Pentagon

Moneybookers fears US government and shuts down WikiLeaks’ account

October 20, 2010 - 1:18pm | Law aspects | News
Moneybookers fears US government and shuts down WikiLeaks’ account

WikiLeaks, an international organization that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of otherwise unavailable documents while preserving the anonymity of sources, reported that it has had its funding blocked by the prominent UK payment processor Moneybookers on request of the US government who started the war against the whistleblower.

When asked by WikiLeaks about the explanation Moneybookers responded that it had closed down its account because it had been put on an official US watchlist and on an Australian government blacklist.


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A hacker of NASA and Pentagon computers was refused to appeal to a court

October 9, 2009 - 1:18pm | Fraud | News
A hacker of NASA and Pentagon computers was refused to appeal to a court

 A British "UFO eccentric," wanted in the United States for breaking into NASA and Pentagon computers in "the biggest military hack of all time," lost his latest battle to avoid extradition on Friday.

Gary McKinnon, 43, was refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court, Britain's highest judicial body, as he continued his long battle to avoid being sent to the United States.


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Israeli hacker is to be extradited from Calgary to New York

May 6, 2009 - 6:32am | Fraud | News
Israeli hacker is to be extradited from Calgary to New York

As it became known, the Israeli 29 aged hacker Ehud Tenenbaum, cracked the Pentagon's computer system in 1998, is to be extradited from Calgary, Canada, to face charges in New York of masterminding a global fraud network. Tenenbaum was accused of stealing more than $1.8 million from Calgary company providing with prepaid debit and credit cards, Direct Cash Management, together with three other conspirators.


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Chinese hackers intruded Pentagon’s $300 billion project

April 21, 2009 - 2:54am | Fraud | News
Chinese hackers intruded Pentagon’s $300 billion project

The Pentagons’ most expensive weapons program known as the $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project has been repeatedly attacked by the computer spies, reports the Wall Street Journal. Government officials familiar with the matter said that the intruders managed to copy and transfer data related to design and electronics systems, making it potentially easier to defend against the plane.


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American hackers called upon to help U.S. to fight overseas hackers

April 20, 2009 - 7:01am | Fraud | News
American hackers called upon to help U.S. to fight overseas hackers

General Dynamics Information Technology has announced last month that Homeland Security Department was seeking to hire people, who understand hackers' tools and tactics and are able to analyze Internet traffic and identify vulnerabilities in the federal systems. It is also known that Pentagon plans to increase the number of cyberexperts it can train each year from 80 to 250 by 2011.


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