Posts tagged Hackers
China military site draws hackers
Nov 19th
The Chinese military defence website was subjected to 2.3 million hacking attempts in its first month online according to officials.
4 Hackers Indicted in $9.5 Million Bank Card Attack
Nov 10th
Four men have been indicted in Georgia on charges that they hacked into the Atlanta-based bank card processing company RBS WorldPay. They allegedly used an army of flunkies to steal $9.5 million in cash from ATM machines around the world in a span of hours.
Brazilian Blackout Traced to Sooty Insulators, Not Hackers
Nov 10th
SAO PAULO, Brazil — A massive 2007 electrical blackout in Brazil has been newly blamed on computer hackers, but was actually the result of a utility company’s negligent maintenance of high voltage insulators on two transmission lines. That’s according to reports from government regulators and others who investigated the incident for more than a year.
Massive Power Outages In Brazil Caused By Hackers
Nov 8th
A series of power outages affecting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were the result of cyber attacks, “60 Minutes” has learned. The two-day event in Espirito Santo State affecting more than three million people in 2007 and another, smaller event in three cities north of Rio de Janeiro in January 2005 were perpetrated by hackers manipulating control systems.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/06/60minutes/main5555565.shtml
