Hackers
Hackers
Hacking emerged with the invention of computers. The term "hacker" has a variety of definitions. Among computer professionals, it is applied to someone who is proficient ...
Read more
Just like myths and folk tales that have been passed down from generation to generation, a common and rather stereotypical view of hacking has been passed down through the years. In the 1960's, univer...
Read more
The Background
In March of 1999, the "North Atlantic Treaty Organisation"(NATO) Allied Forces were in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia carrying out a peacekeeping mission.
U.S. intelligence...
Read more
A business group behind copy-protection software for next-generation DVDs was investigating reports that hackers found a way to circumvent its technology, a group member said Wednesday."There are r...
Read more
A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a mysterious e-mail that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S. government...
Read more
Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.Experts said t...
Read more
Hackers in Turkey have attacked more than 5,000 Swedish Web sites in the past week, and at least some of the sabotage appears linked to Muslim anger over a Swedish newspaper drawing that depicted t...
Read more
A British computer hacker accused of committing one of the largest ever cyber-attacks on the U.S. government lost a challenge Tuesday to avoid extradition to the United States.Gary McKinnon _ a 41-...
Read more
"The Lieberman campaign should get some grip on reality before they start making baseless charges against our campaign," said Lamont campaign manager Tom Swan. "We had nothing to do with this. We d...
Read more
Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information...
Read more
Hackers have figured out how to unleash Apple's iPhone from AT&T's cellular network, but people hoping to make money from the procedure could face legal problems.At least one of the companies h...
Read more
Some travelers may be vulnerable to identity theft after petitioning the government a year ago to have their names removed from lists that restrict them from flying.As many as 247 travelers who pet...
Read more