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| Nov.21 |
Uber |
Uber hid massive data breach for over a year Uber paid $100,000 to the two hackers behind the theft to destroy the data and stay mum about the break-in.
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| Oct.3 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo says all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked| The number of accounts impacted by a massive security breach in 2013 was 3 times larger than it had originally announced — all accounts were affected | |
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| Mar.16 |
Yahoo |
DOJ: 2 Russian spies indicted in Yahoo hack
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| Dec.14 |
Yahoo |
Over 1 billion Yahoo accounts had data stolen in 2013 breach| The information from more than 1 billion customer accounts was stolen by an unauthorized third party in August 2013 | |
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| Nov.27 |
San Francisco |
Muni computer hack caused payment machines to shut down 
| A message displayed on screens of the systems in SF read 'you hacked' as an outage caused all fare payment machines to shut down | |
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| Sep.22 |
Yahoo |
Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users | Yahoo says hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history | |
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| Sep.20 |
Tesla |
Tesla updates software after car hack Tesla has updated its software after researchers from China hacked into the operating system of its electric cars
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| Nov.9 |
San Jose City Hall |
City websites recovering from unspecified cyber attack |
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| Feb.28 |
Sausalito |
Thief used electronic device to open car and steal bike
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| Feb.13 |
Stanford |
Obama calls for collaboration in cyberthreat battle President Obama issued an executive order urging businesses and government to cooperate better in quickly sharing information about online threats
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| Nov.7 |
SF Mission |
Man arrested for operating Darknet 
A joint operation between the U.S. and European countries has shut down hundreds of sites operating on secretive internet network
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| Sep.10 |
Google |
Russian hackers publish nearly 5 million Gmail passwords |
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| Aug.28 |
Newark |
Teacher posting tweets that insult stidents
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| Jun.25 |
Mountain View |
Mountain View resident operating prostitution website A federal indictment claims Eric Omuro made $5 million from operating a website that facilitated prostitution. The website is now shut down
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| May.21 |
eBay |
eBay makes users change passwords Online marketplace eBay is forcing users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack compromised its systems
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| Mar.20 |
UCSF |
UCSF reports stolen computers had personal data |
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| Mar.14 |
Brentwood |
Brentwood students facing charges for sexting
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| Oct.30 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo and Google data links 'hacked'
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| Oct.4 |
SF Francisco |
FBI says it has caught shadowy Silk Road creator
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| Jul.25 |
Stanford |
Stanford investigating apparent IT breach
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| Feb.15 |
Facebook |
Facebook 'targeted by hackers'
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| Feb.1 |
Twitter |
Twitter says hackers compromise 250K accounts
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| Jul.12 |
Yahoo |
Hacking of Yahoo site affects 450,000 users A security breach exposed user names and passwords for accounts at Yahoo, Google's Gmail, Microsoft Hotmail and AOL
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| Jun.6 |
LinkedIn |
LinkedIn passwords leaked on web The website has said some of its members' passwords have been 'compromised' after reports that over 6M' passwords had been leaked onto the i...
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| May.24 |
East San Jose |
3 girls suspended from SJ school for cyberbullying |
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| Feb.7 |
Oakland City Hall |
'Anonymous' hacks personal info of Oak. Officials 'Anonymous' has released the personal information of some of top city officials online in response to clashes between Occupy and the police
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| Jan.13 |
San Francisco |
Viruses compromised City College data
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| Dec.7 |
Facebook |
Zuckerberg Facebook photos hacked |
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| Aug.14 |
BART |
Group posts names of subscribers of site An anonymous hacker's group listing the names of thousands of bay area residents that are e-mail subscribers of a legitimate BART web site
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| Jun.1 |
Google |
'China hackers' hit Google e-mail Hackers in China have compromised personal e-mail accounts of hundreds of top US officials, military personnel and journalists
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| Apr.13 |
San Jose |
5 charged in largest computer chip heist |
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| Dec.4 |
Google |
China 'orchestrated Google hack'
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| Sep.4 |
San Francisco |
Craigslist drops adult services listings| After years of pressure, Craigslist has surrendered a battle over sexual ads that some viewed as a test case for the boundaries of online freedom | |
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| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
Computer Network Hacker Gets 4 Years Terry Childs is a former city network engineer convicted of withholding passwords to the city's main computer network he built
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| Jun.28 |
Redwood City |
Man Gets 5 Years For Ipad Robberies |
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| May.13 |
Apple |
IPhone prototype turns up |
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| Apr.27 |
San Francisco |
Ex-City Tech Worker Guilty Of Hacking A SF jury convicted former city of network engineer Terry Childs of felony computer tampering for withholding passwords to the city's main network
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| Apr.19 |
Google |
Raid hacked Google password system
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| Mar.30 |
Berkeley |
Police Finding Credit Card Info Theft
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| Feb.24 |
Intel |
Intel discloses sophisticated hacker attack
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| Feb.23 |
San Francisco |
Newsom Testifies In Computer Case San Francisco Mayor testified in the trial of Terry Childs, telling how he visited the defendant in jail to compel him to give up a secret p...
