Iranian Cyber Army Hacks Voice of America
The Voice of America website has been attacked by Iranian hackers who defaced the homepage and disabled the organization’s online news service to more than 30 countries, according to NewZimbabwe.com. Claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army, the hackers defaced VOA’s main website and left a message addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying, [...]
Cyber criminals are now using domain name system hijackings to steal critical personal information, such as credit card numbers, according to a new report by an Internet service provider. Internet Identity’s eCrime Trends Report revealed evidence that cyber crooks hijacked ChronoPay.com, Russia’s largest payment processor Dec. 25 and 26 via DNS hijacking. By redirecting the [...]
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A U.S. federal judge has ruled in favor of China search engine giant Baidu, allowing the company to proceed with its lawsuit against Register.com for negligence. The ruling followed Register.com’s arguments in March, claiming the suit was not valid because the master services agreement barred claims relating to employee mistakes except in cases of gross [...]
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Court Approves Baidu Lawsuit Against Domain Register for Iranian Cyber Army Hack
July 23, 2010 1 CommentA U.S. judge has approved the lawsuit filed by Chinese search engine giant Baidu against its domain register following a cyber attack which occurred in January. The suit follows the attacks in January which were attributed to a group calling themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army.” Baidu alleges that Register.com gave the hackers access to Baidu’s [...]
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Following the cyber attack by the ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ on Chinese search engine Baidu, the company has filed a lawsuit against the domain registrar in a New York court. The DNS record attack redirected web users to a defaced web page instead of the search engine site. According to the lawsuit, the attack occurred because [...]
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