 11:35 AM

# North Korea

Hacking, war and talks with South Korea... Kim Jong Un gave a New Year's Day speech

A summit between the two countries has not been held since 2007.

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Jan 1st 2015, 1:26 PM

# let the games begin

Sony's Playstation network is up again as the company admits it WAS attacked by hackers

No direct link is being made to the cyber attack over ‘The Interview’.

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Dec 28th 2014, 12:05 PM

# kim kringle

Did Kim Dotcom save Xbox and Playstation users from a game-free Christmas?

A hacking group claimed responsibility for another attack on both the systems.

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Dec 26th 2014, 3:08 PM

# pr money can't buy

Sony is now going to release The Interview to "the largest possible audience"

Only 200-300 cinemas are, however, expected to show the film.

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Dec 23rd 2014, 9:20 PM

# Hacking

US to review North Korea terror status after Sony hack

President Barack Obama said the hacking incident was not an act of war.

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Dec 21st 2014, 7:40 PM

# hermit Kingdom

If North Korea did hack Sony, it's a watershed moment in cyber-warfare

It is reportedly the first to use “a highly destructive class of malicious software that is designed to make computer networks unable to operate” into a company’s computer system in the United States.

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Dec 6th 2014, 6:30 PM

# caution

Sony hack causes FBI to issue major malware warning

The five-page warning was issued to US businesses and said that such malware could override all data on hard drives, making it difficult, if not impossible, to recover.

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Dec 2nd 2014, 10:38 AM