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Hackers compromise James Bond, intelligence emails
A hacktivist cell, allegedly connected to Anonymous, has managed to crack the US and UK intelligence computers and have published the email addresses of 221 British military staff and 242 NATO officials.
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USA hounding Asperger's hacker Gary McKinnon to save face
Extradition laws drew the ire of MPs who voted for a motion to review current legislation, as one claimed that US attempts to ship Gary McKinnon to a US prison are motivated by saving face. -
No compensation will be good enough for the PSN hack
Over the weekend, Sony's top brass exec Kaz Hirai apologised for the huge PSN network hack and outage, saying that it was the efforts of a "highly sophisticated attack by a skilled intruder -
London Stock Exchange cyber attacks should be no surprise
When the London Stock Exchange (LSE) went caput early November last year there were whispers of sabotage. A report in The Times suggests that, yes, there was dirty work afoot. -
Skype disappoints us, disappointingly
After experiencing first-hand what Skype's attitude to fraud is, how it approaches its users' security, and what kind of system is in place for refunding fraudulent calls made through its service - we