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Anonymous downs Oakland police site after violence

Anonymous downs Oakland police site after violence
The hacktivist group Anonymous is making good on its promise of digital retaliation against the Oakland Police Department for its use of tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grenades on antigreed protes…

Grab your own images from NOAA weather satellites – Hack a Day

Grab your own images from NOAA weather satellites – Hack a Day
Can you believe that [hpux735] pulled this satellite weather image down from one of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather satellites using home equipment? It turns out that the…

Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites, Leak Users' Names

Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites, Leak Users' Names | Cybercrime & Cybercriminals | Internet Crime & Pornography | SecurityNewsDaily
Member of the hacking group Anonymous have released the usernames of what they say are more than 1,500 members of a child-pornography file-trading website called Lolita City, and also claim to have ta…

Researcher who found security flaw threatened by firm he was trying to help

Seems that some companies are reacting quite poorly when security holes are pointed out to them..

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/10/19/researcher-security-flaw-threatened/Researcher who found security flaw threatened by firm he was trying to help | Naked Security
When security researcher Patrick Webster recently alerted his investment fund company of a glaring security lapse, he was thanked with a legal threat and notice that he just might be billed for the se…

Sesame Street YouTube channel hacked, filled with porn

Technolog – 'Sesame Street' YouTube channel hacked, filled with porn
Updated at 12:50 p.m.
The official YouTube channel for children's television series "Sesame Street" was compromised this weekend.

Again? Sony’s PlayStation Network hit with another attack

Again? Sony’s PlayStation Network hit with another attack – CNN.com
Sony’s PlayStation Network, the gaming and entertainment platform knocked offline for weeks this spring, has been hit again.