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And you thought they were going to launch a bomb. Well not exactly.
Russian nuclear power websites were attacked last week by hackers. The intent was to spread false rumors of a nuclear leak at the plant in forums and while doing that, make the official websites inaccessible to the public. For example, spread panic and shut down 9-1-1.
A spokesman for the Rosatom state nuclear corporation said the cyber attacks had been planned and coincided with the release of the reports.
"People who stand to lose out from the Russian nuclear power industry's development have an incentive to spread false rumors of an accident at the nuclear plant," he said.
"This was a planned action by hackers, which has brought down almost all sites providing access to the Automatic Radiation Environment Control S...more
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Some interesting peice of news from South America, a hacker calling himself "Anonymous Coward" managd to steal personal information of 6 million Chileans from the Educatin Ministry, the Electoral Services, and the Military servers.
The hacking happened sometime Friday and was discovered and removed from public access Saturday. Police Chief Jaime Jara confirmed that authorities were investigating the theft of the leaked data, which he said included identity card numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails and academic background.
Among the data was a list of students who receive preferential public transportation rates which included one of the two presidential daughters. The list however only contained a name, a school, and a picture.
It is not also clear if any financial or banking information wsa lost in the att...more
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