By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is not backing down on its claim that North Korea was the mastermind behind the disruptive Sony studio hack, the New York Post reports. The bureau’s insistence comes after a growing number of private cyber-security firms are saying there is no evidence to conclude North Korea was the mastermind….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has launched an investigation into Lizard Squad, an online group that took credit for the massive disruption of PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, Venture Beat reports. Sony apparently lost millions of dollars in lost transactions while the network was knocked offline for extended periods of time. “The FBI is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Was the FBI keeping tabs on millions of Apple devices? No, says an Orlando company that claims it – not the FBI – was hacked to obtain millions of identification numbers for Apple devices, the New York Times reports. Hacking group AntiSec – a subset of the hacking collective known as Anonymous –…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI, with the help of local law enforcement, arrested four people in the Philippines last week allegedly hacking into AT&T’s computer system. CNET News reports that the four were allegedly paid by the same Saudi Arabian terrorist group that funded the 2008 Mumbai attacks. While AT&T said their systems were…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com David C. Kernell, the son of a Tennessee state lawmaker, was sentence Friday to one year and one day in prison for hacking into Sarah Palin’s email during the 2008 presidential campaign, the Justice Department said. Kernell, 23, was convicted in April after a week-long trial on one count of misdemeanor…
To be honest, as dirty as politics is, I’m surprised there hasn’t been more of this type of activity. By JAY ROOT Associated Press The FBI confirmed Monday it is investigating whether hackers disrupted a live webcast on Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign Web site last week during a re-election announcement. “The FBI confirms that it…
