LastPass, a company that makes a popular password manager, just found out that crooks got into its network. But if you picked a proper password, you should be OK…
Daily Archives: June 15, 2015
Uber petition site pulled after hacker redirected visitors to rival
An online petition by taxi firm Uber had to be pulled after a hacker redirected visitors to rival Lyft’s website.
Windows 10 patches – will you get them no matter what?
What does the wording about updates being “available automatically” in the Windows 10 Specifications really mean?
Online seller of fake Viagra and abortion pills escapes jail time
An online seller of counterfeit drugs in the UK has been given a 1-year prison term that was suspended for 2 years.
France orders Google to scrub search globally in right to be forgotten requests
We do not care if a URL’s got a .fr, a .uk or a .com glued to the end, France told Google – if a European makes a legitimate request to be forgotten in search results, make it so on all your search engines in all countries. 
Thief who mugged Facebook PlayStation-seller busted thanks to location data
The victim had been trying to sell an old PlayStation 2 through Facebook, and was contacted by a potential purchaser who turned out to be the mugger. We offer some advice on making offline transactions with people you meet online.