‘Journalists hacked UK government’

UK police have warned a former British Cabinet minister that they are investigating evidence that his computer has hacked by private detectives working for Rupert Murdoch’s News International organisation and the disgraced “News of the World” newspaper. Peter Hain, who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 2005-2007,…

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US government forces shut down of websites outside borders

US government agencies including the Department of Justice and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have seized the domain names of 150 websites accused of selling counterfeit products, including sports jerseys, handbags and shoes. The targeted websites, based outside the US, are engaged in “outright theft,” said Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general…

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Government Agency Hackings Compromise Our Info

A massive cyber attack on American infrastructure is the 21st-century equivalent of the neutron bomb. All buildings remain standing but systems inside them are rendered useless. Human beings aren’t killed on a large scale, but few, if any, are left standing either. And while this sounds pretty dire, it’s quite…

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