Investigation into leak is underway. By Phil Muncaster Lives were put at risk after the personal details of hundreds of Northern Ireland prison officers were emailed to a third party by…
Month: May 2016
Celebrity hacker Guccifer's confession gives us all a lesson in security
He pleaded guilty to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. By Lucian Constantin The activity of Romanian hacker Guccifer, who has admitted to compromising almost 100…
Bank in the UK? Plans afoot to make YOU liable for bank fraud
Wonder whose idea that was… By John Leyden Bank customers may be obliged to bear the bill for fraud against their accounts, under proposed changes under consideration between banks, the…
N Korea could be linked to cyber-attacks on banks, security firm says
A top cyber-security firm is investigating whether North Korea could be linked to attacks on banks in recent months. Symantec said it had evidence that the same group attempted to…
State department faults Clinton over email security
A state department inquiry has accused Hillary Clinton and other former US secretaries of state of poorly managing email security. Mrs Clinton failed to comply with rules on record-keeping, the…
US nuclear force still uses floppy disks
The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and 8-inch floppy disks, a government report has revealed. The Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon was one of…