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IN 1991, using just a "simple, basic computer" from his home in suburban Melbourne, a young Julian Assange created a program that allowed him to access about 11,000 computers belonging to the giant Canadian telecommunications company Northern Telecom. New details of the WikiLeaks founder's early computer hacking-related offences have emerged in court documents released toThe Australian under an application to the Victorian County Court. The documents include a transcript of Mr Assange's 1996 pre-sentencing hearing for 24 computer-related offences, including accessing a server of Northern Telecom. While offering an insight into his unstable childhood, the documents also show the controversial website creator already displayed remarkable computer skills in his early adult life. In its submissions to County Court sentencing Judge Leslie Ross in December 1996, the prosecution described Mr Assange, then 25, as a far more sophisticated hacker than two other men char...

Due to an increase in computer usage in private as well as the government sector, the police recorded a sharp rise in cyber crime last year. A desktop computer is a staple in most households, and use of laptops, net books and smart phones are a rage among everyone — from kids aged six to senior citizens. No wonder then that from just six cases of cyber crime registered in 2006, the number shot up to 76 in 2010. According to Mumbai Police, the nature of cases has also changed in this period. Earlier, most cases were of credit card fraud, but now cyber criminals have graduated to hacking and tampering source code. It is followed by defamation and creating fake profiles due to rivalry or an intent to cause damage. In 2009, cases of phishing attacks by crooks operating from African nations were high, but declined the next year as internet users became smarter. However, cases of uploading obscene pictures and videos rose. Involvement of minors and schoolchildren in cyber crime has been on t...

Attacks on computer systems now have the potential to cause global catastrophe, but only in combination with another disaster, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report on Monday. The study, part of a wider OECD project examining possible "Future Global Shocks" such as a failure of the world's financial system or a large-scale pandemic, said there were very few single "cyber events" that could cause a global shock. Examples were a successful attack on one of the technical protocols on which the Internet depends, or a large solar flare that wiped out key communications components such as satellites. But it said a combination of events such as coordinated cyber attacks, or a cyber incident occurring during another form of disaster, should be a serious concern for policy makers. "In that eventuality, 'perfect storm' conditions could exist," said the report, written by Professor Peter Sommer of the London Sch...

Remember last summer when iPad users on the AT&T network in the US were subject to a hack that allegedly saw around 120,000 customers personal details compromised? The FBI certainly remembers and today it is set to reveal details criminal charges relating to the case, according to Reuters. As we reported at the time, hackers seemingly obtained access to the database of 3G iPad owners and their email addresses. The data was obtained by executing a brute force attack on the AT&T website. AT&T offered a convenient way of letting users log into their 3G data plan accounts, auto-populating users email address on the dashboard by referencing the unique identifier (ICC-ID) of the users iPad. AT&T allowed log into their 3G data plan accounts, auto-populating their email addresses on the dashboard by referencing the unique identifier (ICC-ID) of their iPad. It appeared at the time that the hackers produced a script that auto-generated thousands of unique ICC-IDs, harvesting...