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  • computer hacking with a remote administration tool
  • Someone may be watching you or your family and you don't even know about it. How hackers can gain control of the camera on your computer.
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computers, hacking, cellphone, 7 on your side, michael finney
  • computer hacking with a remote administration tool
  • Someone may be watching you and you don't even know about it. How hackers can gain control of the camera on your computer.
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computers, hacking, cellphone, consumer news
  • Federal prosecutors in New York say cyber-criminals stole $45 million by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards.
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crime, hacking, national/world
  • woman working at the computer
  • There a lots of sites that require us to set up a login and password, but how do you pick a good password?
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computers, hacking, consumer news
  • woman working at the computer
  • There a lots of sites that require us to set up a login and password, but how do you pick a good password?
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hacking, computers, 7 on your side, michael finney
  • Captcha puzzle
  • With many consumers fed up with the frustrating captcha system, Ticketmaster plans on rolling out a new verification method soon.
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hacking, ticketmaster, computers, websites, internet, google, music, consumer news
  • Captcha puzzle
  • With many consumers fed up with the frustrating captcha system, Ticketmaster plans on rolling out a new verification method soon.
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hacking, ticketmaster, computers, websites, internet, google, music, 7 on your side, michael finney
  • Key fob car thefts
  • 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney has an important warning if you use a key fob for your car.
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crime, hacking, auto industry, consumer news
  • Key fob car thefts
  • 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney has an important warning if you use a key fob for your car.
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crime, hacking, southern california, 7 on your side, michael finney
  • Long Beach police stumped by car thefts with new device
  • A new high-tech device is giving criminals easy access to cars and it is stumping police.
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crime, southern california, hacking, auto industry, california news
  • Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House.
  • Twitter is reportedly adding a two-step authentication process to its service following the hacking of the Associated Press account on Tuesday.
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white house, twitter, hacking, internet, technology
  • Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House.
  • Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House.
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white house, twitter, hacking, internet, technology, vic lee
  • Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House.
  • Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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white house, twitter, hacking, internet, news
  • Image on a website that has been hacking high-profile individuals.
  • Kanye West, Mitt Romney and Kris Jenner are the latest high-profile people to have had their private information posted to a website.
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hacking, celebrity, michelle obama, FBI, crime, mitt romney, entertainment
  • Jay-Z
  • A website is claiming to have published the addresses and other private information of famous people like Jay-Z and Britney Spears.
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celebrity, michelle obama, hacking, oscars, katie marzullo
  • Jay-Z
  • A website is claiming to have published the addresses and other private information of famous people like Jay-Z.
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celebrity, michelle obama, hacking, entertainment
  • US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks
  • Evidence is mounting that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and trade secrets.
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china, computers, hacking, internet, news
  • Entrepreneurs try to launch a business on a bus
  • Hackers, designers, and salespeople seeking the ultimate challenge will board the StartupBus and try to launch a business in 3 days.
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hacking, news
  • Entrepreneurs try to launch a business on a bus
  • Hackers, designers, and salespeople seeking the ultimate challenge will board the StartupBus and try to launch a business in 3 days.
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hacking, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Ohio rape protests
  • An online video has sparked more outrage in the case of two high school football players in Ohio charged with rape.
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sex crimes, hacking, internet, websites, news
  • computer servers
  • US banks and brokerage firms say they're doing everything they can to prepare for a cyber-attack called 'Project Blitzkrieg.'
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bank of america, banks, hacking, websites, computers, smartphones, business, lilian kim
  • The military is gearing up to defend the nation against an attack in cyberspace.
  • The next attack on the United States may be an invisible one, but the consequences could be very real.
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military, navy, monterey, hacking, news
  • The military is gearing up to defend the nation against an attack in cyberspace.
  • The next attack on the United States may be an invisible one, but the consequences could be very real.
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military, navy, monterey, hacking, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Barnes and Noble storefront
  • Thieves managed to skim personal information from card readers at B&N checkout counters. It happened at six Bay Area locations.
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hacking, books, credit cards, shopping, business
  • Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. is providing a list of stores that were affected by a data breach.
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hacking, business
  • Officials at a Florida Panhandle college say hackers accessed nearly 300,000 records in the school's computer systems.
