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TK Maxx customers hit by hacking scare
News Cammarata wrote: "We have suffered an unauthorised intrusion into our computer systems that process and store information related to customer transactions. In the website statement, Cammarata said: "We strongly recommmend that [customers] review...
[January 18, 2007, 11:31]
FSA nets 28 UK Web scams in one day
News The one day investigation into Internet scams unearthed 28 sites in the UK and 35 Web sites overseas that appeared to offer unauthorised investment advice and investment deals, or advertised investment products, in breach of the law.
[July 3, 2001, 7:28]
FBI unplugs candidate copycat site
News Knell sent out an unsolicited email to various mailing lists and newsgroups asking people to support McCain and directed them to donate via his unauthorised site; however, the email never made any mention that his site wasn't approved or...
[February 21, 2000, 9:34]
Computer Misuse Act stands the test of time
News As readers will be aware, the CMA sets out three separate offences: unauthorised access to computer materials (section 1), unauthorised access with intent to commit further offences (section 2) and unauthorised modification of computer material...
[July 1, 2004, 16:00]
AOL blocks iCaster from AIM program
News AOL has fiercely resisted attempts by unauthorised third parties to interoperate with its AIM program. While the company has agreed to licence its software to some companies, it has accused unauthorised companies of "hacking" in their attempts to...
[March 2, 2000, 13:14]
Atlanta shooting linked to day trading?
News That settlement came after the Massachusetts Securities Division last year charged All-Tech with deceptive advertising and making unauthorised transfers of customers' funds. The unauthorised transfers centred on one individual, she said, and...
[July 30, 1999, 8:52]
Microsoft removes more legal obstacles
News At the core of these broad-ranging claims were ways of protecting information against unauthorised use, even if it is moved between computers or across a network like the Internet. Features in the new Microsoft Office suite prevent unauthorised...
[April 13, 2004, 11:05]
Access hacks hit UK Plc
News Unauthorised access to IT systems caused significant business disruption, lasting more than a month in 15 percent of the cases, and took on average 10 to 20 days to investigate. Businesses that adopt single sign-on without strong authentication had...
[March 11, 2004, 9:15]
The biggest security threat? Insiders
News In addition, 22 percent of the respondents to the Camelot Network Security and Privacy Survey said they were not concerned about unauthorised insiders having access to sensitive data. These answers are even more perplexing considering that, of...
[June 21, 2001, 10:56]
Teenager cleared of email attack charge
News The CMA, which was introduced in 1990, explicitly outlaws the 'unauthorised access' and 'unauthorised modification' of computer material. Section 3, under which he was charged, concerns unauthorised data modification and tampering with systems.
[November 2, 2005, 15:35]
Digital fingerprint aims to cut down piracy
News The company uses those fingerprints to identify copyrighted songs online or in other venues such as CD-manufacturing plants to help guard against unauthorised copying. The deal with Universal is initially geared at preventing that kind of physical...
[August 12, 2003, 10:30]
Banks nearing agreement on Web security
Talkback The OVERLORD technology will immediately DETECT and PREVENT any account hijacking, attempt to use stolen card/account or number, unauthorised logon attempts and even unauthorised transactions at ATM's with stolen or forged cards and PIN's...
[February 15, 2006, 4:56]
Court upholds ex-Intel worker's deluge of critical emails
News Legal experts said the decision could have wide-reaching effects on a growing number of cases that rely on California's "trespass to chattels" law to prohibit people from unauthorised use of computer systems.
[July 1, 2003, 9:22]
Torvalds lambastes DVD lawsuits
News Last October, an international group of programmers published the source code to a program that broke the encryption protecting DVDs from playing on unauthorised platforms. The program, known as DeCSS, circumvents the Content Scrambling System...
[February 2, 2000, 17:04]
Tsunami 'hacker' is innocent, say readers
News One of the Computer Misuse Act (1990), which makes it an offence for someone to secure unauthorised access to a computer when they know that they are not permitted to do so. We conducted an online poll and asked readers if they believe Cuthbert...
[October 10, 2005, 16:00]
Hackers' DVD call to arms
News Last October, an international group of programmers published the source code to a program that broke the encryption protecting DVDs from playing on unauthorised platforms. DeCSS, circumvents the Content Scrambling System embedded in DVD discs that...
[February 3, 2000, 14:39]
Email bomber faces retrial
News Judge Grant had said that Section 3 of the Act, which concerns unauthorised modification of data, had not been breached, as emails sent to a server configured to receive emails could not be classified as unauthorised.
[May 11, 2006, 16:10]
Government hack attacks dropping
News Two incidents were labelled as internal "privilege abuse", one as internal "unauthorised access" and one as internal "unauthorised modification". But unlike 2003 and 2004, so far this year no cases of external unauthorised access have been recorded...
[July 12, 2005, 9:15]
SCO attacks Novell over Linux sales
News Novell's unauthorised copying in its use and distribution of SuSE Linux includes.the appropriation of numerous data structures and algorithms contained in or derived from SCO's copyrighted material. Novell has infringed and continues to infringe...
[January 9, 2006, 11:00]
Wi-Fi 'Evil Twin' to become troublemaker
News Because wireless networks are based on radio signals they can be easily detected by unauthorised users tuning into the same frequency. BaseStation Clone (Evil Twin) intercept traffic -- An attacker can trick legitimate wireless clients to connect...
[January 20, 2005, 16:45]
