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Vatican's communications site, Twitter feed hacked

Vatican Sites Hacked - USA Today

One of the Vatican's main Twitter accounts and the website of its communications office were running stories about Batman on Thursday with the headline "Holy Switcheroo!" — raising concerns they might have been hacked.

 

Three BBC Twitter accounts hacked

BBC Weather Hacked - NBC News

The BBC Weather Twitter account began posting some peculiar updates Thursday. You could argue that they were loosely weather themed, yes, but the tweets were a series of digs at countries and heads of state in the Middle East.

 

Exclusive: Apple, Macs hit by hackers who targeted Facebook

Apple Inc was recently attacked by hackers who infected Macintosh computers of some employees, the company said Tuesday in an unprecedented disclosure describing the widest known cyber attacks targeting Apple computers used by corporations.

 

NBC sites hacked by 'pyknic'; quickly restored

Several NBC websites were hacked on Sunday by a person or group calling itself "pyknic" and suggesting a possible link to the cyber-attack group Anonymous.

 

Hackers disrupt Israel airline, stock market sites

Middle East Hackers

A hacker network that claims to be based in Saudi Arabia paralyzed the websites of Israel's stock exchange and national airline on Monday, escalating an international cyber war that has jolted this security-obsessed country.

 

Spam attack puts porn on Facebook

Spam attack puts porn on Facebook

Porn, violent images and other graphic pieces of content are spreading across Facebook in what appears to be a widespread and ugly spam attack.

 

Harvard website hacked

Harvard University's website was hacked this morning in what appeared to be a Syrian-related attack.

 

Sony: 3 million more PlayStation members since attacks

Sony chief executive Howard Stringer said that the company has largely recovered from the cyberattacks that hit it last spring, and is actually seeing some growth on its PlayStation network.

 

'Anonymous' Hackers Claim Third Attack on Police

'Anonymous' Hackers Claim Third Attack on Police

A computer hacking group Friday posted a new batch of personal details about Arizona law enforcement officers, marking a third attack on the state's police and an escalation of a spree of cyber break-ins.

 

Hackers Hit Electronic Arts

Hackers Hit Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts said a cyberattack on its BioWare division allowed hackers to steal names, encrypted passwords, email addresses and birth dates.

 

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