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Tougher interception laws to reach Twitter

...draft clauses include measures designed to limit the disclosure of data and unauthorised access to records. The Interception of Communications Commissioner would oversee the collection... Read more

9 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Dawn raids net 14 suspects in £1m phishing theft

...savings disappear overnight after her bank account details were illegally obtained and unauthorised access to the account was gained." The suspected 'money mule' launderers received... Read more

15 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Hackers compromise TicketWeb email system

...discovered that our TicketWeb UK direct email marketing system was exposed to unauthorised access. As a result, you may have received up to four emails... Read more

13 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Europe lays down airport rules for full-body scans

...print or retrieve images," the Commission said in describing the rules. "Any unauthorised access and use of the image is prohibited and shall be prevented... Read more

16 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

FBI nabs alleged celeb email hacker

...Los Angeles.The 26-count indictment, unsealed on Wednesday, charges Chaney with unauthorised access of protected computers, wiretapping, identity theft and damaging computers. He faces... Read more

13 October, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Sony freezes 93,000 accounts over compromised details

...activity prior to being locked. We are currently reviewing those accounts for unauthorised access, and will provide more updates as we have them," Sony chief... Read more

12 October, 2011

AT&T iPad hacker vows to fight charges

...was indicted several months ago on one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorised access to computers and one count of identity theft. He faces up... Read more

13 September, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Shetland teenager charged over LulzSec campaign

...Agency (Soca). The alleged offences with which Davis has been charged include unauthorised access to a computer system, encouraging or assisting offences, conspiracy to carry... Read more

1 August, 2011

Teenager arrested over Anonymous and LulzSec attacks

...on Tuesday is suspected of breaching the Computer Misuse Act, which covers unauthorised access to computing material through hacking and unauthorised modification of computing material... Read more

20 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Hacked Fox News Twitter account details Obama death

...investigation from Twitter about how this occurred, and measures to prevent future unauthorised access into FoxNews.com accounts," Jeff Misenti, head of Fox News Digital... Read more

4 July, 2011

Gamer sentenced for stealing Steam passwords

...Misuse Act 1990, which forbids the adaptation of a program to gain unauthorised access to computers. The University of Salford contacted the police after it... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Huawei close to Tube mobile deal, say reports

...in foreign-supplied equipment such as routers could include backdoors to allow unauthorised access by other countries to sensitive systems. In the UK, Huawei supplies... Read more

21 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Building the perfect enterprise storage cloud

Building the perfect enterprise storage cloud

...do you find data quickly among the petabytes, and shield it from unauthorised access? These two problems are related. At some point, the way in... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Nasa audit finds PCs for sale without proper data cleaning

...Nasa's custody is a potential IT security weakness that could enable unauthorised access to Nasa's internal computer network," said the report. Linda Cureton... Read more

9 December, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Data security: Key steps to shredding the printer threat

...information can be leaked not only through printed documents, but also via unauthorised access to the device and its hard drive, and through the unauthorised... Read more

26 August, 2010 by Louella Fernandes

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