Thomson Reuters has joined the likes of the BBC, the Financial Times, and the AP in having their Twitter accounts hacked by the pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).
Conservative MP and anti-pornography campaigner Claire Perry has shown herself to be internet illiterate by not understanding the difference between a link, a screenshot, and hacking. She also threatened to get a journalist fired for reporting on the news that her website was hacked.
Hackers have taken control of the Brazilian World Cup website to bring worldwide attention to the widespread police brutality in the country that is not being reported in the press.
The accusations stemming from the NSA spying scandal continue to flow, as Microsoft is accused of giving US government authorities information on zero-day exploits in Microsoft products before they issue a patch to the public.
Google says that it has prevented a “phishing attack” on tens of thousands of Iranian users, with the hackers looking to influence the outcome of the upcoming Iranian elections.