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Iranian spies accidentally leaked videos of themselves hacking showing stealing from email accounts 

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Open secret: Iranian spies accidentally leak videos of themselves showing how to hack and steal data from email accounts Video of Iran-backed hackers training other hackers was uploaded by mistake Footage showed hackers combing through email accounts and copying data The footage was spotted by IBM’s X-Force security team and shared with Wired The rare … Read more

Machete thug who posted bloody Snapchat selfie after almost hacking off man’s hand is jailed

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Machete thug who posted bloody Snapchat selfie after almost hacking off man’s hand with a 15-inch blade in shocking attack outside a McDonald’s is jailed for 12 years Jordan Hughes, 22, followed group from a McDonald’s restaurant in Warrington He pulled a 40cm machete from his trousers and swung it at Samuel Liggett, 20 Hughes … Read more

Anonymous claims credit for hacking Minneapolis Police website and threatens to release records

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‘Anonymous’ takes credit for hacking the Minneapolis Police website and promises to expose the department’s ‘horrific track record of violence’ Anonymous claims to have hacked the Minneapolis Police Department website The collective circulated a list of leaked emails and passwords on social media Cybersecurity experts doubt the veracity of the hack and say the emails … Read more

Man gets revenge on thief who tried to steal his van by hacking his Facebook after he left his phone

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A man exacted hilarious revenge on an alleged thief who tried to steal his van by hacking into his Facebook profile and shaming him with the phone the hapless would-be criminal left inside the vehicle. The man’s partner was woken to the sound of the yob forcing the door of the silver Vauxhall Vivaro in … Read more

Surveillance firm pitched US police departments on a remote phone hacking tool

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Surveillance firm pitched US police on a remote phone hacking tool that would let them access a person’s text messages, emails, microphone, camera, and more Leaked emails show the San Diego police considered using a phone hacking tool The tool was developed by the US subsidiary of the Israeli surveillance firm NSO The hacking tool … Read more

Dominic Raab condemns ‘predatory’ hacking attacks amid coronavirus

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Dominic Raab issues thinly-veiled warning to Russia and China as he condemns ‘predatory’ hacking attacks on UK and US organisations battling coronavirus – saying criminals and ‘hostile states’ are exploiting the crisi Dominic Raab says criminals and ‘hostile states’ using crisis for their own ends Mr Raab did not name states but message seemingly aimed … Read more

HARRY COLE: MPs and journalists asking claim to be victims of suspicious hacking 

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HARRY COLE: MPs and journalists asking embarrassing questions about China claim to be victims of suspicious hacking By Harry Cole For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:42 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 01:08 BST, 3 May 2020 MPs and journalists who’ve been asking embarrassing questions about China claim to be victims of suspicious hacking. … Read more

Iran and Russia launch hacking attacks on British unis in attempt to steal vaccine secrets 

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Iran and Russia launch hacking attacks on British universities in attempt to steal coronavirus vaccine secrets Hackers have been attempting to find data about vaccines being produced Spy bosses have called the attacks on the universities ‘utterly reprehensible’  It is understood that so far, no major attack by hostile states has been successful  GCHQ has … Read more

Hacking fear as Ocado’s orders soar

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Hacking fear as Ocado’s orders soar amid surge in desperate shoppers scrambling to stockpile essentials By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 19 March 2020 The surge in desperate shoppers trying to arrange deliveries from Ocado was so high at one point the company feared … Read more

Prince Harry, Ray Winstone and Ryan Giggs win latest round of High Court phone hacking fight

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Prince Harry, Ray Winstone and Ryan Giggs win latest round of High Court phone hacking fight Lawyers argued allegations over what legal department knew should go unheard But Mr Justice Mann ruled that claims relating to this could be aired in trial He said litigants had managed to ‘see off’ a ‘serious attack’ on their … Read more