Berners-Lee hits out at government web snooping plans

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor the the World Wide Web, has slammed the UK government’s plans to allow intelligence agencies to monitor digital communications, and has called for the proposed legislation to be halted. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper,  Berners-Lee said the extension of the state’s surveillance powers would…

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Hacker hits The Desmond

Posted at: 04/13/2012 5:24 PM | Updated at: 04/13/2012 6:19 PM By: Abigail Bleck COLONIE–Guests who stayed at The Desmond from May to March are being asked to double check their statements and contact their credit card companies if they notice a problem.  The stolen financial information was sold and used to make retail purchases. …

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Nationwide Credit Card Scam Hits Decatur

DECATUR, Ill. — Police say scammers have taken millions of people's credit card data from across the country, and it's happening to people right here in Central Illinois. It could involve up to ten million View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post…

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Security breach hits US card processors, banks

31-Mar-12, 9:30 AM | Reuters Tweet InterAksyon.comThe online news portal of TV5 The US Secret Service is investigating a major cyber intrusion at an Atlanta-based payment processor that could expose millions of MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover cardholders to fraudulent charges. Processor Global Payments Inc. said on Friday it…

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Spyware hits Russian opposition

(CNN) — A computer virus campaign is targeting opponents of Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin, according to anti-virus software maker Symantec. “A wave of spam e-mails promoting a rally” against the newly elected president is delivering the spyware as an attachment that appears to be a Word document. In reality, the…

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