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Hackers new tactic: attack media sites

Hackers promoting the Syrian Electronic Army simultaneously targeted websites belonging to CNN, Time and the Washington Post by breaching Outbrain, a firm which publishes content recommendations on those sites. Ref. Source 1

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U.S. Spy agencies mounted 231 cyber-attacks in 2011, documents show:

That disclosure, in a classified intelligence budget provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, provides new evidence that the Obama administration's growing ranks of cyberwarriors infiltrate and disrupt foreign computer networks. Ref. Source 9

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Military secretly developed mobile app games that spied on users, report says:

The NSA document describing the efforts to spy on the private communications and activities of gamers does not include even one instance of the programs producing useful information for spies. Ref. Source 4

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NSA infiltrates servers of Chinese telecommunications giant:

The U.S. National Security Agency has infiltrated servers in the headquarters of Chinese telecommunications and internet giant Huawei Technologies Co, obtaining sensitive information and monitoring the communications of top executives, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Ref. Source 3

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US charges China 'military hackers'

US announces charges against five Chinese military hackers accused of cyber spying on American companies Ref. BBC

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U.S. Investigators have evidence that hackers stole the computer credentials of a system administrator to access Sony's computer system, U.S. Officials tell CNN's Evan Perez.

The United States is preparing to publicly blame North Korea for the Sony Pictures hack, and one official said, "We do think it's appropriate to respond." The White House and government agencies are holding a series of high-level meetings to discuss the range of options, a senior official in the Obama administration said. Ref. CNN

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British army creates team of Facebook warriors:

The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare in the information age. Ref. Source 8

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Russian hackers behind the damaging cyberintrusion of the State Department in recent months used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system, according to U.S. Officials briefed on the investigation.

The White House has said the breach affected an unclassified system. But that gave the hackers access to such sensitive information as real-time nonpublic details of the President's schedule.

The State Department computer system has been bedeviled by signs that despite efforts to lock them out, the Russian hackers have been able to re-enter the system. One official says the Russians have "Owned" The State Department system for months. Ref. CNN