The Metropolitan Police now routinely requests access to Transport for London’s (TfL) Oyster Card database in search of personal information on its users, The Guardian has reported. After making a freedom of information request, TfL said this had happened 5,295 times in 2008, 5,359 in 2009, 5,046 in 2010, and…
Ex-News Corp. Hacker Mulcaire’s Trial Seeking Legal Fees Begins in London
The British private eye jailed for hacking into celebrities’ voice mails to get stories for a News Corp.’s News of the World tabloid began a U.K. trial to pursue his claim the company must pay his legal fees. Glenn Mulcaire is defending himself from multiple civil lawsuits filed by victims…
London Police Arrest the Original News of the World Phone Hacker, Again
He was one of the first arrested for alleged phone hacking at News of the World, and now private investigator Glenn Mulclaire has become the 20th. The BBC reports he was arrested at 7 a.m. London time for “phone hacking and perverting the course of justice” as part of the…
U.K. says it could use missiles for security at 2012 London Olympics
Britain’s Defense Secretary Philip Hammond is ruling nothing out to protect London during the 2012 Olympics, including the… View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
London 2012 – Ground-to-air missiles ‘to protect Olympics’
Security forces could deploy ground-to-air missiles to protect the Olympic Games in London, the Defence Secretary has said. View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Speed essential to combating cyber crime, Kaspersky tells London Conference
Governments are late in discussing online threats and collaboration around tackling them, according to Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive of Kaspersky Lab. It is good that these discussions are finally taking place, but they are late and should have begun at least eight years ago, Kaspersky told the London Conference on…
London Olympics CIO claims immunity from DDoS attacks
Cybercriminals will find it “very hard” to launch a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the London 2012 Olympic Games website, according to the Olympic Games CIO. Gerry Pennell, CIO at the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, said: “The advantage is we are mostly about pushing data…
Mulcaire, News Corp. Phone Hacker, Ordered by London Judge to Name Names
Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator jailed in 2007 for intercepting celebrities’ voice mails while working for News Corp.’s News of the World tabloid, must reveal who told him to hack phones, a U.K. judge ruled. Mulcaire on July 29 was told he can’t appeal a High Court order that he…
Mulcaire, News Corp. Phone Hacker, Ordered by London Judge to Name Names
Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator jailed in 2007 for intercepting celebrities’ voice mails while working for News Corp.’s News of the World tabloid, must reveal who told him to hack phones, a U.K. judge ruled. Mulcaire on July 29 was told he can’t appeal a High Court order that he…
IT consultant recovers MacBook stolen during London riots
When Greg Martin returned home last Wednesday morning after a night of intense rioting in London, his West End apartment had been ransacked. Martin, 29, an IT security consultant with the HP-owned security company ArcSight, had spent the previous evening with his girlfriend in southwest London after the two had…