Three juniors at Palos Verdes High School were arrested yesterday for their role in an elaborate grade-changing, test-stealing plot. The honors students were looking for nothing more than an "A-" in the grade books of their four teachers (and a little cash from selling test), but now they have a criminal record and will likely be expelled from school. more ›

It turns out that the "anonymous" group that posted the personal information of LAPD officers was Anonymous. CabinCr3w — a hacking group affiliated with Anonymous — said that it posted the personal information of the officers to get back at the police department for cracking down on Occupy L.A. more ›

The FBI had a big break when it arrested Christopher Chaney for hacking into the e-mails of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and Christina Aguilera, but now it appears that he's far from alone in doing the exact same thing. more ›

It turns out the man who allegedly hacked into the e-mail accounts of celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and leaked nude photos relied less on technical prowess and more on tabloid fare to commit his crimes. FBI officials said that by reading tabloids and keeping up with celebrities' Twitter and Facebook feeds, Christopher Chaney, 35, was able to guess the passwords of celebrities. more ›

The first arrest of a U.S.-based journalist in the phone-hacking scandal that is rocking Rupert Murdoch's empire has happened, and the person hauled in is based in Los Angeles. James Desborough, 38, served as the U.S. editor of the News of the World, and he was hauled in today in London, according to Reuters. more ›

Floyd Landis, the cyclist who was stripped of his Tour de France victory in 2006 is being sought after an international warrant was issued for his arrest, according to Reuters. He stands accused of hacking a laboratory computer in France where his doping tests were housed in an attempt to prove the anti-doping agency wrong. "It seems that (Landis) made all he could to enter into our computer system to try to prove the laboratory was wrong. He showed many documents he got by hacking to numerous sporting instances," said an anti-doping official. "The judge traced a network of hackers back to the ringleader." Before the 2006 Tour de France, Landis won the first Tour of California. more ›

If the title of this post confuses you, don't be too worried because these terms probably confuse, or completely escape the notice, of most people. So, what then do they mean? Well, they refer to different types of cyber attacks on you and your computer that take place every day here in Los Angeles. Attackers use these types of attacks, and others, to gain access to your computer and your data with sometimes unfortunate... more ›