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AT&T Hacker ‘Weev’ Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison

A hacker charged with federal crimes for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T's publicly accessible website was sentenced on Monday to 41 months in prison followed by three...

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Monday, March 18th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Gavin Newsom: Why Hacking Is Good for Democracy

Despite the negative connotation of the word hacker, society is in the process of making itself more hackable. Instead of doing business as usual, expecting that our systems and data are impregnable, we have...

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Thursday, January 31st, 2013 Net News No Comments

How Aaron Barr correctly identified Commander X

Doyon beneath a primitive shelter he built in Canada. Nate Anderson When HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr decided to out the leaders of Anonymous, the loose hacker collective, he spent months infiltrating the...

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Opinion: Hackers Should Forget Disclosure, Keep Security Holes to Themselves

Vendors, governments and the information security industry have incentives to protect their interests over their users'. Not all the players will act ethically, or capably. So who should the hacker disclose to?

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Thursday, November 29th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Hacker Found Guilty of Breaching AT&T Site to Obtain iPad Customer Data

A hacker charged with federal crimes for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T's web site was found guilty on Tuesday.

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Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 Net News No Comments