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Brazilian government remains under hacker siege

The personal email of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has been hacked as well as the Twitter account of the former governor of the state of São Paulo, José Serra, in the latest development of what is Brazil’s most severe wave … Continue reading

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LulzSec boat sails into the sunset

After causing chaos in Brazil last week with a serious of hacking attacks, it seems the LulzSec security group has disbanded and sailed their ‘boat’ off into the sunset unchallenged.

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Census bureau is latest victim of Brazil hacking wave

The Brazilian census bureau was the latest victim of cyber attacks which brought its website down following a string of similar attacks by activist hacker groups.

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Brazil suffers its biggest cyber attack – yet

The service interruption of government websites and the disclosure of the supposedly personal data of top-ranking politicians claimed by hacking collective LulzSec is part of a string of cyber attacks that have taken place in Brazil in the last 48 … Continue reading

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