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As part of a sophisticated counterintelligence operation, Chinese hackers who infiltrated Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) during a high-profile 2010 breach reportedly gained access to a secret database with information containing data about U.S. surveillance targets.While the initial breach was revealed by Google, the apparent intent of the hackers to discover the identities of Chinese spies operating in the U.S. who were being watched by American law enforcement agencies was reported by The Washington Post .The operation underscores the sophisticated nature of cyber espionage operations targeting major U.S. companies from hackers around the world, some of whom may be representing foreign governments.According to the Post , it's not clear how much information the Chinese hackers were able to glean from the attack, but the breached database contained information about court orders signing off on surveillance.A successful attack may have given China a heads up about spies in the U.S. who kept Gmail...
The controversy now unfolding at the Internal Revenue Service -- that it targeted for rejection the nonprofit status of the Tea Party and other conservative groups t...
10 Bad States for RetireesBeware of the beach! Watch out for historic neighborhoods, vineyards, sweeping verandas -- especially if you're about to retire. These plac...
A group of activist hackers kicked off an ambitious cyber operation on Tuesday that targeteted a slew of high-profile American targets, however the Group Anonymous a...
Britain's top fraud prosecutor is likely to face serious criticism over its handling of an investigation into the $600 million collapse of one of London's oldest hed...
10 Unexpectedly Best States for RetirementWhat are the best states for retirees? The popular answer seems to be anywhere along the Sun Belt, where retiring Americans...
Sturm, Ruger & Co.'s (NYSE:RGR) first-quarter earnings raced 53% higher, as strong demand for firearms continued.Like other gun manufacturers, Connecticut-based Ruge...
Jon Corzine, a former U.S. Senator and governor from New Jersey, has been sued for his role in the failure of brokerage firm MF Global Holdings, the eighth largest b...
The U.S. Department of Justice said it arrested over the weekend a French citizen accused by the FBI of attempting to obstruct an investigation into bribes alleged t...
FedEx Corp. (FDX) and United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) have said increased security measures in the wake of Monday's Boston Marathon bombings have led to service del...
The explosions that threw the Boston Marathon into chaos on Monday are likely to reinforce a sense of dread and fear that has recently washed over Wall Street.It's s...
As investors Carl Icahn and William Ackman bickered loudly on TV earlier this year about their opposing bets on Herbalife, two other men were discussing the company ...
Reported Earlier:Ex-KPMG Partner Accused of Passing on Tips About Herbalife, SkechersFederal prosecutors in Los Angeles are preparing to file a criminal complaint Th...
Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) director Rajat Gupta, in a bid to stay out of prison, is expected to ask a federal appeals court Tuesday to set aside his inside...
A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail t...
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has won the right to demand the United States hand over all the evidence in its online piracy case against the internet entrepreneur, N...
A brazen gang of cyber criminals, who stole $45 million from bank ATMs in 27 countries, exposes an Achilles heel in the global financial industry: prepaid debit card...
The "social welfare" mission for tax-exempt nonprofit groups certainly covers issues about government spending, government debt, federal taxes, "how the government i...
Two U.S.-based medical examiners agreed with a Singaporean pathologist's findings that an American engineer died by hanging in what appeared to be a suicide in the c...
A federal judge has sentenced a co-founder of hedge fund Level Global Investors to 6 1/2 years in prison for making improper trades based on corporate secrets about ...
