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Former IT Manager Sentenced to One Year in Prison For Hacking Former Employer

A California man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for hacking into his former employer’s computer system and giving spammers access to the mail server.

| News | Security | 11/10/08 at 4:22 am |


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Researchers find problems with RFID passport cards

RFID tags used in two new types of border-crossing documents in the U.S. are vulnerable to snooping and copying, a researcher said on Thursday.

| News | Mobile & wireless | Security | 10/27/08 at 2:08 pm |


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Militants send terror messages in India by 'wardriving'

Citizens need to be vigilant and patch poorly secured wireless networks, the Indian police said Monday after announcing the arrest of technology-savvy members of a militant group that exploited insecure wireless networks to send messages.

| News | Mobile & wireless | Security | 10/06/08 at 2:59 pm |


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UK justice agency loses 45,000 personal records

The U.K. Ministry of Justice has lost the personal details of 45,000 people, in a string of incidents over the past year.

| News | Security | 08/18/08 at 10:03 am |


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