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Romanian hacker gets 4-year sentence in US
AFP, Published on 02/09/2016
» ALEXANDRIA (UNITED STATES) - A Romanian hacker who went by the online moniker "Guccifer" got four years and four months in prison Monday for releasing private emails, medical data and financial information from senior political figures, including Bush family members.
Encryption row spotlights fears on security, privacy
AFP, Published on 27/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - Has encryption technology given the bad guys a way to operate in the dark? Or has the new tech age gifted law enforcement with unprecedented surveillance powers?
FBI defends handling of Apple case after retreat
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - The FBI Thursday defended the handling of its legal battle with Apple over encryption following an abrupt retreat from its bid to force the tech giant to help unlock an attacker's iPhone.
Apple to unveil new creations on March 21
AFP, Published on 11/03/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Apple on Thursday sent out invitations to a press event at which it is expected to unveil new iPhone and iPad models.
What does Cupertino have up its sleeve?
Life, Published on 09/03/2016
» Rumours are circulating about an upcoming Apple event. The event (should it happen) will be about hardware. In three months, Apple's World Wide Developers Conference will focus on software, with maybe some hardware too.
NSA chief worries about cyber attack on US infrastructure
AFP, Published on 02/03/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - US National Security Agency chief Michael Rogers warned Tuesday that hackers will inevitably mount a cyber attack against US infrastructure, similar to the power failure in western Ukraine last year.
FBI defends stand against Apple on encryption
AFP, Published on 02/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - FBI chief James Comey on Tuesday defended his agency's efforts to force Apple to help unlock an iPhone in the San Bernardino attacks probe.
Raising the drawbridges
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 24/02/2016
» In a court decision in California, Apple was ordered to design a new operating system that would disable the erasing of all contents of an iPhone 5c after 10 failed passcode attempts. Within hours Tim Cook had put out a testy comment on the decision and Apple's commitment to its customers -- not the one specific iPhone that the FBI want pried open, but those of all customers, now and future.
FBI chief: Apple encryption fracas about victims, justice
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» WASHINGTON — A court order the US government requested to force Apple to unlock an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shooting rampage is about "the victims and justice," FBI Director James Comey said.
Social media link to attacks poses conundrum
AFP, Published on 15/12/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Pressure is growing on social networks to play a bigger role in finding and weeding out jihadists and others looking to recruit members and plot deadly attacks.