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Ron Paul’s website attacked during fundraising drive

23

Aug

2011

A fundraising drive by Ron Paul was disrupted this weekend by an internet attack against his website. Texas Congressman Paul, who hopes to win the Republican party’s nomination for the United States 2012 presidential election, timed his so-called “money bomb” to coincide with his 76th birthday. However, a statement on Ron Paul’s Facebook page said […]

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Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEx) website hacked, impacts trades

11

Aug

2011

The Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEx) halted trading this afternoon for seven stocks after its website was hacked during the morning trading session. The seven stocks in question were all due to release sensitive results to the website that could impact the price of their stocks. Although the Hong Kong stock exchange also operates an […]

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Jake Davis named as suspected hacker Topiary by UK police

01

Aug

2011

British police have tonight named the teenager they arrested in Shetland last week, in relation to the LulzSec and Anonymous hacking groups. Jake Davis, 18, will appear in court on Monday charged with five offences including unauthorised computer access and conspiracy to carry out a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack against the SOCA website. (SOCA is […]

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