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WASHINGTON - Hackers are stepping up the intensity of their attacks, moving from "disruption" to "destruction" of key computer systems, the top US cyber-defense...

STOCKHOLM - Internet attacks blocked access to several popular Swedish websites for part of Monday, local police said, linking the outage to the controversy...

TEHRAN - Iran on Monday removed online blocks on Gmail but a government Internet filtering committee official said other, additional censorship was being prepared...

TOKYO - Controversial laws punishing Internet users who download pirated files with fines or jail terms came into force in Japan on Monday.Under the...

WASHINGTON - For students seeking to become cyber warriors, the US government has a sweet deal. Full tuition, expenses and a stipend will be...

MANILA - A new cybercrime law in the Philippines that could see people sentenced to 12 years in jail for posting defamatory comments on...

MANILA - Hackers angered over a new Philippine anti-cybercrime law attacked several government websites on Thursday, posting messages denouncing the new legislation.

DUBAI - An Islamist group on Tuesday said it will carry out new cyber attacks on US banking targets, according to SITE Intelligence Group,...

PARIS - The French government on Tuesday summoned Facebook managers to explain rumors that some users' old private messages were being posted publicly on...

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Monday denied reports that it displayed some users' old private messages in public "timelines" at the social network. Facebook said...

DAMASCUS - Syria's ministry of information on Monday denied the sacking of the country's ambassador to Lebanon and said a previous email announcement was...

WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has ordered an inquiry into government agents spying "unlawfully" while assisting police in the lead up...