ITN
Hacking group Anonymous claim to have taken down the Home Office website apparently in protest against Government surveillance and extradition policies. Internet users had problems fully accessing the department's homepage on Saturday night.
ITN
Hacktivists Anonymous claim to have taken down Home Office website
The Guardian
Hacking group Anonymous has claimed to have taken down the Home Office website with a cyber-attack announced days in advance. The website has been offline with a message reading: "Due to a high volume of traffic this page is currently unavailable.
The Guardian
Hackers' group Anonymous crashes Home Office and Prime Minister's websites
Mirror.co.uk
Hackers' group Anonymous last night claimed victory after it launched a cyber attack that crashed the Home Office and Prime Minister's websites. The group said it hit both sites after 9pm and that internet visitors trying to access them were told they ...
Downing Street website also taken down by Anonymous
Telegraph.co.uk
So-called “hacktivists” were able to launch their cyber attack on Saturday night despite announcing it days in advance, raising questions about the effectiveness of Whitehall internet security. The British branch of Anonymous – a loose global ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Anonymous takes down Home Office website in attack against Government ...
Daily Mail
By Pamela Owen The Home Office website has gone down after an apparent cyber attack in protest against Government surveillance plans. A message on the site said the page was currently unavailable 'due to a high volume of traffic', suggesting a denial ...
Daily Mail
After killing SOPA, Internet activists take aim at a new House cybersecurity bill
The Hill (blog)
By Brendan Sasso - 04/07/12 02:22 PM ET Online activists who helped sink the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) earlier this year have now turned their sights to a House cybersecurity bill, theCyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
Cybersecurity reboot: Two game-changing ideas
FCW.com
Officials hope that ideas such as these can lead to game-changing solutions that tip the balance back in favor of the good guys, but like anything to do with cybersecurity, it won't be easy. Current cyber defenses are designed to protect systems that ...
UDOH database breach worse than initial reports suggested
Daily Herald
SALT LAKE CITY -- A cyber attack on a Utah Department of Technology Services computer server that stores Medicaid claims data likely compromised the personal information of close to 200000 Utahns, including more than 25000 individuals' Social Security ...
Home Office website hacked, Anonymous says it'll do it again
CNET UK
Rather, it was those hacktivists Anonymous executing a cyber attack. The group wrote on its Twitter feed: "TANGO DOWN -- http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk For all your draconian surveillance proposals! Told you to #ExpectUs!" And it's promising similar ...
CNET UK
Anonymous hackers take down Home Office site and warn of more attacks
Metro
The government has been warned to expect more cyber attacks after hacking collective Anonymous took down the Home Office website on Saturday evening. Anyone trying to access the department's site was greeted with a message that said it was unavailable ...
Metro
SOPA Part II Or Not? Congress Taking Up Controversial New Cybersecurity Bill
Mediaite
The new legislation is CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, and it encourages companies to share information about potential internet threats or cyberattacks to the government. The key difference between this bill and SOPA is that ...
Anonymous claims responsibility for taking down government sites
The Guardian
One message on Twitter claiming to be from Anonymous said the action was "for your draconian surveillance proposals", while another said it was in protest at the UK's extradition treaty with the US. It read: "You should not give UK citizens to foreign ...
The Guardian
Free Wi-fi users warned
Malaysia Star
However, before you log on to your bank account using your smartphone or any other mobile device, stop - a cyber criminal may be lurking nearby, waiting to tap into your transaction and steal important data. Cybersecurity Malaysia has advised mobile ...
Eight universities to help counter cyber attacks
University World News
Intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) has selected eight universities as collaboration partners to improve government and industry cyber security, writes Richard Tyler for The Telegraph. The Treasury has admitted it has been ...
Home Office Website 'Hacked By Anonymous'
Huffington Post UK
The Home Office website went down on Saturday evening after an apparent cyber attack in protest against Government surveillance plans. A message on the site said the page was currently unavailablehomeoffice.gov.uk/ "due to a high volume of traffic", ...
Anonymous hacks UK Home Office website
Press TV
Anonymous claimed the attack on Twitter in a message reading “TANGO DOWN -http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk For your draconian surveillance proposals! Told you to #ExpectUs!” The cyber-attack is a major cyber-security embarrassment for the British ...
Press TV
PC Mag: Protecting against Apple Malware
Daily Caller
A cyber security analyst looks at code in the Malware Laboratory during the first tour of the government's secretive cyber defense lab intended to protect the nation's power, water and chemical plants, electrical grid and other facilities, Thursday, ...
Daily Caller
Hackers 'shut down' Home Office website
Telegraph.co.uk
The hacking group 'Anonymous' appeared to have shut down the Home Office website on Saturday night, in an apparent protest against extraditions of British citizens to the US and so-called “draconian surveillance proposals.” By Adam Lusher An apparent ...
