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Government uses secret order to pry open WikiLeaks email

12

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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WikiLeaks exposes thousands of sources in written-password SNAFU

03

Sep

2011

The cone of silence over WikiLeaks’ thousands of sources – many of whose lives are at risk if identified – has been shattered, all thanks to the most mundane, all-too-human security screwup imaginable. To wit: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wrote down the password on a piece of paper, and then forgot to change it later. […]

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Apple hires fake Viagra expert to stop counterfeit iDevices

31

Aug

2011

Apple has been in the news recently concerning the spate of entire fake Apple Stores (23 at last count) popping up in China. Cult of Mac is reporting that Apple’s global security chief, John Theriault, has hired Don Shruhan, a former Pfizer colleague, to help track down and stop the production of counterfeit Apple products. […]

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