by Leonid Bershidsky | May 6, 2017 | Opinion
A hacker who has unsuccessfully tried to hold Netflix for ransom has achieved an unexpected result: His failure shows that subscription-based business models in content distribution is making piracy pointless. Intellectual property owners’ slowness in adopting...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2014 | World
Seoul, Reuters—North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures. North Korea’s main internet sites...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 23, 2014 | World
Seoul and Washington, Reuters—North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but US officials said Washington was not...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 28, 2013 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has claimed responsibility for attacks on the websites of the New York Times, Huffington Post UK, and Twitter. The New York Times’ online services were temporarily unavailable Tuesday afternoon local time,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2013 | World
California, Reuters— President Barack Obama will complain to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit on Friday about alleged Chinese hacking of U.S. secrets, even as the White House faces growing questions at home over American government surveillance. Meeting at the...
