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Wikileaks releases U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director John O. Brennan's personal information after the top spy's personal email account was allegedly hacked by a 13-year-old and information sent to Wikileaks. All of the documents predate Brennan's time in the Obama administration and reveal no classified data. Among the information released are Social Security numbers, an incomplete questionnaire for security clearance, and addresses of his family and associates.
2015-10-21

Several BBC Twitter accounts are hacked including its Weather, Arabic and Radio Ulster feeds by a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army.
2013-03-21

The US space agency NASA claims that it was hacked 13 times last year compromising security.
2012-03-2

The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests suspected members of the computer hacking groups LulzSec and Anonymous in the US cities of Phoenix, Arizona and San Francisco.
2011-09-22

Sixteen alleged members of the computer hacking group Anonymous are arrested in FBI raids across several states in the US.
2011-07-19

The TechCrunch web publication reports that the Anonymous computer hacking group has declared war on the U.S. city of Orlando, Florida, in supposed retaliation for the arrest of members of Food Not Bombs.
2011-06-28

The so-called "LulzSec" hackers have reportedly disbanded after a final data dump including information from AOL Inc. and AT&T.
2011-06-26

Hacker group LulzSec releases material belonging to the Department of Public Safety in the US state of Arizona in response to immigration law SB 1070.
2011-06-23

The "People's Daily", a Chinese stated-owned newspaper, accuses Internet search engine giant Google of becoming a "political tool" after it claimed that computer hacking aimed at it came from China.
2011-06-6

Sony advises that hackers may have stolen personal details of 24.6 million users of Sony Online Entertainment resulting in the site closing.
2011-05-2