http://www.mail.com/subjects/15190-computer-data-security.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/15190-computer-data-security.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2088844-jpmorgan-asks-bloomberg-privacy-breach-data.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for JPMorgan Chase & Co. are asking financial news and data company Bloomberg LP to turn over any records it has of reporters looking up the log-in and usage data of JPMorgan employees. A formal letter was sent this week, a person familiar with the matter said. The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke on conditio... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:46:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2088844-jpmorgan-asks-bloomberg-privacy-breach-data.html 2013-05-16T00:46:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2075246-wash-officials-courts-office-was-hacked.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked sometime between last fall and February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver's license numbers may have been accessed during the data breach of its public website, officials said Thursday. Court officials said they have only confirmed that ... Thu, 09 May 2013 23:03:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2075246-wash-officials-courts-office-was-hacked.html 2013-05-09T23:03:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2070892-cyberattacks-growing-irritant-us-china-ties.html BEIJING (AP) — Signs are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the U.S., lending urgency to fledgling efforts by both governments to engage on the issue. The Pentagon this week said China appeared to be cyberspying against the U.S. government, the first time it has made such an assertion in ... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:57:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2070892-cyberattacks-growing-irritant-us-china-ties.html 2013-05-08T18:57:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046184-military-grooms-officers-war-cyberspace.html AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation's military and civilian computer networks that control everything from electrical power grids to the banking system. Students at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies are taking more co... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:42:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046184-military-grooms-officers-war-cyberspace.html 2013-04-26T08:42:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2040736-group-calls-china-to-improve-internet-security.html BEIJING (AP) — An American business group appealed to China on Wednesday to improve online security and ease restrictions on Web use by companies, warning that deteriorating access speeds might discourage foreign investment. The American Chamber of Commerce suggested the Chinese government could speed up Internet access by permitting some companies to cir... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:07:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2040736-group-calls-china-to-improve-internet-security.html 2013-04-24T05:07:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2003264-hackers-target-israeli-websites-fail-to-disrupt.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An international cyber attack campaign against Israeli government websites on Sunday failed to cause serious disruptions despite dire threats from the Anonymous hacker collective, Israeli officials said Sunday. The global hacker group promised a mass assault to protest Israeli policy toward the Palestinians. The attack appeared timed to c... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:08:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2003264-hackers-target-israeli-websites-fail-to-disrupt.html 2013-04-07T17:08:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1966524-south-korea-chinese-address-source-attack.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Investigators have traced a coordinated cyberattack that paralyzed tens of thousands of computers at six South Korean banks and media companies to a Chinese Internet Protocol address, authorities in Seoul said Thursday. IP addresses, which are unique to each computer connected to the Internet, can easily be manipulated by hackers... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:38:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1966524-south-korea-chinese-address-source-attack.html 2013-03-21T06:38:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1962524-man-3-years-ipad-data-breach-case.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An admitted online "troll" was sentenced Monday to the maximum prison term under federal guidelines — more than three years — for illegally gaining access to AT&T's servers and stealing more than 100,000 email addresses of iPad users. Dozens of Andrew Auernheimer's supporters packed the hearing, and clapped when he made a statement cas... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:25:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1962524-man-3-years-ipad-data-breach-case.html 2013-03-18T17:25:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1958422-carnegie-mellon-nsa-seek-high-school-hackers.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bored with classes? Carnegie Mellon University and one of the government's top spy agencies want to interest high school students in a game of computer hacking. Their goal with "Toaster Wars" is to cultivate the nation's next generation of cyber warriors in offensive and defensive strategies. The free, online "high school hacking competi... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:12:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1958422-carnegie-mellon-nsa-seek-high-school-hackers.html 2013-03-15T22:12:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938538-report-va-data-unsecured-networks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says the Veterans Affairs Department has been sending sensitive data — including electronic health records — over unencrypted networks, making them vulnerable to theft or misuse. The VA's inspector general says it has been common practice for the agency to send the unencrypted data to outpatient clinics and private ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:11:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938538-report-va-data-unsecured-networks.html 2013-03-07T17:11:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1909412-microsoft-lapse-outages-azure-service.html REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft unwittingly let an online security certificate expire Friday, triggering a worldwide outage in an online service that stores data for a wide range of business customers. The sloppy housekeeping represents an embarrassing lapse for Microsoft Corp. as the software maker tries to bring in more revenue from the storage service,... