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		<title>Report: LivingSocial Hacked</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AllThingsD&#8217;s Kara Swisher is reporting that popular daily deals site LivingSocial &#8220;has suffered a massive cyber-attack on its computer systems.&#8221; Swisher continues to say that 50 million customers have been affected and will need to reset their passwords. Here&#8217;s a snippet from an internal e-mail sent to LivingSocial employees and apparently obtained by AllThingsD: The information accessed includes names, email addresses, date of birth for some users, and encrypted passwords — technically ‘hashed’ and ‘salted’ passwords. We never store passwords in plain text. Two things you should know: 1. * The database that stores customer credit card information was not affected or accessed. 2. * The database that stores merchants’ financial and banking information was not affected or accessed. So it looks like some personal info may have fallen into the wrong hands, but credit card and other financial details should be safe. If you have a strong enough password, it&#8217;ll hopefully be difficult enough to decrypt to avoid any misuse. (Here&#8217;s a refresher about how to create strong online passwords.) At any rate, you&#8217;ll want to change your current LivingSocial password to something new just in case. LivingSocial Hacked &#8212; More Than 50 Million Customers Impacted [AllThingsD.com]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=161169&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Airplanes Hackable by Phone? Not So Fast</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/04/12/airplane-hacks-not-so-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a rule, if a sensational headline about some dangerous new hacking threat seems too scary to be true, it probably is. A great example is this week&#8217;s hysteria over aircraft hacking, invoked by a security consultant who demonstrated the concept on an Android phone. For many publications, the temptation to frighten readers was too irresistible. Headlines with words like takeover, hijack and crash abound. In reality, the risk of getting in a plane crash at the hands of some evil hacker is nonexistent at this point. Aviation groups, flight-equipment makers and even a pilot are all saying there&#8217;s nothing to worry about. Let&#8217;s step back and look at what was demonstrated this week by Hugo Teso, a consultant for Germany-based n.runs AG. As Forbes reports, Teso found vulnerabilities in two systems that handle communication between airplanes and air-traffic controllers. Using an Android app and an exploit framework, Teso hacked into a virtual airplane, which he cobbled together from training-simulation software and flight-management hardware that he bought on eBay. As you might expect, there&#8217;s a big difference between a PC-based training simulator and the actual in-flight systems that commercial airlines use. Real flight systems have extra protection and redundancies. The simulation does not. In a statement to the Inquirer, the European Aviation Safety Agency said Teso&#8217;s system does not reveal any potential vulnerabilities in the real world. Likewise, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Teso&#8217;s hack &#8220;does not pose a flight-safety concern because it does not work on certified flight hardware.&#8221; But what if we assume that eventually, someone will figure out how to hack into a real flight-management system (FMS)? The good news here is that pilots aren&#8217;t helpless. If a hacker were to beam in a few unwanted commands, pilots would be able to react quickly and take control. Over at Ask the Pilot, Patrick Smith does the debunking: There’s only so much you could do by inputting faulty info to the FMS. The FMS cannot say to the plane, &#8216;descend toward the ground now!&#8217; or &#8216;slow to stall speed now!&#8217; or &#8216;turn<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=159994&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EA Origin Security Flaw Could Expose Tens of Millions of Players</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2013/03/19/ea-origin-security-flaw-could-expose-tens-of-millions-of-players/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it rains, it pours: Electronic Arts, currently grappling with game-breaking SimCity server issues as well as the surprise resignation of CEO John Riccitiello, might have to add &#8220;millions of players at risk of being hacked&#8221; to its list of woes. It seems EA&#8217;s Origin gaming service may place tens of millions of players (the service has around 40 million members total) at risk thanks to a design flaw that allows a hacker to execute malicious code on a targeted user&#8217;s system remotely. EA Origin is EA&#8217;s digital distribution platform as well as anti-piracy mechanism, operating as a sort of relay between players and EA&#8217;s game servers similar to Valve&#8217;s older, more popular Steam service. EA games like DICE&#8217;s Battlefield 3 or EA Maxis&#8217; SimCity require the EA Origin client to run, and it&#8217;s an exploitable flaw in that process on Windows PCs, whereby the Origin client employs web-like addresses to access games, that&#8217;s at issue. The paper outlining the exploit, titled &#8220;EA Origin Insecurity (When Local Bugs Go Remote.. Again),&#8221; was actually published in late February, so it&#8217;s likely making waves now because of all this other EA-related chatter &#8212; it didn&#8217;t just happen yesterday, in other words &#8212; but it is worth being aware of what&#8217;s at stake, since EA hasn&#8217;t addressed the problem, and there may be steps you can take to safeguard yourself until they do. The research team responsible for outing the exploit operates under the company name [Re]Vuln Ltd. and consists of two people: one a former security researcher for Research in Motion, the other describing himself as an &#8220;independent security researcher.