Sunday, May 19, 2013
 
 

By Jim Finkle and Jennifer Saba

(Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media intensify.

The Syrian Electronic Army, an online group that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was behind the incident which followed a phishing attack on the company's email accounts, FT reported on its website.

The attack is the latest in which hackers commandeered the Twitter account of a prominent news organization to push their agenda. Twitter's 200 million users worldwide send out more than 400 million tweets a day, making it a potent dis   [READ MORE]
 
 
By Brett Wolf

ST. LOUIS, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - U.S. authorities have seized two accounts linked to a major operator in the booming Bitcoin digital currency market, Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox. The move may prevent the firm from facilitating the purchase and sale of Bitcoins i...   [READ MORE]
LONDON (Reuters) - The website and Twitter feed of British newspaper the Financial Times were hacked on Friday, apparently by the Syrian Electronic Army, a group of online activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The group posted links on the newspaper's Twitt...   [READ MORE]
LONDON (Reuters) - The website of British newspaper the Financial Times was hacked on Friday, apparently by the Syrian Electronic Army, a group of hackers and on-line activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Stories on the FT's website have had their headlines...   [READ MORE]
By Estelle Shirbon

LONDON (Reuters) - A retired British politician sued the wife of the House of Commons Speaker for defamation on Thursday, accusing her of implying in a tweet that he was a pedophile guilty of sexually abusing boys living in a care home.

Alistair McA...   [READ MORE]
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The online shopping sites Newegg and Overstock Inc won a patent battle on Wednesday with telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA, which had accused the companies of infringing its patented technology.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which hears a...   [READ MORE]
 
By Estelle Shirbon

LONDON (Reuters) - Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was anarchic self-amusement, a court heard on Wednesday.

The men, who have pleaded gu...   [READ MORE]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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