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:23:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1909412-microsoft-lapse-outages-azure-service.html 2013-02-23T01:23:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1902508-commercial-cyberspying-theft-promise-rich-payoff.html BEIJING (AP) — For state-backed cyberspies such as a Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can produce high-value secrets ranging from details on oil fields to advanced manufacturing technology. This week's report by Mandiant Inc. adds to mounting suspicion that Chinese military expert... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:19:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1902508-commercial-cyberspying-theft-promise-rich-payoff.html 2013-02-21T02:19:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1898754-arms-vendors-turn-to-cyber-security-sales-drop.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — The world's largest arms vendors are expanding in the cybersecurity sector as austerity measures weigh on sales of traditional weapons, a Swedish peace research institute said Monday. Sales by the 100 largest arms producing companies, excluding Chinese companies, fell by 5 percent to $410 billion in 2011, the Stockholm International Peace... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:39:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1898754-arms-vendors-turn-to-cyber-security-sales-drop.html 2013-02-18T08:39:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1895634-facebook-unwelcome-hackers-dark-side.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates. Intruders recently infiltrated the systems running the world's largest online social network but did not steal any sensitive information about Facebook's more than 1 billion users, according to a blog posting Friday by t... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:54:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1895634-facebook-unwelcome-hackers-dark-side.html 2013-02-16T00:54:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1864214-twitter-washington-post-targeted-hackers.html NEW YORK (AP) — Social media giant Twitter is among the latest U.S. companies to report that it is among a growing list of victims of Internet security attacks, saying that hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users. And now, The Washington Post is joining the chorus, revealing the discovery of a sophisticated cyberatta... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1864214-twitter-washington-post-targeted-hackers.html 2013-02-02T21:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861216-us-weighs-tougher-action-china-cyberattacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies haven't worked, so officials say the Obama administration is now considering a range of actions. China-based hackers have long been an economic and national security concern, but as cybersecurity experts report a... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861216-us-weighs-tougher-action-china-cyberattacks.html 2013-02-01T08:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1860562-us-action-china-cyberattacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. companies and government agencies. As The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-base... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1860562-us-action-china-cyberattacks.html 2013-02-01T00:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858304-ny-times-chinese-hacked-papers-computers.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated The New York Times' computer systems over the past four months, stealing reporters' passwords and hunting for files on an investigation into the wealth amassed by the family of a top Chinese leader, the newspaper reported Thursday. Security experts hired to investigate and plug the breach found that the... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858304-ny-times-chinese-hacked-papers-computers.html 2013-01-31T11:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1842504-sony-fined-uk-playstation-cyberattack.html LONDON (AP) — British regulators have fined Sony 250,000 pounds ($396,100) for failing to prevent a 2011 cyberattack on its PlayStation Network which put millions of users' personal information — including names, addresses, birth dates and account passwords — at risk. Britain's Information Commissioner's Office said Thursday that security measures in plac... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1842504-sony-fined-uk-playstation-cyberattack.html 2013-01-24T10:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1766762-uk-police-they-wont-charge-hacker.html LONDON (AP) — British authorities opted Friday not to charge a computer hacker who waged a decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the U.S. for breaking into military computers. Gary McKinnon, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, was accused of one of the largest-ever breaches of military networks, carried out soon after the Sept. 11 attacks. U... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1766762-uk-police-they-wont-charge-hacker.html 2012-12-14T17:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1748444-hackers-to-hit-un-telecoms-talks-dubai.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Organizers of a U.N. conference on global telecommunications said Thursday that hackers apparently blocked their website and disrupted the talks, a gathering some critics fear could lead to greater controls over the Internet. The U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union said the website was hit late Wednesday, block... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1748444-hackers-to-hit-un-telecoms-talks-dubai.html 2012-12-06T17:32:00Z