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Some of the most dangerous weapons at the Pentagon were easily hacked. Experts aren’t surprised.

The findings are a result of an investigation ... hackers are those that are simple and isolated — and often old,” Futter said. “However, the trend seems to be in the other direction, even for command ... read more

US data breach by hackers dates back three decades; includes information, background checks

social security numbers and bank information could help hackers test potential passwords to other sites, including those with information about weapons systems, the official said. "That could give the... read more

“Designer bugs”: how the next pandemic might come from a lab

Partly for these reasons, no country has ever developed nuclear weapons while being a party to the NPT. Of the nine nuclear weapons nations, the US, USSR (whose ... in the international system to deal ... read more

Hackers issue voting machine security warning ahead of US midterm elections

According to a declassified US Intelligence Community Assessment, the Kremlin "unsuccessfully" attempted to promote the election of Donald Trump; unsuccessfully because the intelligence community did ... read more

A tiny change to this obscure arms dealing agreement could kill the cyber security industry

Penetration testers are hackers companies hire to find ... the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and UK National Cime Agency (NCA). It fell into infamy when hackers published 400GB of data, all... read more

Computers Are Weapons of War

What terrorism taught us ... new starting point, has realigned the relationship of weapons to war, while the appearance of weapons of new concepts, and particularly new concepts of weapons, has gradua... read more

Casino Operator Las Vegas Sands Admits Hackers Have Stolen Customer Data

The company has launched a new ... US should drop a nuclear bomb on Iran. In response, the hackers defaced several casino websites owned by Sands, posting a message which read, “Damn A, Don’t let your ... read more

Hackers Lock Down Entire School District With Threats: 'We Are Savage Creatures'

Investigators say that parents received “extremely graphic threats via text messages” and that hackers sent the school board a ... watchlist and is not allowed to enter the United States. The suspects ... read more

World War Zero: How Hackers Fight to Steal Your Secrets

Vulnerabilities in popular applications and operating systems ... Net till they find somebody who hasn't updated their software yet, zero-day, shmero-day. "It's more like, 'It's going to work 10% of t... read more

Consumer Alert: What the net neutrality repeal means

Howard says, “It will be slow, but the attention spans are such that people get incensed about it, then nothing happens for a while, and you find ... US KIYC: New Jersey’s voting system among most vul... read more

Timeline: A 40-year history of hacking

A few of the members transfer their curiosity and rigging skills to the new mainframe computing systems ... I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us ... read more

Hacks Bring Down US Background Check System — But the Worst Is Yet to Come

Former US Air Force cyber crimes investigator ... Systems need proactive detection systems that can head off incursions before they can do too much damage. And, as Cohen told VICE News, a modicum of a... read more