&#8221; How does the exploit work? According to the researchers, if you&#8217;re launching an EA Origin game from a website or desktop shortcut, a hacker could abuse the &#8220;Origin URI handling mechanism,&#8221; meaning Origin links styled by the URI handler as &#8220;origin://&#8221; plus game, game ID, command parameters and an attacker&#8217;s payload. The exploit still requires hackers suss your game ID, but if they do, they could easily slip attack code in &#8212; say a remote DLL<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=158374&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apocalypse MMO: Death Becomes World of Warcraft</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/10/09/apocalypse-mmo-death-becomes-world-of-warcraft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend thousands of players dropped dead where they stood in some of <em>World of Warcraft</em>’s greatest cities. From Orgrimmar to Stormwind, they were the victims of a mysterious "insta-kill" hack.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=147864&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Device IDs Leaked by AntiSec Hackers: What You Need to Know</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/09/04/apple-device-ids-leaked-by-antisec-hackers-what-you-need-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of hackers claims to have stolen 12 million Apple device IDs and other user information from an FBI agent's laptop, and has posted some of the information online. A hack like this is always bound to cause a bit of a panic, so let's walk through the main things you need to know.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=144937&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hackcraft: Blizzard Warns of Security Intrusion, Recommends Users Change Passwords</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/08/09/hackcraft-blizzard-warns-of-security-intrusion-recommends-users-change-passwords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blizzard just announced that it recently discovered an "unauthorized and illegal access" to its internal network -- a breach that included access to sensitive personal data. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=142274&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alleged LulzSec Hackers Arrested as Leader Turns Snitch</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/03/06/alleged-lulzsec-hackers-arrested-as-leader-turns-snitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lulz Security, a hacking group that stole data from law enforcement, defaced the websites of major publications and published troves of user names and passwords from online services, has suffered a critical blow at the hands of law enforcement.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=122109&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Steam Hack Worse than Thought&#8230;Three Months Later</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/13/steam-hack-worse-than-thought-three-months-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valve's Steam gaming service forums were hacked in early November, but the company didn't admit as much until four days after the hack occurred — three months later, the other shoe drops.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=118641&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Did &#8216;Anonymous&#8217; Steal from Stratfor? Security Firm Gives Precise Figures</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/27/what-did-anonymous-steal-from-stratfor-security-firm-gives-precise-figures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 9,000 active credit cards, 27,000 phone numbers and 20,000 "easily cracked" passwords — that's what hacktivist group Anonymous has released to date, after reportedly hacking international intelligence and threat analysis firm Stratfor.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=111978&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speak Out and You May Be Targeted, Warns Breached Security Firm Stratfor</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/27/speak-out-and-you-may-be-targeted-warns-breached-security-firm-stratfor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be careful what you say, or say nothing at all, advises hacked international intelligence and threat analysis firm Stratfor, after revealing hackers may be targeting members who offer public support for the company in the wake of a serious security breach.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=111911&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Hackers Infiltrated U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Claims Report</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/21/chinese-hackers-infiltrated-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-claims-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that hackers located in China managed to breach the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's information technology infrastructure.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=111442&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>British Secret Service Creates Website to Recruit Self-Taught Hackers</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/01/british-secret-service-creates-website-to-recruit-hackers-without-their-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It had to happen; after years of science-fiction stories where heroes are recruited through video games that are actually tests of their abilities, a secret service has gone all <em>Last Starfighter</em> and set up a fake website designed to recruit potential hackers, ensuring that they only use their powers for good.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=108252&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Set Your Printer on Fire? Hackers Can Do What?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/30/set-your-printer-on-fire-hackers-can-do-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine: Your printer suddenly powers up while you're away, tendrils of smoke leaking from its crevices, threatening to burst into flames, all through the machinations of hackers, remotely instructing the machine to self-combust.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=108091&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Claims Porn Barrage Is Under Control</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/16/facebook-claims-porn-barrage-is-under-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it safe to go back in your favorite social network's waters? Perhaps.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=105205&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Valve&#8217;s Steam Hack as Bad as the Sony PlayStation Debacle?