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Mass Trollface Spam hits Tumblr

09

May

2012

Click to Enlarge Better late than never, although both are preferable to being at the scene of the crime in a recent case of repeated spamposts across what appears to be a large number of Tumblr accounts. It seems three Tumblrs – all of which are now offline – were responsible for exploiting the site […]

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Northumbria Police Authority website defaced, serving Phish for breakfast

30

Aug

2011

It seems the Northumbria Police Authority website (northumbriapoliceauthority(dot)org(dot)uk) was compromised recently to push a “fight the power” message, and it looks like the defacement is the least of their worries as you’ll see shortly. What is the Northumbria Police Authority? We could use my wonderful description (“An Authority for the Northumbria Police”), but I think […]

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White House to double jail time for hackers?

23

Jun

2011

The Obama administration seems intent on pushing for stiffer sentences for hackers caught endangering national security to 20 years prison time, doubling the current sentence. A stiff penalty, to be sure, the latest in a series of volleys from D.C. to curb the flurry of recent high-profile attacks and restore confidence in the U.S. Government’s […]

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