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Export councilwoman victim of e-mail phishing operation – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

In an e-mail sent to at least 100 people this week, Export Councilwoman Melanie Litz sounded desperate: She was stranded in London and needed their help. While vacationing, she was robbed at gunpoint, the e-mail …
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Fake Antivirus Attacks, Demands Ransom – PC World

The fake antivirus phenomenon has taken an unpleasant turn with the discovery of a Windows program that not only cons users into buying an unnecessary license but appears to lock files and applications on the victim’s PC. According to security …

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Big-Box Breach: The Inside Story of Wal-Mart’s Hacker Attack – Wired News

Wal-Mart was the victim of a serious security breach in 2005 and 2006 in which hackers targeted the development team in charge of the chain’s point-of-sale system and siphoned source code and other sensitive data to a computer in Eastern Europe …

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