
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>electronista | hackers News</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/</link>
<description>electronista is the leading source for electronic news. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for gadgets News. Period.</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<image>
<title>hackers, Latest News, Headlines, Stories;</title>
<url>http://photos.macnn.com/logo-electronista.jpg</url>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/</link>
</image>
<item>
<title>Twitter attacked by hackers, affects 250,000 accounts</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/03/attack.said.not.to.be.the.work.of.amateurs/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339087263_new-twitter-logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Social networking site Twitter has been hacked, with approximately 250,000 user accounts affected. Hackers managed to gain access to the usernames, e-mail addresses, session tokens, and encrypted and salted password hashes belonging to users of the service, something that the company is quickly trying to rectify....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/03/attack.said.not.to.be.the.work.of.amateurs/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Bank agrees to repay company's ACH-purloined funds</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/01/credentials.stolen.from.company.bank.failed.to.prevent.theft/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354384597_peoplesbank-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A financial institution in Maine has agreed to reimburse a construction company $345,000 that was stolen by hackers following a ruling that the bank had "commercially unreasonable" security precautions. People's United Bank has agreed to pay Patco Construction Company every cent it lost in 2009, plus $45,000 in interest after miscreants stole the Patco banking credentials and withdrew money from t...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/01/credentials.stolen.from.company.bank.failed.to.prevent.theft/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Go Daddy DNS compromised, some site visitors infected</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/23/hackers.change.domain.details.to.infect.ransomware/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1353697125_sophosgodaddyransomthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Hackers have altered DNS records of websites hosted by Go Daddy, with the aim of infecting visitors with ransomware. The attackers are adding subdomains to the DNS records, pointing to a malicious IP address under their control, allowing victims to believe they are going to the right website, and for the pages to avoid various security protection mechanisms. This attack comes two months after an a...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/23/hackers.change.domain.details.to.infect.ransomware/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Unknown agents assail White House servers; nothing lost</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/01/unclassified.servers.penetrated.isolated.from.rest.of.network/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349134834_whitehouse-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Government is attempting to cool down rumors that hackers linked to the Chinese government penetrated the White House Military Office's (WHMO) network. The WHMO is responsible for presidential travel arrangements, and all communications with military units from the White House. A White House source denies the allegation, claiming that the spear phishing attack hit an unclassified network as...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/01/unclassified.servers.penetrated.isolated.from.rest.of.network/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Last.fm, eHarmony join ranks of password leaks</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/07/millions.of.passwords.exposed.hacked.on.russian.forum/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339118642_eharmonylastfm-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Music purveyor Last.fm and online dating matching service eHarmony have both recently announced that they are the victims of an assault by hackers. Both Last.fm and eHarmony have published brief statements about the break-ins, with little data about previous or new security precautions implemented as a result of the leak. The news comes days after the high-profile breach on LinkedIn....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/07/millions.of.passwords.exposed.hacked.on.russian.forum/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>AntiSec hackers dump sensitive US police officer data</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/08/antisec.reveals.10gb.of.us.police.private.data/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/antisecin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[AntiSec hackers said they have made their biggest hack and revealed it to the world by posting 10GB of confidential US law enforcement information, the group revealed in a statement. This move, the group said, is in response to the arrests of Anonymous and LulzSec hackers. The so-called Shooting Sheriffs Saturday dump is said to include private e-mail, passwords, addresses, social security, credit...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/08/antisec.reveals.10gb.of.us.police.private.data/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>LulzSec hacks FBI affiliate's site, grabs user data</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/05/lulzsec.strikes.again.hacks.site.steals.data/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/lulzsec_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[LulzSec, the group of hackers that recently embarrassed Sony again, has now switched its attention an FBI affiliateís site and hacked it. In doing so, it also exposed the user data of around 180 of the sites users. Among them, was the data of Unveillance CEO Karim Hijazi. Hijazi claims that LulzSec not only stole his data, including access to his company emails and Gmail account, but the group als...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/05/lulzsec.strikes.again.hacks.site.steals.data/</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Sir Howard Stringer defends Sony's response to PSN hack</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/18/sony.not.slow.no.guarantee.of.100.security/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/psnin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sir Howard Stringer has  defended Sonyís response to the massive data breach that exposed user information to hackers. Numerous critics have lambasted Sony for waiting up to a week before notifying customers of the nature of the attack on its servers after first shutting them down without notice.  In an interview with the New York Times, Stringer claimed that ì[Sony] reported quickly.î...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/18/sony.not.slow.no.guarantee.of.100.security/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Amazon EC2 used as proxy in PSN hacks</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/14/amazon.ec2.cloud.based.server.used.in.psn.hacks/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/psnin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazonís EC2 cloud-based rental server service is reported to have been  utilized as a proxy in the  Sony PlayStation Network  hacks. According to Bloomberg, a person with knowledge of the matter has revealed that the hackers used an alias to rent an Amazon EC2 server and used it as the staging point for the attack. The person said that Amazon has closed the account used for the hack....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/14/amazon.ec2.cloud.based.server.used.in.psn.hacks/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>New York Attorney General demands Sony info on PSN hacks</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/05/eric.schneiderman.issues.subpoena.to.sony/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/psnin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The New York Attorney General has demanded that Sony divulge information to his department regarding how it protects customersí personal information. While Sony has refused to testify to Congress about the massive data breach it suffered at the hands of hackers, Eric Schneiderman has taken a legal tack, issuing the company a subpoena....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/05/eric.schneiderman.issues.subpoena.to.sony/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
