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British Teen Hacker Behind GTA 6 Leaks Sentenced To Life In Hospital
The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody, with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.
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Spies, Hackers, Informants: How China Snoops On The West
British authorities have arrested a man who reportedly spied for China at the heart of the government in London, sparking fresh fears over how Beijing gathers intelligence.
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Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber
At 9pm on September 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other side of the door was someone they believed to be behind two serious data hacks: one on Uber Technologies Inc. and the other an ...
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Twitter Celebrity Hacker Pleads Guilty In US
A British man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities like Barack Obama and Elon Musk and stealing $794,000 in cryptocurrency.
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Vietnamese Couple Deletes British Hotel Chain Data For Fun: Report
The hackers claimed they did not feel any guilt about the damage they perpetrated on the hotel chain.
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Twitter Celebrity Hack: UK Citizen Arrested in Spain for Role in 2020 Scam Attack
A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said.
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Russian Hackers Are Abusing VPNs to Hijack Accounts: US, UK Officials
Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to target hundreds of organizations worldwide, US and British authorities said.
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Suspected North Korean Hackers Targeted COVID Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca: Report
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.
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US, Britain Call Out Russian Hacking Spree, Cyber-attacks Against Olympics
Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyber-attacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence, including attempts to disrupt next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
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Cyber Attack On British Airline's EasyJet, Hackers Leak Data of 9 Million Customers
British budget airline easyJet said on Tuesday hackers had accessed the email and travel details of around nine million customers, as well as the credit card details of more than 2,000 of them, in a "highly sophisticated" attack.
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2 Russians Used Largest Pieces Of Malware Ever, Stole Millions From Banks
U.S. and British law enforcement officials announced charges Thursday against two Russian nationals they believe responsible for separate global hacking schemes that deployed some of the largest pieces of malware ever seen to swipe tens of millions of dollars from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims.
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Russian Group Hijacked Iranian Spying Operation, Officials Say
Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and US officials said on Monday.
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Russian Hackers Hijacked Iran Spying Operation Targeted 20 Countries
Russian Hacking Campaign: Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and U.S. officials said on Monday.
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British Airways Fined $229 Million Over Customers' Data Theft
British Airways has been fined more than 183 million pounds after computer hackers last year stole bank details from hundreds of thousands of passengers, its parent group IAG said Monday.
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Uber Fined $491,000 by British Regulator Over 2016 Cyber-Attack
Uber Technologies, already facing a range of legal and regulatory headaches in London, got another Tuesday.
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British Teen Hacker Behind GTA 6 Leaks Sentenced To Life In Hospital
The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody, with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.
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Spies, Hackers, Informants: How China Snoops On The West
British authorities have arrested a man who reportedly spied for China at the heart of the government in London, sparking fresh fears over how Beijing gathers intelligence.
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Two British Teens and Their Audacious Hack of Nvidia, Grand Theft Auto and Uber
At 9pm on September 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other side of the door was someone they believed to be behind two serious data hacks: one on Uber Technologies Inc. and the other an ...
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Twitter Celebrity Hacker Pleads Guilty In US
A British man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities like Barack Obama and Elon Musk and stealing $794,000 in cryptocurrency.
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Vietnamese Couple Deletes British Hotel Chain Data For Fun: Report
The hackers claimed they did not feel any guilt about the damage they perpetrated on the hotel chain.
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Twitter Celebrity Hack: UK Citizen Arrested in Spain for Role in 2020 Scam Attack
A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said.
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Russian Hackers Are Abusing VPNs to Hijack Accounts: US, UK Officials
Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to target hundreds of organizations worldwide, US and British authorities said.
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Suspected North Korean Hackers Targeted COVID Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca: Report
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.
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US, Britain Call Out Russian Hacking Spree, Cyber-attacks Against Olympics
Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyber-attacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence, including attempts to disrupt next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
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Cyber Attack On British Airline's EasyJet, Hackers Leak Data of 9 Million Customers
British budget airline easyJet said on Tuesday hackers had accessed the email and travel details of around nine million customers, as well as the credit card details of more than 2,000 of them, in a "highly sophisticated" attack.
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2 Russians Used Largest Pieces Of Malware Ever, Stole Millions From Banks
U.S. and British law enforcement officials announced charges Thursday against two Russian nationals they believe responsible for separate global hacking schemes that deployed some of the largest pieces of malware ever seen to swipe tens of millions of dollars from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims.
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Russian Group Hijacked Iranian Spying Operation, Officials Say
Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and US officials said on Monday.
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Russian Hackers Hijacked Iran Spying Operation Targeted 20 Countries
Russian Hacking Campaign: Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and U.S. officials said on Monday.
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British Airways Fined $229 Million Over Customers' Data Theft
British Airways has been fined more than 183 million pounds after computer hackers last year stole bank details from hundreds of thousands of passengers, its parent group IAG said Monday.
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Uber Fined $491,000 by British Regulator Over 2016 Cyber-Attack
Uber Technologies, already facing a range of legal and regulatory headaches in London, got another Tuesday.
