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Tesla has patched a security breach in the Model S that could have allowed someone to take control of a car remotely.

In a September 13 press release the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that it had traced an intrusion into its computer system to a hacker group allegedly operated by the Russian government.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton provided an opening for hackers to gain access to one of President Obama’s email addresses by emailing him directly while overseas.

A group of hackers called the “Shadow Brokers” claim to have stolen the National Security Agency’s “omnipotent” cyber-weapons and are auctioning them off to the highest bidder.

TEL AVIV – The Islamic State plans to attack U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, an Israeli cyberintelligence company that claimed to have hacked the terror group’s organization’s communications warned on Wednesday.

“If in fact Russia engaged in this activity, it’s just one on a long list of issues that me and Mr. Putin talk about and that I have got a real problem with,” Obama said.

Law enforcement sources now say that a computer system used by the Clinton campaign have been attacked as part of a system hack of the Democratic National Committee.

It should be possible to honestly disagree with Donald Trump’s provocative comments, but that was apparently beyond the ability of Hillary Clinton’s friends, donors, and former employees in the mainstream media… or Trump critics on the Right, who should have known better than to implicitly believe anything the press tells them.

The establishment media is insisting today that Donald Trump wants dictator Vladimir Putin’s hackers to breaking into Americans’ computers.

It’s a sign of our curious times that the Obama administration is touting how much ground ISIS has lost on Twitter. The Islamic State’s social media operation is often credited for their success at recruiting both foot soldiers in the Middle East and “lone wolf” jihadis around the world, so a dramatic reduction of their online footprint would be good news, if that is indeed what’s happening.

TEL AVIV – Israel and the U.S. will sign an agreement for the “real time” exchange of information relating to cyber security threats, Alejandro Mayorkas, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said on Monday.

The hackers who raided the Democratic National Committee’s computer system also went after Hillary Clinton’s aides, as well as lobbyists, consultants, foundations, and “think tanks,” according to a report by Bloomberg Politics.

Everyone is getting snarky these days, including the Russians. Responding to allegations that Russian government hackers broke into the Democratic National Committee’s server and stole their opposition research file on Donald Trump, President Vladimir Putin’s Internet adviser, German Klimenko, said maybe the Democrats just had a really stupid password that was easy for anyone to crack.

Over the weekend, Twitter and Pinterest accounts belonging to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg were hacked by a group called the “OurMine Team,” reportedly based in Saudi Arabia.

In early April, the website of the Democratic Progressive Party was hijacked several times, diverting visitors to a fake website. California-based security company FireEye believes the attack, like many others plaguing Taiwan, was the work of mainland Chinese hackers.

The FBI has issued a warning that ransomware attacks are on the rise, along with some tips for how to deal with the threat.

The Philippine Star reports that a large number of government and corporate websites were hacked and vandalized by a group calling itself the “Indonesian Defacer Team,” which replaced the normal web pages with messages praising itself.

Hackers from the Islamic State-linked “United Cyber Caliphate” used the secure messaging platform Telegram to post a “hit list” of U.S. government employees on Monday, including sensitive personal information such as addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.

Hackers have forced printers in several German Universities to print anti-Semitic posters and messages. Multiple German universities including the University of Hamburg had their printers hacked on Wednesday. The individuals who apparently perpetrated the attack found gaps in the security of the

Ynetnews reports: The cyber attacks launched by the anti-Israel hacker-group ‘Anonymous’ are more hype than harm, according to Israeli cyber security experts, who claim that media coverage is fomenting unnecessary fear out of sync with the reality of the threat. Anonymous,

On Monday, an anonymous hacker posted a data file containing personal data on 50 million Turkish citizens, including their addresses, birthdates, and the national identifier numbers issued by the Turkish government.

The Justice Department has announced charges against seven suspects linked to the government of Iran for hacking into the control systems of the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, New York.

A secretly installed data monitoring system, meant to keep track of all the Internet traffic on University of California campuses, has become the focus of a contentious debate over whether free speech and privacy are at stake there.

South Korea says North Korea has been trying to hack into their smartphones and has also conducted cyberattacks against the South Korean railway transit system.

A website belonging to Indian Railways was hacked on Tuesday, replacing the page of a personnel director with a message purportedly from Maulana Aasim Umar, al-Qaeda’s top operative in south Asia.

One of the missions for U.S. special forces troops deployed against ISIS in Iraq will be gathering intelligence for American cyber-commandos, who are already striking the Islamic State’s computer systems. The Obama administration has warned American utility companies about the danger of cyberattacks against our infrastructure, possibly as a result of hostilities in the Middle East.

Hackers successfully took a Los Angeles hospital for ransom, demanding a payment of $3.6 million in Bitcoin for the safe return of its electronic records before ultimately settling for a $17,000 payoff.

A 20-year-old hacker from Kosovo, Ardit Ferizi, is facing charges that he gave the Islamic State a trove of personal data on U.S. government employees and military members, useful for planning terrorist attacks against them.

A fascinating article at the UK Register offers advice from Rob Joyce, the head of the National Security Agency’s Tailored Access Operations unit — in other words, the NSA’s chief hacker — on how to protect your network from intruders… such as, oh, let’s say the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations Unit.

Security experts across the world are increasingly worried about the possibility of a cyber-attack that would target infrastructure – anything from communications and traffic control to electric power or utility services. Just such an attack is believed to have occurred on December 23 in Ukraine.

Turkey has accused the Russian government of having a hand in cyberattacks launched against government and private Turkish websites, after the downing of a Russian fighter in November.

Several Turkish websites belonging to both private companies and government agencies came under cyberattack this week. Some in Turkey claim Russian hackers are responsible, suggesting the attacks might be the result of rising tensions between Turkey and Russia.

Anonymous has declared December 11th “ISIS Trolling Day.” The hackers call on web users to spend the day antagonizing, mocking, and disrupting the online propaganda of the Islamic State. In a widely-shared document, Anonymous instructs supporters to post mocking photos,

The Chinese government claims it has identified and arrested the hackers who breached the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, stealing information on over 20 million federal employees and contractors in history’s largest data raid.

Unimpressed by their “historic” nuclear deal with the United States, and its billions of dollars in sanctions relief, Iran’s hackers have escalated their attacks on U.S. government officials over the past four months.

Hostility between the hacker collective Anonymous and the Islamic State escalated into a ‘cyberwar’ after the Paris terror attack, with Anonymous hackers claiming to have taken out hundreds of ISIS websites and thousands of their social media accounts. However, the