Tagged: FBI & News
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HP vows legal action against Mike Lynch and Autonomy employees News
28.11.2012 Tech giant HP has rebuffed a request by Autonomy founder Mike Lynch for transparency on alleged financial impropriety regarding its US$10bn-plus acquisition of his company and...Categories: Software, Mergers & Acquisitions, Legal, Leadership & Management, Financial Results, Financial -
Weekend news roundup: Apple's route out of Maps debacle, Europe's new virtual police force News
24.09.2012 In our roundup of the weekend's top tech stories, Apple is reportedly headhunting ex-Google workers to resolve its problems with Maps in iOS 6, Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer is ready...Categories: Web, Sustainability, Social Media, Security, Phones, Operating Systems, Internet, Green Computing, Energy, Data Management, Data Centre -
AntiSec hackers publish 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs allegedly obtained from FBI News
04.09.2012 AntiSec, a hacking group linked to Anonymous and LulzSec, has published data it claims was obtained from a breached FBI laptop that contained more than 12m Apple unique device...Categories: Security, Data Management -
FBI denies leaked UDIDs came from its organisation, AntiSec just getting started News
05.09.2012 The FBI has responded to AntiSec’s claim that it breached the laptop of a special agent and obtained a database of more than 12m Apple unique device identifiers (UDIDs) and... -
Apple to ban UDIDs following AntiSec data leak News
06.09.2012 Earlier this week, AntiSec hackers published 1,000,001 unique device identifiers (UDIDs) from Apple devices, which it claims came from a file on an FBI laptop. In response,... -
Names of Irish iPad and iPhone users found on leaked UDID list News
07.09.2012 A security software firm has pointed to the large presence of Irish-spelled names on the list of 1m iPhone and iPad users’ UDID numbers leaked by hacker group AntiSec. It has... -
NZ judge delays Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom’s extradition hearing until 2013 News
10.07.2012 A New Zealand judge has delayed the extradition hearing of Kim Dotcom – the founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload – until March 2013, as a result of legal complications,... -
Last chance to save your computer before Internet Doomsday on Monday (9 July) News
07.07.2012 OK readers, you’ve been warned. On Monday, the FBI will turn off a server that’s been protecting more than 300,000 personal computers from a nasty virus and if you haven’t... -
Remember: Internet Doomsday to wreak havoc on PCs on 9 July News
22.06.2012 Internet users face losing their connection with the internet on 9 July due to their computers being infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, Irish security organisation IRISSCERT...Categories: Web 2.0, Software & Web Development, Software, Security, Internet, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Internet Doomsday and DNSChanger: do not fall to the Doom News
25.04.2012 On 9 July the FBI are threatening to pull the plug on a server that is costing them too much but which protects more than 300,000 computers worldwide infected by an insidious... -
LulzSec hackers reborn with military dating website attack? News
28.03.2012 Hacker group LulzSec has apparently undergone a type of resurrection. A new flurry of hackers, calling themselves LulzSec reborn, are claiming to have exposed more than 170,000... -
Florida man to plead guilty to celebrity account hacking News
23.03.2012 Christopher Chaney, a 35-year-old from Jacksonville in Florida, is set to plead guilty to federal charges in the US that are accusing him of hacking into the email accounts of... -
Two Irish hackers caught up in FBI swoop on LulzSec News
06.03.2012 UPDATE: The FBI infiltrated hacker group LulzSec via its apparent leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka, ‘Sabu’ and some of the major arrests include two Irish hackers. They are... -
Megaupload CEO Kim Dotcom succeeds in bail attempt News
22.02.2012 US authorities have failed in their quest to keep Kim Dotcom, the founder and CEO of the file-sharing site Megaupload, behind bars in New Zealand. The site is alleged to have... -
FBI releases background check on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs News
10.02.2012 The FBI has released documents based on a background investigation of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, which includes interviews with co-workers and people who knew him.Categories: Management, Government -
Megaupload founder denied bail in New Zealand News
25.01.2012 Kim Dotcom, otherwise known as Kim Schmitz, the founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload, that the FBI swooped in on last week, has been refused bail in New Zealand as he has...Categories: Web 2.0, Software, Search, Online Business, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, CIO -
FBI shuts down Megaupload, charges seven people News
20.01.2012 The FBI has charged seven people with running an “international organised criminal enterprise” through file-sharing site Megaupload and other related sites. Meanwhile, Anonymous...Tags: Movies, Music, US, FBI, File Sharing, Anonymous, Megaupload, Piracy, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, -
Heist almighty! Cyber gang stole US$14m in click jack scam News
10.11.2011 Cyber criminals in Estonia have been arrested for a massive cyber fraud that netted them US$14m. Six criminals have been caught while a seventh gang member is on the run. -
FBI makes LulzSec arrests News
23.09.2011 The FBI arrested a member of hacking group LulzSec for attacking Sony Pictures Entertainment, with LulzSec’s alleged ringleader claiming there are only two members left who have...