Hackers breach FBI-UK police callHackers Anonymous release a recording of an intercepted conference call between the FBI and UK police discussing their efforts to fight hacking. [BBC]  Facebook IPO highlights 'The Hacker Way'In a letter to investors included in Facebook's IPO filing, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined his philosophy for running what has become a multi-billion-dollar business. At core of that philosophy: Love your hackers. [CNN Money]  Hackers fool bank security systemCriminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned. [BBC]  Hackers retaliate over MegauploadHackers launch attacks on a variety of US government and copyright enforcement websites after the Megaupload site was closed. [BBC]  Hackers retaliate over MegauploadHackers launch attacks on a variety of US government and copyright enforcement websites after the Megaupload site was closed. [BBC News]  VIDEO: Hackers retaliate over MegauploadHackers have targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website. [BBC]  VIDEO: Hackers retaliate over MegauploadHackers have targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website. [BBC News]  US accuses China of hacking emailsCyber attack on US-China Economic and Security Review Commission – originally thought to have originated from India – now being connected to China
Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official US commission that monitors (...) [The Guardian]  Zappos breach goes beyond credit cards: Consumers face identity theft if hackers correlate other penetrated databasesAn expert comments on the Zappos web site breach by hackers. He said that information about a customer can be used to 'de-anonymize' other databases on other Web sites, further invading customer privacy. [Science daily]  New attacks on Israeli websitesA Saudi computer hacker is blamed for attacks on the websites of Israel's stock exchange and national airline, El Al. [BBC News]  Google admits hacking Mocality dataWeb giant says it is 'mortified' to learn that people working for it used Mocality's data in attempt to sell competing product
Google has confessed that a number of people working for it "improperly" accessed the customer database of a rival company in Kenya to boost its own business.
The US (...) [The Guardian]  Hacked Indian memo likely to be fakeTech companies and security firm Symantec point to errors in memo suggesting Indian government was given access to emails
Documents posted online by hackers that claim to reveal that Apple, Nokia and BlackBerry maker RIM gave the Indian government a "back door" to their systems appear to have (...) [The Guardian]  Israeli hacker's retaliatory leakAn Israeli hacker has released Saudi credit card details online and threatens more leaks to avenge Arab hacking attacks. [BBC]  Israeli hacker's retaliatory leakAn Israeli hacker has released Saudi credit card details online and threatens more leaks to avenge Arab hacking attacks. [BBC News]  Hackers expose defence officialsSecurity breach by 'hacktivists' reveals email addresses of 221 British military staff and 242 Nato officials
Thousands of British email addresses and encrypted passwords, including those of defence, intelligence and police officials as well as politicians and Nato advisers, have been revealed (...) [The Guardian] 
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