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'Unknowns' hack European Space Agency

...Air Force auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, the history service of the French defence ministry, the Joint Pathology Centre of the US military, the Jordanian Yellow... Read more

3 May, 2012
Russia's Phobos Grunt craft falls to Earth

Russia's Phobos Grunt craft falls to Earth

...off the coast of southern Chile. Ria Novosti, quoting the same Russian defence ministry spokesman, said entry occurred around 17:45 GMT. There were no... Read more

16 January, 2012 by William Harwood

China details cyber-defence team

...according to various reports on Friday. Geng Yansheng, spokesperson for China's Defence Ministry, was quoted as saying that the People's Liberation Army (PLA... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Eileen Yu

Hackers attack Brazilian defence ministry

On Wednesday, the Web site of Brazil's defence ministry became a hacking victim. For some 15 minutes, the hackers invaded... Read more

12 January, 2001 by ZDNet Brazil

MoD sends Skynet satellite into orbit

...the PFI deal was an "excellent example" of how partnerships between the defence ministry and industry should work. Chris Pennell, Kable's senior defence analyst... Read more

19 November, 2007 by Kable

British troops get free Wi-Fi

...due for completion by Easter 2008. The development is part of the defence ministry's Project Mercury programme, and will follow the installation of telephones... Read more

9 October, 2007 by Kable

Linux goes mission-critical for Danish government

...system is used by many Danish government ministries, including the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Justice, to send financial data... Read more

23 September, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

German labour eyes online authentication

...a smartcard based authentication system, signed in January 2004, with the Italian defence ministry. Germany's federal government has been working on digital signatures for... Read more

28 June, 2004 by Kable

Ordnance Survey: Putting GIS on the map

...the job it started when it was the board of Ordnance -- the defence ministry of the day -- in 1791, believes that some 80 percent of... Read more

23 October, 2003 by Matt Loney

Microsoft rubbishes French security suspicions

...that a confidential paper produced by the intelligence arm of the French Defence Ministry, the Strategic Affairs Delegation (DAS), accused Microsoft of developing software to... Read more

22 February, 2000 by Will Knight

News Burst: Is Microsoft a collaborator?

...a confidential paper produced by DAS, the intelligence arm of the French Defence Ministry, implicates Microsoft for developing software to enable the NSA (National Security... Read more

22 February, 2000 by Will Knight

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