Briefs, March 4, 2013

CALIFORNIA - Evernote, a web-based note-sharing service, said it was resetting the passwords of its 50 million users after hackers breached its network, accessing usernames, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords. The attack "follows a similar pattern" to other cyber attacks in recent weeks, it said. Reuters

KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a Nato helicopter strike in which two brothers under seven years old were shot dead after being mistaken for Taliban insurgents. The boys were tending livestock and collecting firewood in Uruzgan province when they were killed on Thursday. AFP