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BBC NEWS | Technology | Anger at UK file-sharing policy - 0 views

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shared by Maliha Rahman on 27 Aug 09 - Cached

The government is proposing a tougher stance which would include cutting off repeat offenders from the net.
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There are many families whose children, unbeknown to them, might be illegally downloading but now their own access could be put in jeopardy by Lord Mandelson's proposals."
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'Digital piracy is a serious problem and a real threat to the UK's creative industries," it said in a statement.
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Cyber-attack Trends in US Corporations - Statistics (Biz Forum) - 1 views

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This document gives an in-depth analysis into the impacts on US Corporations and non-government businesses/private firms and contractors. It includes many statistics and reviews as well as collected data from a variety of sources.

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BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | MP is named Labour 'Twitter tsar' - 0 views

LABOUR USING TWITTER FOR NEXT ELECTION.

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shared by Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09 - No Cached

Labour MP Kerry McCarthy has been given the job of improving the party's use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook ahead of the next election.
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She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet.
- Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
  
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Rather than being something completely new, campaigning using new media is simply doing what we've always done in a new setting - and rather than replacing traditional ways of doing things, it is about making traditional campaigning methods even more effective."
- Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
  
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Economic Impacts of Cyber-Attacks (CISCO) - 0 views

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This PDF is a report that discusses research into the economic impacts of cyber-attack on private, small-scale, large-scale, multinational, local and international corporations as well as government financial institutions.

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Pirate Party launches UK poll bid - 1 views

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shared by Sanchit Jain on 17 Aug 09 - Cached

non-commercial internet file-sharing
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peer-to-peer networking
- Sanchit Jain on 17 Aug 09
  
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future government policy,
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entertainment industry
- Sanchit Jain on 17 Aug 09
  
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Experts work to untangle cyber attacks (MSNBC) - 0 views

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hackers may have simply used zombie computers
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100,000 zombie computers linked together in a network known as a "botnet."
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basic hack job
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federal government is still very vulnerable in terms of its cyber security and that agencies have miles to go to plug the holes.
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intrusion problem."
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fast-spreading e-mail worm from 2004 called "MyDoom
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malware also appears to contain a destructive Trojan designed
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Chalana Perera on 14 Apr 10

This article discusses the US ad South Korean research into suspected cyber attacks from North Korea on private and govt websites in the two countries. It discusses the programs used, the impacts and effects and how the attack takes place from one computer, creates a network through botnets and installs malware into thousands of computers which then send repeated requests, simultaneously to the same website, attacking it.

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Congress and Phishing, the laws against phishing - 1 views

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Congress and Phishing has resulted in phishing laws to protect the internet. discusses the law.

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West Africa looses and regains internet connection - 0 views

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shared by Chalana Perera on 18 Aug 09 - Cached

A cable fault that caused a major blackout
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causing severe problems for its banking sector, government and mobile phone networks.
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Services were severely disrupted or knocked out in Togo, Niger and Benin.
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Countries had to either reroute traffic overland or use expensive satellite links to maintain connectivity.
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Nigeria was particularly badly hit because around 70% of its bandwidth is routed through neighbouring Benin.
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SAT-3 cable lands in eight West African countries as it winds its way between Europe and South Africa.
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by Suburban Telecom, was set up to bypass Nigeria's principal telecoms operator Nitel which runs the SAT-3 branch cable which lands in Nigeria.
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DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated - 0 views

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shared by Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09 - Cached

they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
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You can just engineer a crime scene,”
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A potential invasion of personal privacy is another.
- Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
  
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stored in law enforcement databases as a series of numbers and letters corresponding to variations at 13 spots in a person’s genome.
- Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
  
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Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09

they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.

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The Net closes in on internet piracy - 0 views

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shared by Eunice Vincent on 19 Aug 09 - Cached

Seven million people could be criminalised under government plans to crack down on internet piracy,
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The illicit downloading of music and films on the internet,
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persuaded by the argument for tough laws to curb illegal file-sharing after an intensive lobbying campaign by influential people in the music and film industry.
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Individuals would be hit by restricted internet access – from slowing down broadband to blocking access altogether – and could face fines of up to £50,000.
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