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Hits and misses in Facebook's history

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

By The Associated Press Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company. The social network's market value was more than $100 billion. Now, Facebook's stock is trading roughly 30 percent lower

Australian charged with hacking government site

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated Press SYDNEY (AP) - Australian police have arrested a man they say is affiliated with international hacking collective Lulz Security on a charge of attacking and defacing a government website, officials said Wednesday. The 24-year-old senior IT worker, whose name was

Social media editor in court on hacking charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By DON THOMPSONAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A social media editor who has worked for two of the nation's largest news-gathering organizations is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday to face charges that he conspired with hackers to deface the website of the Los Angeles

Social media editor in court on hacking charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

Social media editor in court on hacking charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

Reuters editor charged with hacking: I was fired

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Reuters deputy social media editor accused of conspiring with hackers to deface a Los Angeles Times story said Monday he had been fired. His dismissal came the day before 26-year-old Matthew Keys was scheduled to appear in federal court for

Reuters editor charged with hacking: I was fired

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

LulzSec hacker gets prison in Sony Pictures attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 25-year-old hacker with the group known as LulzSec was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison and ordered to pay $605,663 in restitution for an attack on Sony Pictures computers that began in late May 2011. Cody Andrew Kretsinger, who went by the online nickname "recursion,"

Microsoft offers security enhancement for sign-ins

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By ANICK JESDANUNAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft is offering enhanced security for its email, storage and other services. People who turn on the new feature will be asked not just for a username and password, but also a second piece of information, such as a temporary code sent as a

Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By TERENCE CHEAAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Looking for a career change, Ken Shimizu decided he wanted to be a software developer, but he didn't want to go back to college to study computer science. Instead, he quit his job and spent his savings to enroll at Dev Bootcamp, a new San