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U.S. Military Invites Experts to “Hack the Pentagon”

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 2, 2016 | Latest News, Technology, World

San Francisco- As a very novel program to ever be offered by the federal government, the Pentagon declared on Wednesday that it planned to invite vetted outside hackers to detect and examine the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of...

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n this photo the website of the United State’s biggest bank, JPMorgan Chase, is displayed on a computer screen, Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in Atlanta. Banks large and small are girding for an elaborate drill this week that will test how they’d fare if hackers unleashed a powerful and coordinated attack against them. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Syria, Egypt strife sparks surge in cyber attacks—McAfee

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 5, 2013 | Media

Dubai, Reuters—Syria’s civil war and political strife in Egypt have thrown up new battlegrounds on the Web and driven a surge in cyber attacks in the Middle East, according to a leading Internet security company. More than half of incidents in the Gulf this year...

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A security guard checks in a car at the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) data center that is under construction in Bluffdale, Utah, USA, 07 June 2013. When this data center opens in the Fall of 2013 it will be the largest spy data center for the NSA. (EPA/George Frey)

U.S. surveillance revelations deepen European fears

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 8, 2013 | World

Vienna/Brussels, Reuters—Europeans reacted angrily on Friday to revelations that U.S. authorities had tapped the servers of internet companies for personal data, saying they confirmed their worst fears about American Web giants and showed tighter regulations were...

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Screen-grab of Saudi Interior Ministry’s website taken on May 18, 2013. (AAA)

Saudi Arabia repels cyber-attacks

by Mahmud El Shafey | May 18, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A number of Saudi Arabian government websites were subject to a series of “coordinated and simultaneous attacks” by unknown hackers over the past few days, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt. An investigation traced the “coordinated and simultaneous...

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The building housing “Unit 61398” of the People’s Liberation Army on the outskirts of Shanghai, Feb. 19, 2013. Source: AP Photo

Cyberattacks a growing irritant in US-China ties

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 8, 2013 | World

Beijing, AP—Signs are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the US, lending urgency to fledgling efforts by both governments to engage on the issue. The Pentagon this week said China appeared to be...