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NYT website attacked by unknown hackers

The New York Times has revealed that its website was hacked earlier this week, preventing access to a small number of users. The newspaper claimed that earlier Chinese hackers had attacked the website for months, but did not mention the sources for the latest round of attacks. The Chinese hacking led the paper to turn to an outside security firm to block future attacks. A Huffington Post ...
60 hurt as US trains collide New York-Boston corridor closed

Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston. A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m. Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New York City ...
Iranian Wrestlers Abruptly Leave US Early

The U.S. State Department has denied Iranian media reports that the United States deported the Iranian wrestling team ahead of a Sunday meet in Los Angeles. A State Department official tells VOA's Persian News Network that U.S. authorities had nothing to do with their departure. The wrestlers abruptly returned home after beating the American team in an exhibition Wednesday at Grand ...
US Russian Missile Shipments to Syria Very Unfortunate

The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are "ill-timed" and "very unfortunate." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. He said Mr. Assad could think the missiles somehow will make him safer and more prone to a miscalculation. The ...
4 LI store employees arrested for selling alcohol to a minor in underage drinking sting

Police say employees of four Long Island businesses have been arrested in an underage drinking sting.Suffolk County police sent a volunteer under the age of 21 to four businesses Friday night and had the person attempt to buy alcohol.Police say employees at all four businesses agreed to sell alcohol to the volunteer.They were two delis in Greenlawn and a convenience store and a tavern in ...

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A brazen gunman shot and killed a 25-year-old man on a Greenwich Village street corner last night, cops said.The victim was blasted in the head around midnight at West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue and died at Beth Israel ...
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New York commuter train crash under investigation

New York commuter trains, injuring 60 people, is to be investigated by the American Transportation Safety Board.Governor Dannal Molloy of Connecticut said five people were critically injured and one very critically injured in the collision on Friday night.One of the trains left New York's Grand Central station for New Haven, Connecticut, and was derailed before being hit by another train ...
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Five people critically injured and sixty hospitalized after two New York commuter trains collide in Connecticut

Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy ...

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NYT website attacked by unknown hackers

The New York Times has revealed that its website was hacked earlier this week, preventing access to a small number of users.

The newspaper claimed that earlier Chinese hackers had attacked the website for months, but did not mention the sources for the latest round of attacks. The Chinese hacking led the paper to turn to an outside security firm to block future attacks.

A Huffington Post report has revealed that the increasing number of cyber attacks has become a 'pernicious problem', especially for news organizations dealing with sensitive data.

The NYT had earlier reported about attacks on the Financial Times by the Syrian Electronic Army. The headlines of the stories on its website were changed to 'Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army'.

The group has claimed responsibility for attacks on The Onion's Twitter and Facebook account, Twitter account of Associated Press and CBS News, the reports added. (ANI)