Hackers plan attack on Russian government sites

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The activist hacker group Anonymous said on Friday it planned to attack Russian government websites in order to support opposition protests ahead of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president. In an Internet video that went viral, the Russian arm of the group said on YouTube it would shut…

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Tech experts rubbish government web snooping tactics

The UK government’s proposal to separate communications data from content, as part of new plans to allow intelligence services to monitor all internet activity, is infeasible according to a panel of technology experts. Speaking at the ‘Scrambling for Safety‘ conference at the London School of Economics yesterday, Ross Anderson, professor…

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