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Anonymous hackers hit pharma giant Bayer's website
27 June 2011Bayer confirms "illegal interference" with Italian website after Anonymous-affiliated hackers make Twitter boast
Citigroup says $2.7m was stolen after cyber attack
27 June 2011US banking giant confirms report that May's cyber attack lead to million dollar losses
LulzSec hacks Arizona police force
24 June 2011Continuing its campaign againsts banks, governments and big businesses, hacking group hits US police force in retaliation for immigration law
Travelodge investigating data breach
24 June 2011UK hotel chain looking into why several of its customers received a spam email from its official email address
MoJ signs security services deal with Detica
22 June 2011BAE Systems subsidiary to supply "wide range" of information assurance and cyber security services to the Ministry of Justice
Suspected LulzSec "mastermind" arrested in Essex
21 June 2011In the wake of the LulzSec hacking spree, Essex Police have arrested a teenager suspected of involvement in multiple cyber attacks
Almost 5,000 websites lost after hosting provider hack
21 June 2011Australian hosting company Distribute.IT has admitted that 4,800 websites hosted on its servers are "unrecoverable" following hacker attack
LulzSec hits SOCA website with DDoS attack
21 June 2011The website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency was taken down as group launched 'Anti Security' campaign against governments and banks
Banks told to improve data protection measures
20 June 2011UK deputy information commissioner calls for greater transparency for customers, as EU commissioner warns of future data breach disclosure law
Sega is latest game company to suffer cyber attack
20 June 2011Details of 1.3 million customers stolen from Japanese computer games firm, following similar attacks on Sony, Nintendo, Codemasters and more
Lulz Security publishes 62,000 passwords
16 June 2011Hacking group's followers say they have already used batch of personal email account logins to access Amazon and Facebook accounts
NHS unit lost 8.6 million patient records on stolen laptop
15 June 2011A laptop holding 8.63 million patient records has been reported stolen from a London division of the NHS, three weeks after first going missing
Public Sector Network will have "hardened core"
14 June 2011UK government's 'network of network' will eventually be reinforced against catastrophes and national disasters, programme director reveals
Acer confirms hack on its European arm
13 June 2011Taiwanese PC maker confirms that it suffered cyber attack after Pakistani hacking group claims it stole 40,000 customers' data
IMF cyber attacks "state sponsored", report claims
13 June 2011A cyber attack on the International Monetary Fund earlier this year was backed by a state government, unnamed source tells Bloomberg News
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