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The FBI vs the FTC: the battle for user privacy in social media

30

Jan

2012

There’s no doubt about it: The US has mixed motives when it comes to user privacy in social media. That became obvious this week with the juxtaposition of the FBI voicing its voracious desire to suck up social media data vs. the FTC’s 1) recent bemoaning of Facebook’s and Google’s wanton privacy policy changes and […]

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US SCADA infrastructure woefully unprotected

19

Nov

2011

It has been reported that a SCADA systems failure at a municipal water processing plant may have been caused by hackers infiltrating their network. The attackers were repeatedly turning a pump on and off until it caused the pump to fail, raising an alert to the operators. Upon investigation they determined that attackers may have […]

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Hackers could throw open prison doors, research shows

09

Nov

2011

Research presented at the Hacker Halted conference in Miami late last month showed how hackers could take control of industrial control systems (ICS) used in prisons. The research team, made up of ex-CIA man John Strauchs, who boasts 40+ years in the security and intelligence business, his daughter, a computer researcher/attorney/professor named Tiffany Rad, and […]

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