Several government Internet sites have come under "coordinated and simultaneous" cyber attack, an information security spokesman in the oil-rich kingdom reported.

The website of Britain's Financial Times appeared to have been hacked on Friday by the Syrian Electronic Army.

The New Yorker magazine on Wednesday unveiled a new online system for anonymous whistleblower tips, based on technology developed by the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz and a former hacker.

Virtual blueprints for the world's first 3D printable handgun found a safe harbor Friday at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, dodging a US government attempt to pull them off the Internet.

In what was billed as his first media briefing outside China in 26 years at the helm of Huawei, company founder and president Ren Zhengfei was interviewed by a small group of New Zealand journalists in the capital Wellington.

Dutch government websites were kocked offline for several hours overnight after a mass cyber attack which targeted several ministerial sites.

As expected, Beijing on Tuesday dismissed an annual Pentagon report that accused it of widespread cyberspying on the US government.

Dell said it had acquired cloud software firm Enstratius as part of the computer maker's efforts to diversify and reduce its dependence on the slow-growing PC segment.

An Algerian sought in connection with the "SpyEye" computer virus designed to steal financial and personal information was extradited by Thailand to the United States to face charges, officials said.

A Spanish court remanded in custody a Dutchman suspected of disrupting Internet services in a massive cyber-attack allegedly launched from his hi-tech bunker in Spain, officials said Monday.

US authorities charged with overseeing the financial sector are worried about its vulnerability to cyberattacks, according to the Financial Stability Oversight Council's 2013 annual report.