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| Jan.12 |
Kaiser |
Computer Medical Records Stolen |
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| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
Trial Of SF Computer Engineer Begins
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| Oct.7 |
San Francisco |
FBI chief urges cybercrime vigilance |
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| Aug.7 |
Twitter |
Twitter attack puts millions on hold |
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Google |
Web attack 'aimed at one blogger' |
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| Aug.6 |
Twitter |
Twitter site reopens after attack Micro-blogging service was taken offline for more than two hours in what the company believes was a co-ordinated attack
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| Jul.16 |
Twitter |
Hacker steals Twitter's documents |
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| May.8 |
Piedmont |
Search expands for robber using Internet
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| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
Craigslist safety questioned after slayings Although millions of transactions spawned by the site are completed without a problem, a small number end in violent crime
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| Apr.21 |
San Francisco |
Call to rally against cyber crime
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| Mar.18 |
Vallejo |
High-tech task force reopens |
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| Feb.8 |
Marin County |
Cuts Close Computer Crimes Task Force |
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| Nov.6 |
Intel |
Ex-worker accused of stealing secrets |
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| Jul.17 |
San Francisco |
Engineer pleads not guilty to cyber crime |
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| Jul.15 |
SF City Hall |
Engineer tampered with new S.F. network |
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| Jul.6 |
Google |
Stolen data live on in searches |
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| Apr.8 |
San Francisco |
Chertoff Pushes Computer Security |
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| Apr.2 |
Google |
Hackers infiltrate searches
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| Mar.30 |
USF |
Help for threatened for downloading |
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| Aug.11 |
San Rafael |
Man charged using MySpace to lure girl |
|
| May.11 |
Google |
Google searches web's dark side |
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| Dec.8 |
East Oakland |
Student Raped, Attacker Met Online
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| Aug.1 |
SJSU |
Craigslist Robberies: Man Faces Charges
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| Jun.30 |
San Jose |
'Craigslist Robber' Is Armed The suspect is responsible for a string of armed robberies involving victims who were found through Craigslist
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| Mar.24 |
San Francisco |
Firm To Pay $900K for Spam |
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| Feb.1 |
Hayward |
Hacker Suspected In Cal State Break-In More than 2,000 employees may have had their personal info breached during a break-in of a server on campus
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| Nov.13 |
South SF |
Crack Down On Prostitutes Using Website |
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| Jun.30 |
Fremont |
Man Suspected Of Internet Piracy
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| Apr.8 |
San Jose |
Thousands of Medical Records Stolen
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| Oct.19 |
UC Berkeley |
Hacker Hits University Computer
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| Oct.13 |
San Jose |
Ashcroft Brings Piracy Crackdown to SJ
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| Jul.17 |
Pleasant Hill |
Hacker, 20, indicted on federal charges |
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| Feb.28 |
San Jose Downtown |
Pimp used WWW to exploit underage girls |
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| Dec.3 |
Santa Clara |
Ridge speaks at Cyber Security Summit |
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| Nov.21 |
Concord |
Customer Data Stolen at Wells Fargo
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Sunnyvale |
Penis Enlargement Ads Prompt Spam Rage |
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| Apr.3 |
San Jose |
County info security officer investigated |
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|
| Dec.11 |
eBay |
eBay hit by credit card scam
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| Aug.3 |
San Jose |
Man Nabbed in Internet Sex Sting |
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| Dec.13 |
San Jose |
Charges to drop against Sklyarov |
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| Nov.26 |
San Jose |
No quick resolution in Sklyarov case |
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| Oct.29 |
San Jose |
Fraud with phony Internet company |
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| Sep.15 |
Intel |
Guilty for copying specs of chip |
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| Aug.28 |
San Jose |
Sklyarov indicted |
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| Jun.3 |
San Francisco |
Hacker got 3 years' probation |
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| May.23 |
Pittsburg |
School suspends student hacker |
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| May.21 |
San Jose |
Ex-FBI informant gets 18 months |
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| Mar.24 |
UC Berkeley |
FBI Computer Expert Accused of Hacking
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