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hacking, national/world
  • Hackathon held at Facebooks Menlo Park headquarters
  • Facebook and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are teaming up to help kids get into college and stay there.
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menlo park, facebook, mark zuckerberg, microsoft, bill gates, hacking, computers, competition, school competition, news
  • Hackathon held at Facebooks Menlo Park headquarters
  • Facebook and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are teaming up to help kids get into college and stay there.
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menlo park, facebook, mark zuckerberg, microsoft, bill gates, hacking, computers, competition, school competition, education, heather ishimaru
  • GoDaddy is scrambling to get thousands of sites it services back up and running.
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internet, hacking, news
  • Stanford Hospital
  • A password-protected computer containing patient medical information was stolen from a doctor's locked office.
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stanford university, computers, hacking, south bay news
  • keyboard
  • Internet users might want to add one more quick click to check their computer for malware.
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FBI, hacking, internet, news
  • hack-a-thon
  • Engineering students held a 32-hour hack-a-thon to create apps that teach younger students math.
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apps, hacking, san pablo, intel, news
  • hack-a-thon
  • Engineering students at Contra Costa College held a 32-hour hack-a-thon to create apps that teach younger students math.
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san pablo, intel, hacking, apps, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Hack concerns many LinkedIn users
  • A Russian hacker has reportedly broken into two of the busiest sites on the Internet -- LinkedIn and eHarmony.
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linkedin, internet, hacking, websites, business
  • Hack concerns many LinkedIn users
  • A Russian hacker has reportedly broken into two of the busiest sites on the Internet: LinkedIn and eHarmony.
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linkedin, computers, hacking, business
  • Weve been warned about viruses that can infect computers, but the latest threat has to do with smartphones.
  • We've been warned about viruses that can infect computers, but the latest threat has to do with smartphones.
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google, cellphone, smartphones, android, hacking, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Weve been warned about viruses that can infect computers, but the latest threat has to do with smartphones.
  • We've been warned about computer viruses, but the latest threat has to do with smartphones.
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google, cellphone, smartphones, android, hacking, news
  • Berkeley High School
  • Students at Berkeley High School are involved in a new kind of scam involving hacking into school computers.
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berkeley, hacking, education
  • Berkeley High School
  • Students at Berkeley High School are involved in a new kind of scam involving hacking into school computers.
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berkeley, hacking, news
  • NASA is admitting some serious security lapses in its information technology section.
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NASA, southern california, hacking, national/world
  • We hear often about data breaches, so what's the number one way hackers get into your computer?
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hacking, 7 on your side, michael finney
  • Experts discussed how to battle the latest trends in hacking at the nations biggest security conference in San Francisco Wednesday.
  • Experts discussed how to battle the latest trends in hacking at the nation's biggest security conference Wednesday.
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hacking, anonymous, gadgets, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Companies now must divulge security breach details
  • A new state law requires companies to tell you more about security breaches when your information is stolen.
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hacking, identity theft, consumer news
  • Companies now must divulge security breach details
  • A new California law requires companies to tell you more information about security breaches when your information is stolen.
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identity theft, hacking, 7 on your side, michael finney
  • Security software giant, Symantec, may have to boost its own security after a hacker stole the source code for its anti-virus programs.
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computers, hacking, symantec, technology
  • San Francisco is bringing its aging computer systems up to date by using the same ideas that catapulted Google and Facebook to greatness.
  • San Francisco is bringing its aging computer systems up to date.
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  • San Francisco is bringing its aging computer systems up to date by using the same ideas that catapulted Google and Facebook to greatness.
  • San Francisco is bringing its aging computer systems up to date by using the same ideas that catapulted Google and Facebook to greatness.
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hacking, san francisco news, jonathan bloom
  • "Anonymous" claims to have stolen a raft of emails and credit card data from U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor.
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computers, hacking, crime, red cross, news
  • Tech giant Hewlett Packard has released an update to close a security loophole in some of its LaserJet printers.
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hacking, hewlett packard, technology
  • Researchers are warning that some HP printers are vulnerable to hackers who could set them on fire remotely.
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hacking, technology