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MegaUpload data could be deleted by Thursday

Jan

2012

Hosting companies may start deleting MegaUpload users’ content from their servers – regardless of whether or not the content is legal – starting as soon as Thursday, February 2, according to a letter filed in federal court by U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride. According to news reports, the letter was submitted on Friday in the […]

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Trojan may have stolen data from Japanese space agency

Jan

2012

Japanese space engineers have discovered a Trojan on an employee’s computer and confirmed that hackers may have smuggled out login information to gain access to a cargo shuttle that carries food and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS). The compromised information may have included up to 1,000 email addresses, login details for the Japanese […]

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Mrs. Gaddafi offers 40 million dollars for safekeeping

Aug

2011

Imagine my surprise this morning when I received an email from the second wife of Muammar Gaddafi, Safia Farkash al-Baraasi! I suppose I wasn’t really surprised, as every time there is a major news event, tragedy or television spectacle, spammers and fraudsters use the topic to social engineer their victims. The message itself was quite […]

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