Over a quarter of the members of a US business lobby in China have experienced data theft, the group said on Friday, after the two powers engaged in a war of words over state-sponsored hacking attacks.
Several government, civil society and other private websites were defaced Wednesday night by an unidentified hacker calling itself “Anonymous Philippines” in protest of the recently enacted anti-cybercrime law.
Saying Internet security is vital to a nation’s economic and political policies, Vice President Jejomar Binay called for a strong Philippine response to cyber threats.
Pre-emptive cyber strikes against perceived national security threats are a “civilized option” to neutralize potential attacks, Britain’s armed forces minister said Sunday.
The Philippines has been tagged as one of the world’s biggest sources of a dangerous kind of cyber “attack” designed to take down entire computer networks and shut down key consumer services.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has taken steps to guard against hacking and other breaches of computer security after 10 of its websites were hacked in June and September, officials said Thursday.
TOKYO, Japan — Sony said Monday that its European subsidiary’s website had been hacked in the latest online attack targeting the Japanese electronics giant, which sent company shares down more than two percent. No confidential data was stolen or published on the Internet, said company spokeswoman Mami Imada in Tokyo. “It is true that the [...]
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Saturday for a comprehensive international dialogue on cyber attacks to prevent incidents from escalating dangerously out of control.
