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Yahoo! confirms email hackers stole 400,000 accounts

400K Email Accounts Compromised: Yahoo!

Yahoo! confirms its servers were breached, 400K email accounts and passwords stolen from its Contributor Network database.

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Thousands Face Internet Loss as FBI Shuts Off DNS Changer Servers

More than 300,000 people, including many in the US, UK, India and China, could lose internet access later as the FBI shuts off servers used by cyber thieves.

Bo Xilai, Chongqing party secretary attends the closing session of the annual National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Despite his popularity, Bo has been a polarizing figure among elites over the past year, not only for the excesses of the gang crackdown but for promoting mass sing-alongs of once popular communist anthems and other "red culture." Even before the latest scandal, rumors swirled about the Bo family's wealth and the shenanigans of his Oxford-educated son, Guagua, who has appeared shirtless at parties on photos posted on the Internet. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

US Website Covering China’s Bo Xilai Scandal Hacked

A US-based Chinese-language website that has reported on the Bo Xilai scandal in China says it was crippled for several hours by a concerted hacking attack.

Credit Card Online Hack

Hackers Breach Global Payments Network

Leading credit and debit card payment processing company Global Payments announced hackers breached into their system and they are working with the US Secret Service to investigate the matter.

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