Foreign spies hacked Australian agency, report says

Foreign spies installed malicious software on an Australian government agency's computer system, stealing an unknown number of documents, an official report revealed Wednesday, stopping short of naming the country involved.

British spy agency GCHQ seeks hipster cyber skills

Britain's communications intelligence agency said on Thursday it had spray-painted job adverts on London streets popular with hipsters to woo more employees with cyber skills.

US and China agree to stop cyber-theft for profit

The United States and China have agreed not to conduct or condone cyber attacks on each other's private sector for commercial gain, US President Barack Obama and his counterpart Xi Jinping said Friday.

The ongoing war against cybercrime

Cybercrime is estimated to cost the global economy upwards of US$400 billion a year, and these costs are expected to continue to rise.

Japan hacker jailed after cat-and-mouse game with police

A Japanese hacker who hijacked computers in order to issue death threats, leading to the arrest of several innocent people, was jailed on Wednesday for his high-stakes games of cat and mouse with police.

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