Interesting stats…. (Please do not post political propaganda on my site: it’s about information security not Middle East politics):
An increase of 2000% in attacks on pro-Israel and Israeli government websites was recorded in the first few days after the IDF takeover of the Turkish ship ‘Marmara’ headed for Gaza. Most of the attacks originated from Turkish and Palestinian sources.
Tests conducted by Internet security experts from IBM also found that the attackers managed to breakthrough to 500 Israeli websites and make changes or to plant propaganda on them.
IBM also found that Israeli government sites held up well to the attacks and most of the break-ins were into sites of companies and organizations in the private sector.
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Rolling Stone chronicles the lifestyle exploits of Albert Gonzalez, which you can find here in the USA Today article here. Unfortunately I cannot provide a link to the actual RS article because it is paid only. You can find it at your local newsstand.
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The French Twitter hacker claimed it was an ethical hack. This defense has rarely been credible in the US since 9/11 due to the uptick in professional services and change in cultural mindset.
… he wanted to reveal just how vulnerable online data systems are to break-ins — and he says he didn’t mean any harm.”I’m a nice hacker,” suspect Francois Cousteix told France 3 television Thursday, a day after he was released from police questioning, adding that his goal was to warn Internet users about data security.
Here is why I no longer report security vulnerabilities I find.
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