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Thai PM is Twitter hacked

03

Oct

2011

Thailand’s Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, had her Twitter account hacked this weekend – meaning that her followers saw a stream of messages criticising her leadership. Ms Yingluck, who is Thailand’s first female prime minister, has been criticised for having no previous political experience, with some observers claiming that she is a puppet for her brother […]

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Maine voter registration system breached. Or not.

26

Aug

2011

Reports surfaced on Wednesday that the US state of Maine – in the north-eastern tip of that country’s Atlantic seaboard – might have suffered a breach in its voter registration system. According to Maine’s Bangor Daily News, a malware infection in a municipality might have given unlawful access to the state’s voter records. Maine voter […]

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‘LulzSec suspect’ arrested by New Scotland Yard

21

Jun

2011

New Scotland Yard has confirmed that it has arrested a 19-year old suspected hacker in Essex, UK, in connection with a series of hacks and denial-of-service attacks against a number of organisations. It is being widely speculated that the arrest is in connection with the high-profile attacks by the LulzSec hacking group, which has claimed […]

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