'I Doubt Domscheit-Berg's Integrity': Top German Hacker Slams OpenLeaks Founder
Former WikiLeaks deputy Daniel Domscheit-Berg has been expelled from Germany's top hacker group, the Chaos Computer Club. In an interview, the group's spokesman Andy Müller-Maguhn told SPIEGEL how he...
View ArticleAssange Battle Escalates: Ex-Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Unpublished Files
Tensions between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and ex-spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg have escalated. According to information obtained by SPIEGEL, the former deputy destroyed thousands of...
View ArticleA Geek Role in the Arab Spring: European Group Helps Tackle Regime Censorship
Authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa have been trying to suppress the online voices of the Arab freedom movement. But Telecomix, a loosely organized international network of...
View ArticleBritish Foreign Secretary Hague: 'Nobody Controls the Internet'
British Foreign Secretary William Hague wants to make the Internet safer. In a guest editorial, he calls for politicians, the business world and civil society to address problems including cyber crime,...
View ArticleTroublesome Trojans: Firm Sought to Install Spyware Via Faked iTunes Updates
A surveillance firm claims it can distribute its spyware via faked iTunes updates. Apple appears to have moved to eliminate the security gap, but the debate over trojans used by governments, both...
View ArticleThe Transparent State Enemy: Western Surveillance Technology in the Hands of...
German companies play an important role in the market for surveillance technology used by Arab despots to spy on their people. In this industry worth billions, the companies also earn their money using...
View ArticleAnonymous Under Fire: Criticism Mounts against Anti-Nazi Website
A group of online activists associated with the loose-knit hacker collective Anonymous has set its sights on Germany's far-right scene. But its method of publishing private information in its raw form,...
View ArticleARD Reports Siemens Sold Surveillance Technology to Syria
German engineering giant Siemens and a spinoff company allegedly sold surveillance technology to the Syrian regime, according to a German television report. The government could be using the equipment...
View ArticleNATO Concerned about Increasing Numbers of Cyberattacks
NATO cyberwarfare experts suspect that Chinese and Russian intelligence services are behind a recent uptick in cyberattacks against the Western alliance. SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that NATO's...
View ArticleTürkische Staatsanwaltschaft fordert Haft für "Redhack"
Eine türkische Staatsanwaltschaft fordert mehrjährige Haftstrafen für mutmaßliche Mitglieder der Hackergruppe "Redhack". Die Beschuldigten werden als Terroristen eingestuft.
View ArticleDigital Spying Burdens German Relations with Beijing
Companies like defense giant EADS or steelmaker ThyssenKrupp have become the targets of hacker attacks from China. The digitial espionage is creating a problem for relations between Berlin and Beijing,...
View ArticleRAT-Trend: Angreifer beobachten Frauen durch ihre eigene Webcam
Sie verschaffen sich Zugriff auf fremde Rechner - und spionieren ihre Opfer über deren eigene Webcam aus: Sogenannte Ratter stalken ahnungslose Frauen, dann veröffentlichen sie Fotos und Videos im...
View ArticleHacker Measures the Internet Illegally with Carna Botnet
Just how big is the Internet? An anonymous hacker claims to have answered the question via effective but illegal means. The result is a fascinating reflection of online usage around the world.
View ArticleExpanding Combat Zone: The Dangerous New Rules of Cyberwar
Now that wars are also being fought on digital battlefields, experts in international law have established rules for cyberwar. But many questions remain unanswered. Will it be appropriate to respond to...
View ArticleDimitri Iwanowitsch Golubow: Gesuchter Hacker als Darth Vader
Ein weltweit gesuchter Hacker leitet in der Ukraine eine politische Partei. Im Darth-Vader-Kostüm sorgt er für Aufsehen und ruft zum Cyber-Krieg auf. Politiker schützen den Kriminellen vor...
View ArticlePasswort-Diebstahl: Hacker attackierten Bundestag
Von der millionenfachen Passwort-Ausforschung durch Hacker waren nicht nur Privat-Nutzer betroffen. Nach SPIEGEL-Informationen wurden auch Zugangsdaten des Bundestags und aus Ministerien abgefischt....
View ArticleKaspersky analysiert Cyberspionage-Kampagne The Mask
Über Jahre wurden mit Spähsoftware Behörden, Botschaften und Energiekonzerne weltweit ausgeforscht. Russische Experten nennen die Spionageaktion, die auch deutsche Rechner traf, "The Mask". Die Urheber...
View ArticleUS-Krankenhäuser: Hacker stehlen Daten von 4,5 Millionen Patienten
Cyber-Kriminelle haben mehrere Millionen Datensätze eines amerikanischen Klinikbetreibers erbeutet. Betroffen sind Patienten von rund 200 Krankenhäusern.
View ArticleFBI-Chef James Comey im Interview mit "CBS" über Cybercrime
Vorsicht vor dem Internet: Der FBI-Chef James Comey erklärt in einem Fernsehinterview, warum es im Netz hochgefährlich ist. Und was chinesische Hacker so erfolgreich macht - auch wenn Comey offenbar...
View ArticleRegin Malware Unmasked as NSA Tool after SPIEGEL Publishes Source Code
Just weeks ago, SPIEGEL published the source code of an NSA malware program known internally as QWERTY. Now, experts have found that it is none other than the notorious trojan Regin, used in dozens of...
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