Tag: laptops
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Defense Official Discloses Cyberattack
Now it is official: The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a flash drive inserted into a U.S. military laptop on a post in the Middle East in 2008.
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defcon 8/19: flashback flares & jackal hacktivism
video: top physicist says solar flare would set us back 100yrs* sun affects earth more than you might realize* call it ‘operation ajax truth’: iranian activists deface uk genetics website* 19 aug ’53 – anglo-american military coup in iran* ‘day of the jackal’ & ‘odessa file’ author/journalist blames nsa for wife’s laptop hack* wikileaks says…
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no charges in pennsylvania school’s webcam spygate
related: young people will have to change their names to escape ‘cyber past’ warns google ceo from threat level: Federal authorities announced Tuesday they will not prosecute administrators connected to a webcam spying scandal at a suburban Philadelphia school district. Prosecutors and the FBI opened an inquiry following a February privacy lawsuit accusing Lower Merion…
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Defcon 7/29: Leaky Lawsuits
100 million Facebook pages ‘leaked’ on torrent site // ‘Minority Report’ technology used by UK police to predict crimes // Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by // 2nd student sues school district over webcam spying
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Defcon 5/20: Dumb F*cks, Spy Planes & Bar Codes
Facebook founder called trusting users ‘dumb fucks’ // Students to be given access to laptop spy photos // Where’s Jimmy? Just Google his bar code
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School Spied On Kids Via Webcams On School-Supplied Laptops
from pcworld: In case you haven’t been following the plot of Webcamgate, starring the Lower Merion School District in Southeastern Pennsylvania and a cast of thousands, here’s the skinny: Last week the Robbins family, whose son Blake attends LMSD’s Harriton High, filed a class-action suit against the district alleging that it’s been spying on its…
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censorship, searches, browsers & the spectrum band
china monitoring billions of texts as censorship increasesfrom telegraph: Customers of China’s two largest mobile phone networks, China Mobile and China Unicom, have had their texting service blocked after sending risqué messages, the state media claims. The disclosure comes as the country is embroiled in a dispute with Google. On Tuesday the internet giant said…
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state govs saying ‘no thanks’ to mystery laptops
from ap: Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited. The FBI was investigating after the governor’s offices in West Virginia, Vermont, Wyoming and Washington state received between three and five laptops — but…