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Chinese Hackers Penetrated White House Computer Network Several Times

Desire Athow — Sat, 08 Nov 2008

Shortly after it was revealed the computer networks of both US presidential candidates had been hacked by foreign entities, an even more damaging hacking event has emerged.

Home Office Still Confident About ID Cards Scheme Success

Desire Athow — Thu, 06 Nov 2008

The Home Office has denied any scaled back plans as identity cards are expected to be deployed at only two airports in the first stage of the controversial project

Say hello to the Great (Internet) Wall of Thailand

Steve Gold — Fri, 31 Oct 2008

Judging from reports on the newswires, it seems that Thailand is joining China in the Internet blocking stakes, investing around $9 million in creating a `filtering' firewall.

French President Sarkozy's bank account hacked

Steve Gold — Tue, 21 Oct 2008

I was mildly amused yesterday to read that the bank account of President Sarkozy of France had been hacked, with "small sums" hoovered up from his account.

Criminals Steal Funds From French President's Online Bank Account

Desire Athow — Mon, 20 Oct 2008

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been the unfortunate victim of online criminals who have managed to steal funds from his online bank account

Up to 2 million Affected by UK Army Hard Drive Loss

Desire Athow — Mon, 13 Oct 2008

The data loss that hit the MoD which we reported on Friday 10th could potentially affect three times more people than previously thought with up to 2 million caught in the scandal

UK DNA Database Reaches 4.8 million, grows by 660,000 every year

Desire Athow — Sat, 11 Oct 2008

More details about the growing tendency of the UK government to log, track and catalog its citizens have been provided by the National Policing Improvement Agency in its first annual report

MoD Hard Disk With Details Of 100,000 Army Personnel Goes Missing

Desire Athow — Fri, 10 Oct 2008

An external hard disk drive containing the details of 100,000 Ministry of Defence Staff has disappeared from a secure location from Hook, Hampshire in the latest and potentially most devastating data lost to date

Student Charged For Hacking Sarah "Bulldog" Palin's Yahoo Mail

Desire Athow — Thu, 09 Oct 2008

A court in Knoxville USA has indicated David Kernell, a twenty year old student at the University of Tennessee for hacking into Alaska Governor and US Vice President nominee Sara Palin’s email account.

UK Government Plans £12 bn Database To Track All Emails, Phone Calls and Browsing Sessions

Desire Athow — Mon, 06 Oct 2008

In a move that would certainly have given shivers to the late George Orwell, the UK Government is apparently planning a gigantic £12 bn database that will log and track internet browsing habits, emails and phone records of everyone living in Britain