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  VMware source code stolen, impact unclear

  VMware ESX source code has been stolen and posted online, but the company says its virtualization platform doesn't necessarily pose an increased risk to customers.

  By Tim Greene | 26 April, 2012 08:28

  Tags: breached source code, hack, security, VMware

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  Microsoft offers big anti-hacking prize

  Microsoft has kicked off a contest aimed at turning the tables on hackers by offering big money prizes for innovative tactics to foil cyber attacks.

  By AAP | 04 August, 2011 09:10

  Tags: black hat, hack, hackers, Microsoft, security

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  Personal data of Massachusetts' unemployed stolen

  As if being unemployed isn't bad enough, 210,000 unemployed residents of Massachusetts may have had personal data about them stolen from the state agency that is supposed to be helping them out.

  By Tim Greene | 19 May, 2011 07:47

  Tags: cybercrime, hack, legal, security, symantec

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  Lush takes down hacked website

  Lush customers who have made online purchases may have to cancel their credit cards after the popular handmade cosmetics business was targeted by hackers.

  By AAP | 15 February, 2011 10:28

  Tags: credit cards, hack, hackers, Lush, security

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  Apache project server hacked, passwords compromised

  Hackers broke into a server used by the Apache Software Foundation to keep track of software bugs.

  By Robert McMillan | 15 April, 2010 05:46

  Tags: apache, atlassian, data theft, hack, passwords

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  Twitter application Grader.com hacked

  A popular Twitter application used to measure the influence of Twitter users has been hacked and used to send spam messages.

  By Robert McMillan | 12 February, 2010 07:50

  Tags: hack, security, twitter, Twitter applications

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  TOR issues updated software after server breach

  The TOR Project is advising users to upgrade to a new version of the software following a hack that compromised three of its servers.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 25 January, 2010 06:28

  Tags: hack, privacy, security breach, TOR Project

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  Security researcher IDs China link in Google hack

  The malicious software used to steal information from companies such as Google contains code that links it to China, a security researcher said Tuesday

  By Robert McMillan | 21 January, 2010 06:22

  Tags: China, Google, hack, security

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  Ballmer: Microsoft will stay in China

  Microsoft does not plan to follow Google’s lead in pulling out of China, the software giant’s CEO told news outlets on Thursday.

  By Nancy Gohring | 15 January, 2010 10:45

  Tags: China, Google, hack, Microsoft, steve ballmer

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  China emphasizes laws as Google defies censorship

  China said Thursday that foreign Internet companies are welcome to operate in the country in accordance with local laws, after Google defied authorities by saying it will end censorship on its Chinese search engine.

  By Owen Fletcher | 15 January, 2010 06:33

  Tags: censorship, China, Google, hack, privacy

• Hackers used rigged PDFs to hit Google -- and Adobe, says researcher

  Adobe today confirmed that the cyberattack that hit its corporate network earlier this month was connected to the large-scale attacks Google cited yesterday as one reason it might abandon China.

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 January, 2010 06:52

  Tags: Adobe, Google, hack, pdf

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  McAfee peddles wares to millions in Facebook deal

  McAfee has beat off rivals in a deal with Facebook which will allow it to promote its security suite to the website’s 350 million users and make it mandatory for victims of compromised accounts to use its online scanning tool.

  By Darren Pauli | 13 January, 2010 16:01

  Tags: Facebook, hack, mcafee, security, virus

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  Group behind Twitter hack takes down Baidu.com

  The group that took down Twitter.com last month has apparently claimed another victim: China's largest search engine Baidu.com.

  By Robert McMillan | 13 January, 2010 08:58

  Tags: baidu, hack, social networks, twitter

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  Restaurants sue vendors after point-of-sale hack

  When Keith Bond bought a computerized cash register system for his Broussard, Louisiana, restaurant, he thought he was modernizing his restaurant. Today, he believes he was unwittingly opening a back door for Romanian hackers who have now cost him more than US$50,000.

  By Robert McMillan | 03 December, 2009 07:37

  Tags: e-commerce, hack, legal, point-of-sale, pos

• Global warming research exposed after hack

  An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who see it as an urgent problem.

  By Robert McMillan | 21 November, 2009 12:27

  Tags: Copenhagen, global warming, hack, security