By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com So much for diplomacy. An Indian computer hacking group has got the FBI investigating its claims that India’s intelligence services intercepted communications among the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, according to ABC News. The hacking group posted documents online about a month ago alleging to be from India’s Directorate General…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the eyes of authorities, Luis Mijangos was a skilled computer hacker who went on the rampage and tried to extort sexually explicit videos from women and girls in what some referred to as a “sextortion” case. On Thursday, Mijangos ,32, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who lived in Santa Ana,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Hackers are everywhere. CNN reports that Greek police on Wednesday announced the arrest of an Athens teen suspected of hacking into the electronic systems of the FBI and Interpol. The 18-year-old also hacked into personal computers and stole data that he used to get credit cards, CNN reported. His name was…
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the eyes of authorities, Luis Mijangos was a skilled computer hacker who went on the rampage and tried to extort sexually explicit videos from women and girls. The FBI arrested the 31-year-old Santa Ana, Calif. man on Tuesday without incident. Authorities said that FBI computer forensics experts determined that Mijangos infected…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Republican star Sarah Palin may soon have a speaking engagement, but she won’t be able to collect a lucrative speaking fee as she as on different occasions. The Huffington Post reports that federal prosecutors have subpoenaed her to testify in the trial of former college student David Kernell, 22, in Knoxville,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service was paying big-time hacker Albert Gonzalez $75,000 a year as an informant before he was arrested in 2008 for operating a multi-million dollar credit and debit card hacking operation, the website WIRED reported. WIRED attributed the information to Gonzalez’s best friend and convicted accomplice Stephen Watt. Gonzalez is…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Max Ray Vision’s impressive hacking skills were only equal to his impressive prison sentence: 13 years — the longest hacking sentence in U.S. history, according to the website WIRED. Last Friday in Pittsburgh, a federal judge sent the skilled San Francisco hacker off to prison and ordered him to pay a…
