Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo beats Go champion Lee Sedol 4-1
15 Mar 2016
DeepMind’s AlphaGo defeated world-class Go player Lee Sedol in Seoul, a milestone many experts had expected to be a decade away.
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DeepMind’s AlphaGo defeated world-class Go player Lee Sedol in Seoul, a milestone many experts had expected to be a decade away.
Attackers used Bangladesh Bank’s SWIFT access to request nearly $1bn from its New York Fed account, getting away with $81m.
A hack of toymaker VTech’s online services exposed around 4.8 million parent accounts and 6.3 million children’s profiles, including photos and chat logs.
Hackers calling themselves the Guardians of Peace wiped computers and leaked data at Sony Pictures; the FBI blamed North Korea.
Tokyo-based Mt Gox, once the world’s largest bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy saying around 850,000 bitcoins were missing.
A coordinated attack disabled thousands of computers at three South Korean broadcasters and two banks; Seoul later blamed North Korea.
Security firm Mandiant publicly tied a long-running cyber espionage campaign against 141 organisations to a unit of China’s People’s Liberation Army.
The Philippines enacts Republic Act 10173, the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act takes effect, creating one of the world’s strictest comprehensive data protection regimes.
McAfee reported a five-year cyber espionage campaign, dubbed Operation Shady RAT, that it said had compromised at least 72 organisations.
Sony revealed that an intrusion behind a week-long PlayStation Network outage had exposed personal data from around 77 million accounts.
Google disclosed a targeted attack originating in China that stole intellectual property and targeted activists’ Gmail accounts.