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Lessons from the Palin email hack

Now that the information has started to filter in about the infamous hack on Sarah Palin’s Yahoo email account, we can take a look at what happened, and take a look at what it means for you and me. From a political perspective of course, it means we now know that Ms.

| Feature | Storage | 10/10/08 at 5:35 am |


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Grand Jury Hands Down Indictment in Palin Hacking

Ryan over at ZDNet’s Zero Day blog is reporting that the man behind last month’s hack of Republican vice presidental candidate has been indicted by a federal Grand Jury. Here’s an excerpt:

| News | Security | 10/10/08 at 5:15 am |


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Spammers Once Again Attacking Microsoft’s CAPTCHA

Spammers are again attacking Microsoft’s CAPTCHA system and so far have a 10-15% success rate. They’re using automated bots to defeat the system, which was revised and revamped after it was attacked successfully earlier this year. Experts have found that the process involves three stages.

| News | Security | 10/03/08 at 9:56 am |


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European court won't stop UK hacker's extradition to US

The European Court of Human Rights has refused U.K. hacker Gary McKinnon's appeal against demands for his extradition to the U.S. McKinnon stands accused of breaking into computers belonging to NASA and the U.S. military, and had appealed against his extradition under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

| News | Government | Legal | Security | 08/28/08 at 1:20 pm |


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