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Uber says sorry to patrons in Brazil for massive data breach in 2016

UberonFridayapologizedtoits156,000usersinBrazil,whosepersonalinformationwasleakedinamajordatabreachin2016.Inanemailtothem,theride-sharingcompanyadmittedthatthei

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AP finds hackers hijacked at least 195 Trump web addresses

TheAssociatedPresshaslearnedthatfouryearsago,atleast195webaddressesbelongingtoTrump,hisfamilyorhisbusinessempirewerehijackedbyhackerspossiblyoperatingoutofRussi

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Putin: Patriotic Russians may stage cyber-attacks on own initiative

PresidentVladimirPutinsaidonThursdaythatpatrioticRussianhackersmayhavestagedcyber-attacksagainstcountriesthathadstrainedrelationswithMoscowontheirowninitiative,

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Japanese university begins training ‘white-hat’ hackers to probe cybersecurity weaknesses

“White-hat” hackers who spot a security vulnerability in a computer system or network may be one of the most sought after professions in Japan today with technology firms struggling with increasing threats of cyberattacks.

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"White hat" hackers: illegal vigilantes or saviors of Internet security?

So-called white hat hackers, who are part of a booming industry in China, may find themselves increasingly curtailed by a lack of legal identity, even as huge Internet companies continue to seek out their services.

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Young cyberwarriors help to keep Web safe

​A team of young hackers from Shanghai will be going head-to-head with others from around the world at the weekend.

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U.S. Central Command's Twitter, YouTube accounts hacked

​The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the United States military command that oversees operations including those in the Middle East were hacked Monday by a group of people claimed to be supporters for the Islamic State.