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/11/is-valves-steam-hack-as-bad-as-sony-playstation-debacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Valve revealed last night that its Steam online gaming service had been hacked and a database with user login and credit card info gutted, was anyone surprised?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=102817&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worst Cyber-Criminals in the World: China and Russia, Claims U.S. Report</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/03/orst-cyber-criminals-in-the-world-china-and-russia-claims-u-s-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget Anonymous and LulzSec, according to a new U.S. report compiled from research by over a dozen spy agencies and area experts, the world&#8217;s worst cyber-criminals are China and Russia. The Chinese in particular are in the U.S.&#8217;s crosshairs, accused in the report of being &#8220;the world&#8217;s most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage.&#8221; Them&#8217;s fightin&#8217; words—indeed, words strong enough for the Wall Street Journal to call the accusations &#8220;an unusual move&#8221; that&#8217;s likely designed to drive both domestic and international groups toward measures that would battle espionage-related activities threatening economic growth. The Washington Post describes the report as &#8220;abandoning the caution American officials typically display,&#8221; but adds that a senior U.S. intelligence official said the report&#8217;s bluntness &#8220;was prompted by the severity of the threat.&#8221; (MORE: China Denies Hacking U.S. Satellites) Russian intelligence services also come in for a tongue-lashing, accused of &#8220;conducting a range of activities to collect economic information and technology from U.S. targets.&#8221; The conclusion: Russia and China are spying to give themselves an economic edge. Indeed, the report fingers corporate hackers in both countries as illicitly mining sensitive corporate American research to bolster their respective economies. What&#8217;s more, &#8220;the governments of China and Russia will remain aggressive and capable collectors of sensitive U.S. economic information and technologies, particularly in cyberspace,&#8221; say the reports authors. The report, just delivered to Congress, was released Thursday morning. China&#8217;s response was swift if predictable: &#8220;We are opposed to willfully making unwarranted allegations against China as firmly as our opposition to any forms of unlawful cyberspace activities,&#8221; said embassy spokesman Wang Baodong in an emailed statement. But &#8220;unlawful&#8221; may be in the eye of the beholder. According to the senior official mentioned above, China and Russia sanction economic espionage as part of their national economic strategies, whereas such activities are illegal in the U.S. What&#8217;re they after? In addition to high-tech economic secrets, the report identifies military and aerospace technology, environmental tech and healthcare-related information (think pharmaceuticals) as top of the list. While Russia&#8217;s presence in the report may surprise some,<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=101782&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hacker Collective &#8216;Anonymous&#8217; Goes After Mexican Drug Cartel</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/31/hacker-collective-anonymous-goes-after-mexican-drug-cartel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First it was child-pornography sites. Now the hacker collective known as Anonymous is going after a Mexican drug cartel. The Zetas are one of the biggest players in Mexico&#8217;s drug war, which has resulted in about 40,000 deaths since 2006. Earlier this month, a YouTube video showed a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who claimed to speak for Anonymous warning the Zetas that the collective would reveal the names of people who had aided the cartel, including taxi drivers, police officers and journalists, if a kidnapped member of Anonymous weren&#8217;t released. (PHOTOS: The Top 10 Notorious Mexican Drug Lords) BBC News reports that local authorities weren&#8217;t able to authenticate the video, in which the claim was made that &#8220;we cannot defend ourselves with weapons, but we can with their cars, houses and bars&#8221; and that exposing Zetas is &#8220;not difficult &#8230; we know who they are and where they are.&#8221; If the message is real, it means Anonymous is playing with fire. In September, the narcogang decapitated 39-year-old Marisol Macías Castañeda in the town of Nuevo Laredo for supposedly posting comments to social-networking sites under the name Laredo Girl. The sign next to her body (pictured above) read, &#8220;Nuevo Laredo en Vivo and social networking sites, I&#8217;m The Laredo Girl, and I&#8217;m here because of my reports, and yours.&#8221; That same month, two bodies were found hanging next to a sign that stated, &#8220;This is going to happen to all Internet snitches. Pay attention, I&#8217;m watching you.&#8221; The name of the supposedly kidnapped Anonymous member was not revealed. If the collective does reveal the identities of Zeta members, those members will likely be vulnerable to attacks from rival gangs. [via BBC News] MORE: &#8216;Anonymous&#8217; Threatens to Take Down Fox News Next Month<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=101413&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Hackers Targeting U.S. Satellites?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/27/chinese-hackers-targeting-u-s-satellites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It certainly sounds ominous: Hackers meddling with satellites controlled by the U.S. government several times over the past four years. What&#8217;s more, claims a report by a U.S. congressional commission, the hackers behaved in ways consistent with Chinese military doctrine. In a draft report due out next month and summarized by Bloomberg, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission says that two U.S. satellites, used for earth climate and terrain observation, were hacked four times in 2007 and 2008 by way of a ground station in Norway. One, an earth observation satellite, was on the fritz for upwards of 12 minutes between 2007 and 2008, while another was repeatedly hacked at various points in 2008—all that, says the report, per a &#8220;closed-door U.S. Air Force briefing,&#8221; though the latter offered no insights into the hackers&#8217; goals. (MORE: China Denies Gmail Hack, Claims It&#8217;s a &#8216;Victim&#8217; Too) &#8220;Such interference poses numerous potential threats, particularly if achieved against satellites with more sensitive functions,&#8221; reads the draft report. &#8220;Access to a satellite‘s controls could allow an attacker to damage or destroy the satellite. An attacker could also deny or degrade as well as forge or otherwise manipulate the satellite’s transmission.