Six online 'hacktivists' have been charged with computer hacking following a series of online attacks against governments and global corporations.

Anonymous members claimed responsibility for attacks on multiple online targets, including the Internal Affairs website here.

Hundreds of Kiwis have had their Twitter accounts hacked over the past several days but this is not confined to New Zealand, local online security provider Netsafe says.

A Florida hacker appears to have set a new world record in his arrest for allegedly stealing 130 million credit and debit card numbers and is now staring at 35 years in prison.

Twenty eight year-old Albert Gonzales (segvec) and two fellow hackers located in or near Russia who go by the nom de plumes of soupnazi and j4guar17 were yesterday indicted for conspiracy by the US department of Justice reports Ars Technica.

Software maker Adobe has admitted its Flash, Reader and Acrobat applications contain a critical bug which won’t be patched until Friday (NZ time).

The domain www.msn.co.nz has been hacked and defaced today by a “Peace Crew” (formerly “Terrorist Crew”) who carried out a similar attack on Nato and US military websites in January this year.

The site now reads “Microsoft New Zealand hacked by Peace Crew” and underneath a picture of Bill Gates with a cream pie all over his face are the words “Aaaare youuuu Hackeeeed !!”.