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Tag Archives: Government security
Mozilla fears encryption law could turn its employees into insider threats
Mozilla has told the Australian government that its anti-encryption laws could turn its own employees into insider threats.
Missile warning sent from hijacked Tampa mayor’s Twitter account
Tampa’s mayor was trying to regain control of his Twitter account this week after it was used to post bomb threats and child sex abuse images.
Hacker Lauri Love denied bid to get computers back
Hacker Lauri Love has failed to get his computers back six years after UK’s National Crime Agency took them as part of a criminal investigation.
Chinese facial recognition database exposes 2.5m people
A company operating a facial recognition system in China has exposed millions of residents’ personal information online.
Russian ISPs plan internet disconnection test for entire country
Russia’s major ISPs plan to temporarily disconnect servers from the internet, effectively cutting the country off from the outside world.
FBI burrowing into North Korea’s big bad botnet
The FBI revealed that it joined the Joanap botnet and started chewing it up from the inside.
14k HIV+ records leaked, Singapore says sorry
Singapore’s Ministry of Health said the HIV status of 14,200 people, plus confidential data of 2,400 of their contacts, is in the possession of somebody who’s not authorized to have it and who’s published it online.
Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices
Japan will hack citizens’ IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don’t like the notion? Here’s how to lock ’em down!
US gov declares emergency after wave of domain hijacking attacks
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an emergency directive tightening DNS security after a recent wave of domain hijacking attacks targeting government websites.