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Chinese paper says hacking claim ‘irresponsible’

By AP News Fri, Aug 05, 2011 7:38PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese state newspaper on Friday rejected suggestions Beijing might be behind global cyberattacks over the past five years targeting more than 70 government entities, nonprofit groups and corporations. The ruling Communist Party flagship People’s Daily said it was “irresponsible” to link China with Internet hacking attacks reported by computer security firm...

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Sony faces jittery shareholders after cyberattack

By AP News Wed, Jun 29, 2011 10:27AM UTC View Comments

TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer credited “very loyal” PlayStation Network gamers for flocking back to the service in big numbers, as he sought Tuesday to reassure shareholders following a series of embarrassing hacker attacks. Stringer apologized for the data breach in April, which compromised personal data from more than 100 million...

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Philippines: Hackers attack website of agency in charge of police

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, May 31, 2011 8:18PM UTC View Comments

The website of the Philippines’ Department of Interior and Local Government got “pwned” by hackers on Tuesday, joining a long list of government websites falling prey to hackers. Ironically, the DILG supervises the country’s main law enforcing arm, the Philippine National Police. The hacker was able to enter the website and posted the following announcement...

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