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Climategate: Russian secret service blamed for hack The Russian secret service has been accused of masterminding the theft of the confidential data from one of the world's leading centres of climate change research. The charge comes as news emerges that hacked climate scientists have received death threats. Since over 1000 emails were hacked fro... Source : http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/12/since-over-1000-confidential-e.html
Google Wave: What is it? Why should you care? Unless you've been under a rock, one with particularly poor Wi-Fi, you've probably heard at least something about Google's newest newfangled thingamabob, Wave. If you're lucky, you have a much-sought-after Wave account. The search engine giant recently opened a controlled beta ve... Source : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33331455/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
Hotmail accounts 'posted online' Thousands of hotmail passwords have been hacked and posted online, according to reports. Microsoft, which owns the popular web-based email system, told BBC News that it was aware of the claims and that it was "investigating the situation".
A report on technology blog neowin.net said that ... Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8291268.stm
Spyware Prank Exposes Hospital Medical Records Let this be a lesson to all the broken-hearted geeks out there. A 38-year-old Ohio man is set to plead guilty to federal charges after spyware he meant to install on the computer of a woman he'd had a relationship with ended up infecting computers at a children's hospital. Spyware was sent... Source : http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/18/0011218/Spyware-Prank-Exposes-Hospital-Medical-Records?from=...
Ealing council lost £500,000 to computer virus | Society | The Guardian It was a bad day for a London council when one of its staff plugged a virus-infected memory stick into a computer, but quite a good day for absent-minded readers harbouring piles of overdue library books, and drivers wanting to park on yellow lines. The meltdown as the virus spread through Ealing co... Source : http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/sep/03/ealing-council-computer-virus
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