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‘Virtual rape’: Man used Facebook to hack women’s emails, send naked photos of them to entire address book
George Bronk. Photo: AP/California Attorney General’s office In a cautionary tale for users of social networking sites, a California man has admitted using personal information he gleaned from Facebook to hack into women’s email accounts, then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book. The California attorney…
‘Virtual rape’ via Facebook
AP In a cautionary tale for users of social networking sites, a California man has admitted using personal information he gleaned from Facebook to hack into women’s email accounts, then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book. The California attorney general’s office said that George Bronk,…
Prison committee set to meet with General Assembly
Keeping more people out of prison will be the focus of a meeting in Frankfort this week. A committee created to find less-costly alternatives to prison is set to meet Tuesday and propose legislation for the 2011 General Assembly. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the task force is considering several possibilities…
Israel tested Stuxnet worm on Iran, with US help—report
WASHINGTON—US and Israeli intelligence services collaborated to develop a destructive computer worm to sabotage Iran’s efforts to make a nuclear bomb, The New York Times reported Sunday. The newspaper quoted intelligence and military experts as saying Israel has tested the effectiveness of the Stuxnet computer worm, which apparently shut down…
New York Times: Stuxnet A Joint US-Israeli Operation
No Yes Details of the Stuxnet worm’s origins and functioning have been seeping into the media, tidbit by intruing tidbit, since last Summer, when news of the worm went mainstream. But a new exclusive from the New York Times breaks the Stuxnet story wide open, confirming oft-cited theories that it…
Computer worm sabotaged Iran’s nuclear program
LONDON — British Petroleum (BP) has signed a joint venture with Russian energy firm Rosneft to exploit potentially huge deposits of oil and gas in Russia’s Arctic shelf. The “strategic global alliance” will see the firms exchange expertise in exploring the region. As part of the deal Rosneft will take…
Israel’s Stuxnet Worm tests delay, not destroy Iran’s nuke plans
Though American and Israeli officials refuse to talk publicly about what goes on at Dimona, the operations there, as well as related efforts in the United States, are among the newest and strongest clues suggesting that the virus was designed as an American-Israeli project to sabotage the Iranian program, the…
Simple steps can protect credit card information
Published: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 6:42 AM By John Gin Follow ShareEmail Print With identity theft becoming more prevalent, what are some things I should do to ensure that my credit card information is secure? It’s no secret that people can get into trouble with their credit cards by racking…
US and Israel in Iran cyber attack
ISRAEL’S Dimona nuclear complex has been used as a critical testing ground in a joint American and Israeli effort that employed a sophisticated cyber-weapon to undermine Iran’s efforts to make a nuclear bomb. Though American and Israeli officials refuse to talk publicly about what goes on at Dimona, the operations…