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CISPA 2015 Draft Text Emerges Online, Dem Rep Cites Sony Hack As Rationale for Reintroducing Bill
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is a controversial bill, promoted by supporters as a cyber-security solution and decried by detractors as a …
UK man arrested in connection with Sony and Xbox hack
A UK man has been arrested as part of an investigation into denial-of-service attacks on Sony Playstation and Xbox systems over Christmas. The 18-year-old …
President Obama Proposes National Breach Notification Standard
In a speech at the Federal Trade Commission on January 12, 2015, President Obama proposed a nationwide breach notification standard that would require all …
CISPA 2015 Draft Text Emerges Online, Dem Rep Cites Sony Hack As Rationale for Reintroducing Bill
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is a controversial bill, promoted by supporters as a cyber-security solution and decried by detractors as a …
3 Reasons Security Experts Are Unconvinced North Korea Was Behind Sony Hack
Hackers “had extensive knowledge of Sony’s internal architecture and access to key passwords,” writes one renowned security expert who thinks an “insider” may be …
Site operator pleads guilty to facilitating prostitution, a first in federal convictions
A California man who ran the website myRedBook[.]com has pleaded guilty to “facilitating prostitution,” according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). On Thursday, …
ISIS Threat at Home: FBI Warns US Military About Social Media Vulnerabilities
The FBI on Sunday issued the strongest warning to date about possible attacks by the ISIS terrorist group against the U.S. military inside the …
Police skirt Tor anonymity software in shutting down illegal websites
US federal officials and European law enforcement groups in over a dozen countries said Friday that they shut down more than 400 illegal websites …
The FBI’s Secret Surveillance Program Is About to Go on Trial
A federal appeals court this week will review whether the government can secretly conduct electronic surveillance on Americans without first obtaining a warrant. The …
US threat to British online privacy
Private information stored online by British computer users could be scrutinised by American law enforcement agencies under a wide-ranging new right-to-snoop being pursued by …
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