Wednesday, October 13, 2010

French Cops Nail Man Who Hacked Obama Twitter

source: http://thesecuritytimes.com
An unemployed 25-year hacker hacked President Obama twitters account, this guy got caught in his native country , French. he explained how he did this. apparently, the guy did this on purpose and as a result of bet.this guy lives with his parents  and goes by  “Hacker Croll” the nom-de-Web of the person who got his hands on Twitter employee data last year ,however,  no other information are revealed about this guy.
th source also says the punishment about the case of Crolle's latest move that it goes under the agreement between French and FBI police, could result the guy to be in jail for two years.


source:
McCahill,, By Will. "French Cops Nail Man Who Hacked Obama Twitter—on a Bet." Newser | Headline News Summaries, World News, Breaking News, and Local News. Web. 13 Oct. 2010. .

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Hackers deface 5th government Web site, mock automated polls JERRIE ABELLA, GMANews.TV

                                               source: www.you.tube.com


This is the case that  happened recently in Philippine and it's about the government agancy ,Technical Education and Skills Authority, was hacked by hackers before this case, hackers also hacked the Department of health, Department of social welfare and development, National disaster coordinating council, and Department of Labor and Employment. 
Malaccan warned over the series of hacking attacks on government websites, also expresses new concern regarding to security of coming election in May. 
Deputy presidential spokesman said "this is great concert for the authorities in Philippine because it's happening all over the country and it is a matter of information policy within goverment."
Moreover, base on the information, hackers leave the messages referring to a young new cadre who was killed last December and also hackers made the site automatically jump into another page,    a job announcement supposedly from Ventured that inviting technicians across the country to be part of it team. Following the attack Oliver urged the commission on Elections and other agencies to take action for securing their websites.  
My Comment
base on this case you can see how cyber crime can be dangerous not only to the individual but also the whole country. This case and similar cases comes under public law issue and it is known as Cyber crimes against government that has serious consequences if necessary actions are not taken.


source:
"Security of Govt Websites Highlighted in Hacking Incidents." GAZOTUBE.com. Web. 07 Oct. 2010. .