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Boing Boing bounces back after hack attempted to infect users with fake Adobe Flash update

The extremely popular Boing Boing blog was hacked by an unknown party who planted malicious code into the site’s WordPress theme.

If you fear your computer may have been compromised you may be wise to run an up-to-date anti-virus program.

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EFF asks court to let American sue Ethiopia for hacking his computer … – Boing Boing

EFF asks court to let American sue Ethiopia for hacking his computer …
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Since 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been representing "Mr Kidane," an Ethiopian-born US citizen whose computer the Ethiopian government …
Ethiopia Claims Immunity in Illegally Wiretapping American Skype …Kansas City infoZine

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EFF asks court to let American sue Ethiopia for hacking his computer and rounding up his friends – Boing Boing

EFF asks court to let American sue Ethiopia for hacking his computer and rounding up his friends
Boing Boing
The Ethiopian government doesn't deny that it hacked Mr Kidane using Finspy, a commercial law-enforcement tool sold by western companies to repressive governments around the world (Ethiopia doesn't have a very sophisticated domestic IT capacity, but it …

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Philippines electoral data breach much worse than initially reported, possibly worst ever – Boing Boing


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Philippines electoral data breach much worse than initially reported, possibly worst ever
Boing Boing
In late March, the Philippine Commission on Elections website was defaced in an Anonymous op, and a few days later, Lulzsec Pilipinas dumped its voter database. At the time, the Commission claimed that no sensitive information was exposed in the breach
Massive data breach exposes 55 million Philippine voters to risksEnterprise Innovation
Hacking exposes 55-M voters to identity theftPhilippine Star

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