ATM Viruses Are Out to Steal Your Cash
Some of the world's largest banks, including Chase, Capital One and Citibank, have been hit by malware intended to steal payment card data.
Some of the world's largest banks, including Chase, Capital One and Citibank, have been hit by malware intended to steal payment card data.
Chase Bank experienced an embarrassing glitch earlier this week when online customers were either unable to access their accounts or saw their balances listed as $0.
On Monday, hackers with a sense of humor took over Burger King's twitter feed, @BurgerKing, and modified the account to make it appear the takeover had been engineered by fast food rival McDonald's.
Hackers affiliated with Anonymous seem to have published information from more than 4,000 American bank executive accounts on a government website last night. The alleged hack is part of its new "Operation Last Resort" campaign, protesting the prosecution of hacktivist Aaron Swartz.
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In the wake of popular blog TechCrunch's adoption of Facebook's Comments plug-in to control the virulent, useless and nasty comments on its site, the Internet has erupted with screeds about the death of anonymity. But DailyFinance columnist Alex Salkever isn't worried -- he's relieved.




