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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan casts his ballot, in Otuoke, Nigeria, Saturday, March 28, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Nigeria State House)
April 5, 2018, 8:10 pm
Nigerian ex-president denies knowledge of hacking claims tied to Israeli firm
Goodluck Jonathan's office says he was not aware of using Cambridge Analytica for campaign against current leader, after whistleblower says firm utilized Israeli company
By AFP and TOI staff
Illustrative: Stuart Davis, a director at one of FireEye's subsidiaries speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
March 24, 2018, 11:49 am
Iran slams US sanctions over hacking scheme
As US files charges against 9 Iranians, Tehran says new measures are 'a major new sign of hostility and animosity'
By AFP
This image released by the FBI is the wanted posted for 9 Iranians who took part in a government-sponsored hacking scheme that pilfered sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and government agencies. (FBI via AP)
March 24, 2018, 3:42 am
Israeli university accounts compromised in Iran hacking scheme
US charges 9 Revolutionary Guard-linked hackers with stealing sensitive information from hundreds of institutions, private companies and government agencies
By Agencies and TOI staff
This image released by the FBI is the wanted posted for 9 Iranians who took part in a government-sponsored hacking scheme that pilfered sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and government agencies. (FBI via AP)
March 23, 2018, 5:31 pm
US charges 9 Iranians in massive hacking scheme
Revolutionary Guard-linked hackers accused of stealing sensitive information from hundreds of American universities, private companies and government agencies
By Eric Tucker
This January 17, 2017, photo shows a Facebook logo being displayed in a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
March 23, 2018, 1:48 pm
Behind Facebook’s baby step fixes — defending its ad business
Targeted advertising is social media giant's core business, and limiting access to users' data could hurt its bottom line
By Barbara Ortutay and ANICK JESDANUN
Former Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
January 20, 2018, 9:38 pm
UK teen gained access to CIA chief’s accounts, court told
Kane Gamble says he used his bedroom computer to access the communications of top US intelligence and security officials, partly in support of Palestinians
By Robin MILLARD
Illustrative image of a hacker at work (Pixabay)
January 18, 2018, 7:47 pm
Researchers link major hacking campaign to Lebanese spy agency
Authors of new report say hackers tied to General Directorate of General Security discovered after leaving large amounts of intercepted data online
By Raphael Satter
Illusrative image of Bank Yahav. (Nati Shahat/Flash90)
December 12, 2017, 12:38 am
Man jailed for 3 years in Bank Yahav money extortion case
Court also fines Lior Sharabi, 32, who stole the bank's databases and threatened to publish them if he didn't receive millions' worth of Bitcoins
By TOI staff
In this undated image released by HBO, Lena Headey appears in a scene from 'Game of Thrones.' (HBO via AP, File)
November 21, 2017, 10:50 pm
US charges Iranian over ‘Game of Thrones’ HBO hack
Behzad Mesri, who remains at large, accused of stealing scripts of popular show, trying to extort $6 million in Bitcoin from network
By AFP
The Times of Israel
November 2, 2017, 10:14 pm
Times of Israel hit by hack attack
Assault was apparently carried out by Turkish hackers
By TOI staff
A view of the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab, Russia's leading antivirus software development company, in Moscow on October 25, 2017. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
October 25, 2017, 11:42 pm
Outed by Israel, Kaspersky confirms it took classified US information
Russian firm acknowledges its software picked up source code but says it was destroyed and never shown to anyone
By JTA
Eugene Kaspersky, Russian antivirus programs developer and chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, poses for a photo on a balcony at his company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
October 25, 2017, 1:16 pm
Russian anti-virus mogul: We uploaded US documents but quickly deleted them
Eugene Kaspersky says employees immediately told him in 2014 of captured National Security Agency files
By Raphael Satter
Members of the Korean Veterans' Association hold up banners in Seoul, South Korea, during a rally demanding the re-deployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea to cope with North Korea's nuclear threat, in Seoul, September 12, 2017. (AFP/JUNG Yeon-Je)
October 10, 2017, 12:55 pm
North Korea hacks key war plans from South Korea — report
Data stolen about 'decapitation' plot for North's leader Kim Jong Un, joint drills with US
By AFP
Jewish Republican candidate for US Senate Lena Epstein (YouTube screenshot)
August 22, 2017, 10:52 pm
Jewish GOP Senate candidate’s Twitter hacked with David Duke likes
Lena Epstein says there is 'little that could be more offensive to me than the suggestion that I support' KKK, neo-Nazis
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a Mac laptop. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
August 16, 2017, 1:25 pm
Israeli firm hacks the hackers, and has advice how to beat them
What are cyberattackers looking for, and what do they do when they find it? A report by cybersecurity company Imperva has some answers
By TOI staff
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