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.
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.
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.
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.
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