The official Twitter account used by the BBC’s weather team has been hijacked by Syrian hackers. Fortunately, they don’t seem to be using it to spread malicious links – but are instead trying to spread political messages about Syria instead.
Naked Security – Sophos
 The Guardian |
Chinese army hackers are the tip of the cyberwarfare iceberg
The Guardian Yet last week an American private security firm, Mandiant, based in Virginia, identified it as the headquarters of Unit 61398, a PLA army grouping suspected of waging cyberwarfare. The study revealed that 150 highly sophisticated cyber attacks against … |
 Boing Boing |
Chinese army likely behind cyber attacks, US security firm says
Los Angeles Times Computer-hackers tied to the Chinese military have stolen massive quantities of data from at least 140 organizations in 20 major industries since 2006, a U.S. computer security firm said in an extensive report released Tuesday. The 74-page report … Successful hacker attack could cripple US infrastructure, experts say Security group suspects Chinese military is behind hacking attacks Security report: China behind 90 percent of US cyberattacks |
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NY Army, Air Guard supporting DC inaugural events
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