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Malware compromises USAF Predator drone computer systems

Oct

2011

According to a Wired report, malware has infected the control systems used by the United States Air Force to fly Predator and Reaper drones, logging keypresses as the unmanned aircraft are flown remotely in Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan and other conflict zones. The malware intrusion is said to have been detected by the Department of Defense’s […]

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Phone hacking, Piers Morgan and The Sunday Mirror

Jul

2011

The BBC has broadcast a report claiming that phone hacking was not just a problem at the Murdoch-owned News of the World newspaper, but was also common place at its arch-rival The Sunday Mirror too. In an investigation shown on Friday night, the BBC’s flagship Newsnight programme claimed that a former Sunday Mirror reporter had […]

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US military contractors hacked – possible link with RSA SecurID breach, reports claim

May

2011

Hackers have broken into the network of Lockheed Martin and several other US military contractors, according to media reports. Blogger Robert Cringely claimed that Lockheed Martin first detected the security breach last Sunday. In response the firm promptly blocked all remote VPN access to their internal network, and informed over 100,000 users that they would […]

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