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Nortel veteran claims Chinese hackers stole its data for nearly 10 years

Feb

2012

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that telecoms firm Nortel Networks was repeatedly breached by Chinese hackers for almost a decade. The newspaper cited Brian Shields, a former Nortel employee who led an internal investigation into the security breaches, and published claims that the hackers stole seven passwords from the company’s top executives – including […]

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Facebook nears settlement with FTC on privacy opt-in

Nov

2011

Facebook is nearing a settlement with the FTC over charges that it misled users about how it uses their personal information, according to a report published on Friday by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Those familiar with the talks told the WSJ that the settlement would require Facebook to obtain users’ consent before making “material […]

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Government uses secret order to pry open WikiLeaks email

Oct

2011

The US government has forced Google and the small internet provider Sonic.net to hand over information from email accounts belonging to WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum, news outlets reported on October 11. According to a story in The Wall Street Journal, the government used a controversial, secret court order to force the information handover. Google wouldn’t […]

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