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Czech Republic: A playground for ‘hacktivists’

The Czech Republic was targeted in a string of cyber attacks last week. Why? As a small country with a relatively developed Internet infrastructure, it is an ideal testing ground for hackers who are planning to hunt for bigger prey, says an Internet expert.

13 March 2013
714 Respekt Prague
Internet: European cybersecurity at the mercy of hackers

Europe is “under the watchful eye of Chinese pirates”, writes Libération, which picks up on a Bloomberg feature report on computer security breaches. The […]

30 July 2012
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Libération, El País
Netherlands: Cracks open in Dutch digital dykes

“Public confidence in the 'digital authorities’ takes a blow”, leads NRC Handelsblad. A few days ago Holland’s Interior Minister, Piet Hein Donner, confessed that “the […]

6 September 2011

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NRC Handelsblad
United Kingdom: Hacking scandal now includes Tony Blair

“Pressure grows on Met [Metropolitan Police] to expand hacking enquiry,” headlines the Guardian, after parliament heard claims that senior political and public figures were targeted […]

9 June 2011

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The Guardian
CO2: Hackers steal €200 million of carbon credits

Libération reports that hackers have stolen a huge haul of carbon credits from a number of European countries. There was "no forced entry. No safes […]

21 January 2011
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Libération
Estonia: Tallinn builds up cyber army

Concerned about the cyber assault on its institutions in 2007, Estonia has formed a volunteer cyber-army unit, the Cyber Defence League (CDL), to protect the […]

14 January 2011

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Rzeczpospolita
Computer piracy: Romanian hackers attack Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph website has been attacked by Romanian hackers, reports România liberă. The self-proclaimed defenders of "Romanian National Security" who defaced two sections of the online version […]

16 April 2010

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România libera
CO2: Hackers steal emissions credits

Inspired by the prospect of big gains, fraudsters are continually inventing ingenious schemes to misappropriate emissions allowances. The wave of carbon credit VAT scams in […]

3 February 2010
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Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland
EU Presidency: Mr Bean goes to Spain

A bit of humorous ad hoc hacking – just for the hell of it. Spain’s turn at the rotating EU presidency has opened on a […]

5 January 2010

Presseurop
ABC

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Feed Cybercrime

Czech Republic: A playground for ‘hacktivists’

Internet: European cybersecurity at the mercy of hackers

Netherlands: Cracks open in Dutch digital dykes

United Kingdom: Hacking scandal now includes Tony Blair

CO2: Hackers steal €200 million of carbon credits

Estonia: Tallinn builds up cyber army

Computer piracy: Romanian hackers attack Daily Telegraph

CO2: Hackers steal emissions credits

EU Presidency: Mr Bean goes to Spain