Politician’s fingerprint ‘cloned from photos’ by hacker
A member of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hacker network claims to have cloned a thumbprint of a German politician by using commercial software …
No, North Korea Didn’t Hack Sony
The FBI and the President may claim that the Hermit Kingdom is to blame for the most high-profile network breach in forever. But almost …
Russia makes Facebook block page of Putin’s top critic
Russian authorities convinced Facebook to shut off a page inviting people to attend a rally in support of an opposition politician, drawing ire from …
Jail term for Silk Road bitcoin deals
Bitcoin trader Charlie Shrem has been sentenced to two years in jail for indirectly helping people swap cash for bitcoins on the Silk Road …
Survey: 20 Percent of Employees Have Stolen Corporate Data
A recent survey of 1,000 enterprise employees in Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the U.K. and the U.S. found that 1 in 5 respondents …
ICANN Hacked
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently acknowledged that it was hit in late November 2014 by a spear phishing attack, …
UC Berkeley Hacked
The University of California, Berkeley recently began notifying approximately 1,600 people that their personal information may have been accessed when servers in the university’s …
Hollywood’s Secret War On Net Neutrality Is A Key Part Of Its Plan Stop You From Accessing Websites It Doesn’t Like
We already wrote about the MPAA’s plan to break the internet by trying to twist a portion of the DMCA to force ISPs to …
Sony sued by former employees over hack
Before, Sony was facing down hackers. Now it has a lawsuit to deal with too. Two former Sony Pictures staffers are suing the Hollywood …
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