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Accused Kelihos malware mastermind protests his innocence

Jan

2012

Andrey Sabelnikov, who Microsoft accused last week of being the mastermind behind the Kelihos botnet, has protested his innocence. The 31-year-old programmer from St Petersburg became the subject of headlines around the world after Microsoft told US courts that they believed he created the Kelihos malware, and alleged that he “used the malware to control, […]

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Facebook ducks U.S. privacy questions

Jan

2012

Two U.S. congressman have charged Facebook with evading questions on whether it tracks users for targeted ads. Meanwhile, Facebook has gone ahead and filed a patent that enables it to do just that, all the while insisting it has no intent to track users when they’re not logged into the social media network. The congressmen, […]

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China denies hacking high-tech weapon maker

Sep

2011

When news of a hack against Japan’s biggest weapons maker, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, broke earlier this week an obvious question was – who might be responsible? In all, more than 80 computers and servers at the firm – which manufactures everything from warships to space rockets – were infected by malware at a variety of […]

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