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  • Markets Sink Briefly on Fake AP Terror Tweet

    A news agency tweet, that turned out to be fake about explosions at the White House injuring President Obama, sent markets on a round trip roller coaster ride.

  • CyberThreat Recap: April 1-19
    CyberThreat Recap: April 1-19   

    CNBC's Brian Sullivan reports on the recent controversial cyberlegislation that passed the U.S. House this week.

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    Privacy vs. Cybersecurity: The Debate Heats Up

    On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee held closed door meetings about the controversial cybersecurity bill that is scheduled to hit the House floor next week.

  • Cyber Threats Escalate as Banks Go Paperless

    Websites for five U.S. banks have been struck in the last month, with 13 targeted. With the rising threat of a hack, is your money safe?

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    Cyber Terrorism and the Innovation Gap

    Existing security models and defensive technologies have not kept pace with the innovation of the attackers and the return on investment from traditional firewalls and anti-virus is rapidly decreasing.

  • Cyberthreat Weekly Recap: Week of March 29
    Cyberthreat Weekly Recap: Week of March 29   

    The "worst Internet attack ever" slowed down millions of computers worldwide.

  • Luring Young Web Warriors Is a Priority--and a Game

    Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, is looking for her own hackers — 600, the agency estimates.

  • Cyber Threat Weekly Recap: Week of March 22
    Cyber Threat Weekly Recap: Week of March 22   

    CNBC's Scott Cohn reports China is again a cybersecurity focus. Also in the news, Andrew Auernheimer, known online as "Weev," was convicted and sentenced to 3.5 years for hacking 120,000 iPad users' personal information.

  • Payback? Cybersecurity Firm Says It Is Under Attack

    Mandiant, the cybersecurity firm that in February released a ground-breaking report detailing the suspected activities of a Chinese military hacking unit, told CNBC it is suffering the consequences of going public.

  • Cyberthreat Weekly Recap: Week of March 15
    Cyberthreat Weekly Recap: Week of March 15   

    CNBC's Eamon Javers on the tension that arose as Washington pushed for cybersecurity cooperation with private industry. Even while President Obama raised the issue with new Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. CEOs are pushing for limits on government collaboration.

  • Obama Warns Hacking Against US 'Ramping Up'

    Cybersecurity threats against the U.S. are growing, President Obama said, as concerns rise about hacking attacks originating in China.

  • A 12-Year-Old Could Hack Most Companies: Expert

    One expert says that a 12-year-old with the right tools could pose risks to companies and the U.S. economy.

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    Perps Had Michelle Obama’s Personal Info: TransUnion

    A data breach apparently affecting the first lady of the United States, and singers Beyonce and Britney Spears—among others—resulted from an old-fashioned "pretexting" attack, rather than a sophisticated computer hack, a company told CNBC.

  • Beyonce, Jay-Z Among Latest Hack Victims: FBI

    Authorities were grappling with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars.

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    US Sharing Classified Information to Stop Hack Attacks

    That's classified! Not anymore. US agencies like the FBI will begin sharing some classified information with companies to help prevent hack attacks.

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    CyberThreat Weekly Recap: Week of March 8   

    CNBC's Scott Cohn reports on the growing number of CEOs speaking out on the danger that cyber threats pose to their company.

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    BP Fights Off Up to 50,000 Cyber-Attacks a Day: CEO

    At the IHS CERAWeek Conference in Houston on Wednesday, CNBC spoke to BP CEO Bob Dudley about the persistent cyber threats that companies like his receive.

  • BP CEO Talks Cyber-Attacks
    BP CEO Talks Cyber-Attacks   

    BP CEO Bob Dudley talks about the constant cyber-attacks to BP and how they protect themselves.

  • Where Apps Meet Work, Secret Data Is at Risk

    Chinese hackers are one problem. But so are employees who put company information online with their smartphones and tablets.

  • As Hacking Against U.S. Rises, Experts Try to Pin Down Motive

    US intelligence officials are trying to figure out the motive behind recent corporate hack attacks -- and where the biggest threats lie.

 

Investigations Inc.: Cyber Espionage

  • Hacking is often called the biggest danger to the economic security of the United States.has gone on record as calling the cyber threat “one of the most serious and economic and national security challenges we face as a nation.”What was once a series of isolated incidents has now become almost common place in Corporate America. By attacking business networks, hackers are accessing company secrets and confidential strategies and creating huge losses for the overall economy, say experts. Many of t
    10 Ways Companies Get Hacked

    By attacking business computer networks, hackers are accessing company secrets and confidential strategies and creating huge losses for the overall economy.

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    Chinese Espionage on the Rise in US, Experts Warn

    China is working feverishly to counteract its slowest GDP growth in recent years, and one of the ways it’s doing so, say U.S. officials, is through the theft of American corporate secrets.

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    How to Defend Against a Cyberattack

    US businesses are enduring an unprecedented onslaught of cyber invasions from foreign governments, organized crime syndicates, and hacker collectives, all seeking to steal information and disrupt services, cybersecurity experts say.

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