Most IT, security pros see Anonymous as serious threat - Computerworld

According to Verizon's 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report, hacktivists stole the largest quantity of data in 2011, but they were responsible for only 3 percent of the total number of breaches. Respondents choosing hacktivists as a more likely ...

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Hackers costing UK firms billions as cyber attacks double in two years - V3.co.uk

by Alastair Stevenson Infosec: Hackers are costing UK businesses billions of pounds each year in successful data breaches, according to research released on Tuesday by consultancy firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC). PwC researchers reported that the ...

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Data breaches 'can cause reputational damage' - Experian QAS Data Quality News (UK)

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is an independent authority that ensures businesses and public sector organisations do not breach data protection laws. Information commissioner Christopher Graham told Computer Weekly that data capture must ...

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Nesargi favours people's panel to decide family dispute cases - The Hindu

... that information, was sufficient to attract criminal liability on the institution. He said that the Centre's recent attempts to 'pre-censor' online content would not stand legal scrutiny as the IT Act did not allow pre-censorship of online content.

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Google: parents to blame if kids view porn - Independent Online

London - A Google executive says it is a 'myth' that laws can protect children from internet pornography. Naomi Gummer insisted it was up to parents to keep their children safe from disturbing material. She told a conference that legislation would be a ...

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RapidShare publishes responsible practices paper - UNLIMITED CMU

As the German courts sided mainly with collecting society GEMA in its long-running legal dispute with YouTube on Friday, and with MegaUpload facing those criminal charges in the US, European file-transfer giant RapidShare published a paper last week ...

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London Marathon: Runners' details accidentally shared - BBC News

A number of high-profile celebrities and politicians were among those who had their personal details made public in the data protection breach. The details were accessible all day to anybody logging on to the site. Marathon organisers apologised and ...

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