&#8221; The China angle&#8217;s sketchier. The report doesn&#8217;t outright name China, much less the Chinese government, as the perp, but says that &#8220;individuals participating in ongoing penetrations of U.S. networks have Chinese language skills and have well established ties with the Chinese underground hacker community.&#8221; Note the broadness of that claim—the report admits it doesn&#8217;t &#8220;prove any government affiliation&#8221;—and that it makes only indirect reference to the satellite hacks. The commission admits that ascribing blame is complicated by the fact that hackers expect to be traced, and take measures to ensure they&#8217;re not. Blaming China for hack attacks has become customary in recent years. In June, China denied accusations by Google that Chinese hackers broke into Gmail, the company&#8217;s free online email service, and absconded with the login details of hundreds of senior U.S. and Asian government officials, military personnel, journalists and Chinese political activists. And in August, cyber<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=101087&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers Turned Journalists? Anonymous Launches &#8216;Analytics&#8217; Site</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/09/28/hack-collective-anonymous-tries-journalism-with-analytics-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the career move no-one was expecting from Anonymous: going from faceless hackers to investigative journalists exposing corporate corruption via a specially-created website. Okay, alright&#8230;maybe it&#8217;s not that unexpected from a headless collective with a propensity for resetting expectations. The site, Anonymous Analytics, launched on Monday and seeks to, in its words, &#8220;provide the public with investigative reports exposing corrupt companies&#8221; using a team that includes &#8220;analysts, forensic accountants, statisticians, computer experts, and lawyers from various jurisdictions and backgrounds.&#8221; (MORE: F.B.I. Busts LulzSec, Anonymous Suspects Across U.S.) The site just launched with a 39-page downloadable report alleging that Chinese company Chaoda Modern Agriculture has defauded its investors of $400 million over the last eleven years. A spokesperson for the group told Financial Times that there are multiple reasons why the site started with that company as opposed to something in the U.S., not least of which is its current size. Their explanation: We don’t have enough of either to start attacking a major Western entity on an effective scale. So we have to start with smaller companies, gather enough resources and expertise, and slowly work our way up the food chain. We would love to take down the next Madoff, but we have to make sure our reach doesn’t exceed our grasp. MORE: Anonymous Declares &#8216;Day of Vengeance,&#8217; Coming September 24th Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=98471&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>F.B.I. Busts LulzSec, Anonymous Suspects Across U.S.</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/09/23/f-b-i-busts-lulzsec-anonymous-suspects-across-u-s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the Federal Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s been especially busy over the past 48 hours, because they&#8217;re suddenly snatching up alleged members of hack collectives LulzSec and Anonymous across the United States. According to FoxNews.com, the F.B.I. arrested two members allegedly affiliated with LulzSec and Anonymous yesterday morning—one in San Francisco, one in Phoenix—while a third suspect was charged in Ohio. (MORE: Anonymous Declares &#8216;Day of Vengeance&#8217;, Coming September 24) Add Minnesota, Montana and New Jersey to the state roster: an F.B.I. official toward FoxNews.com Thursday that search warrants were underway in those states, too. The arrested? According to a federal indictment, 23-year-old Cody Kretsinger of Phoenix, charged with conspiring to cause damage to a computer without authorization. Kretsinger allegedly used a virtual private service to probe Sony Pictures&#8217; computer systems for vulnerabilities, launched a SQL injection attack against said computers, stole confidential information in the process, handed it over to other members of LulzSec, publicized the attack, posted information from the attack online, then wiped the hard drive of the computer used to conduct the attack clean. The other two arrested—Christopher Doyon, 47, from Mountain View, California and Joshua Covelli, 26, from Fairborn, Ohio—were charged with conspiring to damage computers and eventually putting paid to that conspiracy. They allegedly executed a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against Santa Cruz County, California&#8217;s computer systems last year. The F.B.I.&#8217;s Los Angeles branch also told FoxNews.com it had arrested a member of Anonymous in San Francisco, that the suspect was homeless and had participated in the Santa Cruz County hack attacks. Assuming any of these allegations and arrests go somewhere, so much for anonymity—like most stings, these probably took months (or even years) to develop, so while LulzSec and Anonymous may have enjoyed the spotlight (in particular, over the past several months) and a sense of impunity, it sounds like their eventual unmasking, given the deterministic, ultimately trackable nature of the Internet, was all but inevitable. MORE: FBI Arrests 14 Suspects from Hacker Group &#8217;Anonymous&#8217; Matt Peckham is a reporter at TIME. Find<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=98155&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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