Collaborate Disseminate
Facebook on Thursday said it shut down 251 accounts for breaking rules against spam and coordinated deceit, some of it by ad farms pretending to be forums for political debate.
The move came as the leading social network strives to prevent the plat… Continue reading Facebook Purges 251 Accounts to Thwart Deception
New US weapons systems being developed by the US Department of Defense can be easily be hacked by adversaries, a new government report said on Tuesday.
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Google was supposed to be focusing Tuesday on its launch of a new smartphone and other devices, but the event was being overshadowed by a firestorm over a privacy glitch that forced it to shut down its struggling social network.
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Google announced Monday it is shutting down the consumer version of its online social network after fixing a bug exposing private data in as many as 500,000 accounts.
The US internet giant said it will “sunset” the Google+ social network for consumers,… Continue reading Google Says Social Network Bug Exposed Private Data
During the Soviet era, the country’s top computer scientists and programmers largely worked for the secret services.
That practice appears to have resumed under President Vladimir Putin, as Russia faces accusations of waging a global campaign of cyber … Continue reading Russia’s Hackers Long Tied to Military, Secret Services
Canada said Thursday it too was targeted by Russian cyber attacks, citing breaches at its center for ethics in sports and at the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency, after allies blamed Moscow for some of the biggest hacking plots of recent years.
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Tiny chips inserted in US computer equipment manufactured in China were used as part of a vast effort by Beijing to steal US technology secrets, a published report said Thursday.
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The United States is expected to make its offensive cyber warfare capabilities available to NATO, officials said Wednesday, as the alliance seeks to strengthen its defenses against Russian electronic attacks.
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The US Justice Department’s lawsuit to block a California law aimed at ensuring all online data to be treated equally sets up a legal clash over so-called “net neutrality” and the authority to regulate the internet.
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Britain’s Tesco Bank has been fined £16.4 million ($21.4 million, 18.4 million euros) for failing to protect customers during a 2016 cyber attack, regulators said Monday.
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