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DreamHost warns customers of possible password breach

23

Jan

2012

DreamHost, the popular web hosting provider, has warned customers that one of its database servers has been illegally accessed by a hacker, and that the FTP and shell access passwords of some customers may have been compromised. If it was the case that passwords were taken, that information would certainly be useful to cybercriminals, as […]

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Hacker who bypassed Facebook security pleads guilty

14

Dec

2011

A British student has pleaded guilty to charges that he breached security at Facebook earlier his year, despite arguing that his intentions were not malicious. York student Glenn Steven Mangham, 26, attempted to bypass security on the company’s internal systems, raising alarm amongst the FBI that industrial espionage was occurring, according to media reports. Mangham, […]

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US SCADA infrastructure woefully unprotected

19

Nov

2011

It has been reported that a SCADA systems failure at a municipal water processing plant may have been caused by hackers infiltrating their network. The attackers were repeatedly turning a pump on and off until it caused the pump to fail, raising an alert to the operators. Upon investigation they determined that attackers may have […]

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