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Young hackers are just curious |
 ...Most teenagers hacking and invading computer systems are doing it for fun rather than to cause harm, psychologists say.
Shirley McGuire, a specialist in psychology of the University of San Francisco says that very often parents do not understand the motivation of the teenagers who commit computer crimes. In an anonymous experiment, she questioned more than 4,800 students in San Diego area to find out the truth about ... |
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Chinese hackers spotted on British government attack |
| ...China's military is suspected on hacking UK government computer networks. There was no comment from British government on the case.
Government officials claimed on the attack of Chinese hackers who are also thought to be from China's military.
This was a third attack on foreign governments registered in last two months and all of them were connected to Chinese military.
The first case in June was reported as ... |
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British Cybercrooks Moving at One-Crime per 10 Seconds Speed |
 ...9,800 frauds committed off-line. The experts also registered 92,000 identity theft cyber-offenses, that is about 40 per cent of the overall number of such cases. The list also sports 144,500 cases of hacking into another PC.
According to Tom Ilube, representative of on-line security firm Garlik, cybercrooks' success is partially explained by the great amount of personal information left on on-line social networks.
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Samurai Swords to be Banned in UK |
 ...these swords become dangerous weapons in the wrong hands.
Last year, 11 people were hurt by a man in attack with samurai swords at Roman Catholic Church. Another case was registered when a man was hacking a young woman with a samurai sword. The numerous cases of using these swords in incidents that present a thread to society lead to a decision to ban them.
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A MacBook Gets Hacked in Less Than 2 Minutes |
 ...The CanSecWest security conference featured the PWN2OWN (pwn - in hackers language means to take control over a computer) hacking contest, which was about finding out which laptop would get hacked first: a MacBook Air, a Windows Vista based Fujitsu U810 or a Linux based Sony VAIO.
The event consisted of three parts, two of which are already over. The first one was about hacking into a system using networks attacks, i.e. ... |
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Students Hack into School's Computer Systems to Change Their Grades |
 ...Four high school students are charged of hacking into the Fort Bend Independent School District's computer network and altering grades for at least 60 students, as reported by the district officials.
The case could be regarded as a felony case, since the financial loss of the act is estimated at about $190,000. According to the law, an action leading to a loss of $100,000 to $200,000 should be called a second-degree f... |
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