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Hackers gain access to all .edu domains

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The hacker collective "Hack the Planet" (HTP) has claimed responsibility for an attack on MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) computer systems in late January, in which it claims to have briefly taken control of the university's domain, redirected email traffic, and obtained administrator access to all .edu domains.

Low-level clerk may be big-time hacker

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A COMPUTER help-desk clerk has been accused of manipulating confidential government data, amid revelations he is the self-confessed ringleader of shadowy hacking syndicate Lulzsec that previously undermined the CIA and FBI websites, federal police allege.