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British police seek Guardian’s hacking sources

SmsMyCustomers — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:11:03 +0000

British police are using the Official Secrets Act in an attempt to force The Guardian newspaper to reveal the name of the person who told them the mobile phone of a murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler had been hacked.

Phone thief suspect sends victim a friend request

SmsMyCustomers — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:41:03 +0000

A Colorado man is accused of stealing a woman’s cell phone and then sending her a friend request on Facebook.

JK Rowling to cross-examine hacking witnesses

SmsMyCustomers — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:33:06 +0000

JK Rowling will appear at a public inquiry into British press standards set up after the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

James Murdoch recalled to give hacking evidence

SmsMyCustomers — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:55:31 +0000

British MPs say they will recall News Corporation’s deputy chief operating officer, James Murdoch, to answer questions about what he knew about phone hacking at the News of the World newspaper.

Glowing cats new tool in AIDS research

SmsMyCustomers — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:45:03 +0000

US scientists have made an advance in AIDS research by developing a strain of green-glowing cats with cells that resist infection from a virus that causes feline AIDS.

Facebook iPhone app gets major update

SmsMyCustomers — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:46:27 +0000

Facebook has released a major update to its iOS app with version 3.5, which overhauls much of the user interface, as well as incorporates some much-needed privacy consistency between its web and mobile versions.

iPhone 5 Sushi Snap? Apple Engineer’s Lunch Photo Fuels Speculation

SmsMyCustomers — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:31:08 +0000

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Second firm warns of concern after Dutch hack

SmsMyCustomers — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:50:05 +0000

A company that sells certificates guaranteeing the security of websites, GlobalSign, said Tuesday it is temporarily halting the issuance of new certificates over concerns it may have been targeted by hackers.

Dutch govt says neglect possible at DigiNotar

SmsMyCustomers — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:35:52 +0000

Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating the Internet security company DigiNotar for possible criminal negligence after it was slow to disclose a hacking incident that likely helped the Iranian government spy on dissidents for a month.

Anonymous leaks 3GB of Texas law enforcement data

SmsMyCustomers — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:43:28 +0000

Titled Texas Takedown Thursday, the hacking group Anonymous released three gigabytes of personal data from various Texas law enforcement agencies. The majority of the departments that Anonymous hacked into were police departments in smaller Texas cities likely due to a reduced amount of security. Private information, such as social security numbers and cell phone numbers, were included in the data dump and the emails included correspondence from some former policeman that had already retired. …