The International Monetary Fund’s computer system was targeted by hackers … department sent an e-mail to employees with the subject line “Important Notice: Virus Attacks.” It warned of attempts to hack into the system. “Staff are strongly …
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Matt Clark / MTV Multiplayer:
Sony Under International Government Scrutiny Over PlayStation Network Data Breach — This week just keeps getting worse for Sony. After shutting down the PlayStation Network for over a week, the company announced yesterday that users’ information (possibly even credit card data) may have been swiped by an unknown assailant.
Steve Kovach / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
DROPBOX: We’ll Turn Your Files Over To The Government If They Ask Us To — This is nothing groundbreaking, but Dropbox has updated its security Terms of Service to say that if the government asks, they will have to decrpyt user’s files and turn them over. — That’s standard practice …
Ken Ammon, chief strategy officer at Xceedium, a company that makes computer-security systems for federal agencies, said its government customers are “prohibited from purchasing anything until they get an approved budget.”
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