LONDON — The government is set to announce new measures to tackle cyber crime on Friday as Britain’s internet and electronic communications network comes under increased attack from hackers and foreign intelligence agencies. As part of the strategy, a new police Cyber Crime Unit will be formed alongside a team at the intelligence agency GCHQ…
Category: Breach Incidents
Thai Government cracking down on all types of cyber crimes
Recently we have seen more news reports from Thailand that people are being arrested and jailed for different types of cyber crimes. It seems that Thailand is trying to make a point nice and early to its people that the government will not tolerate any type of cyber crime, well the kind they can stop anyway. Some of the stuff we have seen…
Lese majeste warning for Facebook
Local Facebook users risk violating the computer law unknowingly by pressing the "like" or "share" button included with posted comment on anti-monarchy messages on the most popular social networking site, Information and Communication Technology Minister Anudith Nakornthap said on Thursday. Anyone doing so could be arrested on charges of violating the Computer Crime Act and…
Critical Assets is Among First to Receive Funding for Security Projects Under DARPA’s Cyber Fast Track Program
Del Mar, CA, November 25, 2011 –(PR.com)– Critical Assets Labs, a division of Critical Assets, has been awarded the one of the first contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under their new “Cyber Fast Track Program.” DARPA will fund Critical Assets’ “Pin Pad Defender” project. The contract award funds the continued development,…
Sudan Airways mailbox database leaked by @SdCyber
@SdCyber or otherwise known as Sudan cyber army, has been busy digging around mail servers that they do not belong in. As a result Sudan Airways has had its complete mailbox dumped on pastebin for the world to see. the dump contains usernames, emails and encrypted passwords but as we always see these passwords are most likely really…
Data theft results in court battle
LOS ANGELES, Nov 23, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Harris & Ruble, a prominent class-action law firm based in Los Angeles, announced their November 16, 2011, filing of a class-action lawsuit against Sutter Medical Foundation and Sutter Physician Services, alleging the medical provider did not properly safeguard medical information for more than 4 million of its…