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Alleged Russian hackers have penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and have gained access to the entire database of research on Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts. The DNC says that no financial, donor or personal information appears to have been accessed or taken, suggesting that the breach was traditional espionage, and not the work of criminal hackers.
2016-06-14

The University of California, Berkeley alerts 80,000 people of a cyber-attack on a system that stores Social Security and bank account numbers. There is no evidence the hacker(s) took any personal information.
2016-02-26

The United States Department of Justice charges five Chinese military officers with hacking into private-sector American companies in a bid for competitive advantage.
2014-05-19

The United States stock market undergoes a flash crash (similar to 2010) of 1 percent when the Twitter feed from the Associated Press news agency is hacked and erroneously states that several explosions have injured President Barack Obama.
2013-04-23

Authorities are investigating how a hacker obtained access to the e-mail accounts of George H. W. Bush as well as several of the former U.S. President's relatives and close friends.
2013-02-8

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

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

Web sites associated with the Government of Malaysia are hacked according to a deadline set by the Anonymous group.
2011-06-16

Computer security company McAfee says hackers based in the People's Republic of China have targeted computer networks of global oil companies and individuals in Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Greece, and the United States, to steal information starting in 2009.
2011-02-11