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FBI investigates Santa Clara University hack which changed exam grades

17

Nov

2011

The FBI is investigating a hack against Santa Clara University’s computer system, after someone broke into the network and changed the grades of some undergraduate students. Officials at the University say that they have reviewed tens of thousands of records dating back to 2000, and have identified a number of unauthorised changes in grades belonging […]

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Hackers steal data on nuclear plants and fighter jets

25

Oct

2011

A high-tech military contractor, which suffered an attack from hackers earlier this year, is reported to have lost sensitive data related to defence equipment including fighter jet planes and nuclear power plant plans. The Ashai Shimbun claims that when Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was hit by an attack earlier this year sensitive data and plans were […]

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Sony suffers another security scare – 93,000 user accounts broken into

12

Oct

2011

Hackers successfully broke into 93,000 accounts at Sony over the last few days, once again impacting users of the Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network (PSN) and Sony Online Entertainment services. According to a blog post by Philip Reitinger, Sony’s Chief Information Security Officer, credit card details were not compromised. As a precautionary step, Sony has […]

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