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Since claiming that only one per cent of its 21 million customers were affected by the recently revealed cyber attack its suffered, Citibank has since revealed that as many as 360,000 of its customers accounts may have been compromised.

After claiming a successful cyber attack against the U.S. Senate's public website, the hacker collective LulzSec has claimed responsibility for a new attack against the CIA.'s website.

Up to 32 members of the hacking collective anonymous are currently either being detained by European law enforcement agencies or set to stand trial, some of whom are minors.

With E3 out of the way and the sun beginning to set on the current generation of home entertainment consoles, recently released sales figures have revealed that Microsoft's Xbox 360 is currently beating Sony's PS3 in overall sales.

Shares in Aviva were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the insurance group announced the appointment of a new Chairman.

An unnamed developer from Crysis 2 developer Crytek has revealed that Microsoft's next generation Xbox is in development and set to be shown at 2012's E3 conference.

Following LulzSec's ongoing campaign against the games industry, a study by the NDP Group has revealed that game sales in the U.S. have hit their lowest point in five years, but interestingly the recent slew of cyber attacks has not been listed as a key reason for the sales lull.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as Greece continued to act as a drag on investor confidence.

With the games industry still licking its wounds after Sony's PlayStation Network nightmare and hacker collective LulzSec hot on it heals, a study by the NDP Group has reported that physical game sales in the U.S. have hit their lowest point in five years.

Shares in J Sainsbury were up on the FTSE 100 after the supermarket chain reported a rise in sales in the first quarter ended 11 June.

George Osbourne is proposing the biggest bank shake up since the 1930's with controversial plans to ring fence retail arms of banks. He is set to face 'formidable opposition' from the banks in what could be one of the most challenging reforms of the banking sector. The Chancellor wants banks to ring fence their retail banking arms to protect the public if their trading and investment arms were to hit serious trouble.

Joanna Fralli and Jamie Sewart, the juror and defendant held responsible for the collapse of a multi-million-pound drug trial, have today been found guilty of contempt of court.

With news of 35 alleged Anonymous members currently being detained by the authorities, many analysts have come to question just how long it will be until LulzSec finds itself in law enforcement agencies firing lines following its high-profile cyber attack on the U.S. Senate.

Facebook yesterday shot back at reports that it had lost as many as 6 million users during the month of May in the United States, which could prove to be a potentially damaging finding as the company seeks to go public sometime in early 2012.

Having just been confirmed as the U.S.'s most popular console for the eleventh month in a row, analysts have already begun to speculate whether Nintendo's forthcoming Wii U console will be able knock Microsoft's Xbox 360 from its thrown upon release next year.

Nokia has won its long-running patent dispute with iPhone creator Apple, after the company agreed to a one-off lump-sum and continuing royalty payments to the Finnish smartphone maker.

Shares in Carphone Warehouse were up in morning trading after the retailer reported a strong rise in earnings in the full year ended 31 March.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading, despite ratings agency Standard & Poor's cutting Greece's credit rating to the lowest in the world.

The loose-knit hacking collective LulzSec, which is responsible for numerous recent attacks on several big-name games developers including Sony and Nintendo, yesterday released two statements on its website claiming responsibility for successful cyber attacks against the U.S. Senate and Bethesda Softworks.

Shares in Tesco were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the supermarket giant reported a "subdued" set of results for the first quarter ended 28 May.

The hacker group LulzSec, which has claimed responsibility for several high-publicity attacks on Sony, Nintendo and even the NHS, yesterday posted a message on its website claiming responsibility for a new successful cyber attack on the U.S. Senate.

With Spanish police having just arrested three suspected members of the loose-knit hacking collective Anonymous last week, Turkish authorities have reportedly detained a further 32 suspected members of the Anonymous group.

Shares in Tesco were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of the supermarket giants Q1 trading update, expected tomorrow.

Since Sony's PlayStation Network outage, numerous games companies have fallen victim to successful cyber attacks, most recently Nintendo and Epic Games have joined the growing cyber-victims club, leading to fresh speculation about which company will be targeted next.

Imperial Tobacco saw its shares decline this morning on the FTSE 100 after the group said it stood to lose £110 million thanks to the implementation of a ban on smoking in public places in Spain.

According to a report from Nomura, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will overtake Nokia to become the world's largest smartphone maker this financial quarter.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following a report that Lloyds Banking Group is planning to cut 15,000 jobs in a bid to save a billion pounds.

A recent comment from an unnamed security expert to Bloomberg has indicated that like the recent attempt on Google's Gmail service, the recently revealed cyber attack on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could have been state sponsored.

Shares in Majestic Wine were down on the FTSE AIM in morning trading after the wine seller reported a rise in pre-tax profit and sales in the full year ended 28 March.