AT&T just issued an official statement concerning the iPad breach. We've updated our original post.

Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.

It's so easy to "hack" into road signs than even racists can just walk up and make the road safety displays say whatever idiotic thing pops into their head, as with these newly-hijacked signs in South Florida.

Liberal deviants hacked the Minnesota congresswoman's campaign website in a "malicious attack" that spread all sorts of nastiness to Bachmann's "unsuspecting supporters," according to a statement on her site. [Politico]

Looking to start an online criminal enterprise? Look no further than an Eastern European hacker website that offers stolen Facebook accounts for between $25 and $45. Just ask for "kirllos" and he should be able to set you up.

Three days ago, a widely-reported story emerged that Michael Lohan had posted to Twitter that Lindsay was HIV-positive. Michael said it was a hacker. Lindsay said it was her dad. Nobody realized that the hack itself was a fake.

Is nothing sacred? The Danish KFC website was the subject of a Thursday night attack by Muslim hackers, who replaced the site's index file with exhortations to respect Islam, an educational YouTube video, and, uh, winking emoticons.

The man behind the largest series of identity thefts in US history, Albert Gonzalez, has been sent to prison for ripping off 40 million credit card numbers, mostly from TJ Maxx. His Asperger's syndrome excuse didn't work in court. [FT]

Important national security news: anthropomorphic representation of post-collapse America's spiritual bankruptcy Spencer Pratt is going to start a "cybersecurity venture," FoxNews.com can confirm.

Mark Zuckerberg's hacking of email accounts and user profiles in 2004 could be felonies under Federal and state law, according to privacy lawyers who spoke with Business Insider.

Hackers hacked the websites of at least 10 Democrats Congressmen last night. Hilarious hackers who are most likely in middle school.

At least two foreign reporters in China, including an AP television reporter, discovered that their GMail accounts have been hacked (by the government??). Oh, ChinaGuy69@aol.com was just not "professional" enough, right? You had to switch to Gmail. Fools. [NYT]

Google wants everyone talking about its unique defiance of China's authoritarian rulers. But Silicon Valley gossips increasingly see that spin as a cover-up for the real story: A humiliating security breach exposed cloud computing's dangers and imperils Google's growth.

In an extraordinary blog posting, Google has all but accused the Chinese government of coordinating hack attacks on its servers, not just in China but in the U.S. and globally. And it's decided to finally push back against the regime.

Remember when someone hacked Sarah Palin's email address (by guessing her security question) and we posted her hacked emails and everyone threw a fit? The Alaska Dispatch just did the same thing!

The internet causes all kinds of ruckus for rock stars. It can make people who aren't dead die! Or as is Diddy's case, married. Or, as is Van Morrison's case, born.

Earlier this month, Conde Nast filed a lawsuit to try to find the identities of hackers who posted images of Conde magazines online in November, prior to their publication. Conde Nast has no patience for electronic chicanery from common layabouts.

Robert Mueller promises to keep vigilantly fighting internet scammers. The FBI chief also promises not to be so gullible himself, online, which should be easy, since his wife just banned him from internet banking, for being a huge idiot.

An analysis of 10,000 Hotmail passwords obtained in a phishing attack reveals that the most common password is "123456," which is pretty much the first thing any decent hacker will try to guess. Your password probably sucks, too.

Well, probably hacked. Either hacked or Fox decided to break the news themselves that "Sean Hannity Blows his mom." Update: