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The hacker collectives LulzSec and Anonymous this weekend announced a new combined campaign against the world's governments codenamed Operation Anti-Security, quashing earlier reports that the two were on the brink of war with each other.

After being hit by an alleged computer virus that allowed 30,000 "sub-par" individuals to access its pretty-people-only service, BeautifulPeople.com's managing director Greg Hodge has issued an apology to those wrongly granted access to the site.

In a statement released over the weekend the hacker collective LulzSec has promised to unite with its 4Chan-born brother Anonymous in a new cyber campaign against the world's governments.

The "exclusively for beautiful people" dating site BeautifulPeople.com has reported a hack on its site that allowed as many as 30,000 "less than pretty" candidates to join it.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has voted to allow the creation new website domain suffixes.

As news about the latest cyber security breach on Sega unfolds, it has been revealed that in the attack hackers were able to bypass new security measures put in place by the company after Sony's PlayStation Network outage.

Celebrating its one-thousandth tweet, the hacker collective LulzSec released a statement on its website addressing the "Internets", granting a fresh insight into the methodology -- if any -- of the group.

After games industry titan Sega last week revealed that a recent cyber attack on its network left 1.29 million of its customers personal data compromised, the hacker collective LulzSec has promised to "destroy" those responsible for the hack.

Sega has confirmed that in a recent cyber attack on its systems, hackers were able to steal the personal data of 1.29 million Sega customers.

The United States is reportedly building its own "scale model" of the internet to practice various scenarios in the new cyber battlefield.

The Serious Organised Crime Agency, has revealed further details about the SpyEye Trojan computer virus currently believed to have infected up to 1,500 broadband customers computers.

A report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revealed that Software systems used by China to run its weapons, utilities and chemical plants systems suffer from an inherent bug, leaving them vulnerable to hacker's cyber attacks.

A video posted earlier this week has revealed the origin of the now notorious hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous.

Nearly 1500 Virgin Media internet customers computers have been warned that their PCs may have been infected with a malicious computer virus.

While LulzSec released the password and email information of 62,000 internet users, Anonymous released a video confirming that in spite of the recent arrests of some 32 suspected members, it would carry on its cyber war against the Turkish government's internet censorship policies.

After LulzSec released the account information of up to 62,000 innocent users, its 4Chan-born sibling Anonymous reportedly targeted it, leading to a declaration of war between the two hacking collectives.

Destroying any chance that it could be seen as a hacktivist group, the hacker collective LulzSec yesterday released the emails and passwords of up to 62,000 random people.

Today games company Bioware revealed that it had fallen victim to a successful cyber attack against its Neverwinter Nights forums, bringing the total number of games companies hacked to seven.

Since claiming responsibility for a successful cyber attack on the U.S. CIA's website the hacker collective LulzSec has since tweeted that not all comments made on its Twitter page are official statements for the group, leading to speculation about the authenticity of its most recent claim.

While members of the hacking collective Anonymous find themselves the target of an ongoing campaign against them, LulzSec continues its hacking escapades un-phased, claiming responsibility for cyber attacks against both the U.S. Senate and CIA.

As the hacker collective LulzSec continues its cyber-rampage across the world, adding to the growing list of games companies hacked, RPG giant Bioware has today released a statement confirming a recent cyber attack on its website.

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.

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.

Mimicking the "careless talk costs lives" slogan of the Second World War, the MOD has issued a fresh updated version of the slogan to members of its armed services warning, "careless tweets cost lives."

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.