Telegraph.co.uk
UK: Anonymous disables Home Office and Prime Minister websites
Examiner.com
A DDoS attack, if successful, is at best a short lived if embarrassing nuisance and inconvenience for the website operator. The value of such attacks has always been symbolic - a means for Anonymous hacktivists to flex their cyber muscle, ...
The consumer privacy bill of rights should be law
OregonLive.com
By The Oregonian Editorial Board View full sizeAssociated PressA reflection of the Department of Homeland Security logo is seen reflected in the glasses of a cyber security analyst in the watch and warning center at the Department of Homeland ...
OregonLive.com
The Conversation: Time to mobilize for cyberwar
Sacramento Bee
The Stuxnet attack on Natanz is one of many cyberattacks or cyber-intrusions in recent years, some of which have targeted US government agencies and American corporations. These attacks and intrusions have stimulated a debate in Congress on how best to ...
Anonymous Allegedly Hacks Britain's Home Office Website in Response to ...
TheBlaze.com
and, “We are not famous, we are #Anonymous however I do reckon #Britains finest are trying to locate me” were retweeted by the site on Saturday. The group was thought to have used a denial-of-service attack, where large numbers of computers overload a ...
British Home Office Website brought down by Anonymous group hackers
Social Barrel
Hackers from the Anonymous group have brought down and blocked the webssite of British Home Office, reports BBC. According to available reports, the cybercriminals while explaining the reason for this attack on the government servers, say that this act ...
Social Barrel
US Congress
South Asia Mail
Sign the petition then forward to everyone who uses the Internet: Under the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), if a cyber threat is even suspected, companies we use to access the Internet will have the right to collect information ...
Apple update quells Flashback
SC Magazine Australia
By Marcos Colon on Apr 8, 2012 7:10 PM Apple released a second security update on Friday in its continuing battle against the Flashback trojan, which already has infected nearly 650000 Macs worldwide. The computing giant may have found a glitch in its ...
550000 Macs infected by trojan malware
Yahoo! Canada Shine
However, Doctor Web noted that the recent incident "once again refutes claims by some experts that there are no cyber-threats to Mac OS X." Backdoor Flashback is particularly hazardous because it uses a "drive-by" attack — that is, it can ...
China admits sites hit in hacking attack
Bayoubuzz
Images of Guy Fawkes masks also appeared with a message on the Chinese websites targeted by Anonymous hackers. Hong Kong (CNN) -- China has acknowledged that a number of its websites have fallen victim to attack by hackers following a mass campaign by ...
The Week in Asia
The Diplomat
Still, the ministry might need to get its own house in order first – international hacking group Anonymous launched a cyber attack on Chinese government websites, which the ministry is still struggling to restore to normal. But perhaps China should be ...
The Diplomat
India is a pillar of economic stability in Asia Pacific
Business Standard
Whether it's a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative plotting a terrorist attack against our citizens, a pirate endangering freedom of navigation on the high seas or an internet hacker seeking to exploit sensitive information through a cyber attack, governments, ...
Anonymous takes down UK Home Office website — RT
By RT
Notorious hacktivist group Anonymous has taken down the UK Home Office website. The group owned up to the attack via Twitter, saying it was launched over “draconian surveillance proposals.” ... British security agencies are pushing for a law which would allow police to monitor text messages, phone calls and emails of their citizens, as well as websites visited, Facebook and Twitter exchanges, and even online game chats. More than $3 billion over the first decade alone is the ...
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Estonian leader says Ireland faces constant cyber attacks ...
By Mikhail Doroshevich
IRELAND SHOULD consider becoming involved with a Nato-sponsored centre for cyber defence based in Tallinn, the president of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, has said during a visit here. He said all ... Estonia was one of the first countries to be subjected to a political cyber attack. In 2007 a large ... Estonia has a section of its Home Guard where IT specialists, after they have been subjected to security screening, work on a voluntary basis on developing anti-virus software. Countries ...
Information Policy
'Protest' hits Home Office website « This Is Jersey
By PA
The Home Office website has gone down after an apparent cyber attack in protest against Government surveillance plans. ... Hackers group Anonymous is thought to be behind a cyber attack on the Home Office website. Tweet. The Home ...
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'Protest' hits Home Office website « Shropshire Star
By PA
Hackers group Anonymous is thought to be behind a cyber attack on the Home Office website. Tweet. A group of computer hackers have claimed responsibility for taking down the Home Office website apparently in protest against government ...
Shropshire Star » Shropshire Star
Anonymous attacks the UK government ... - Security Affairs
By paganinip
The law is directly linked to the U.S.' Patriot Act and both have the intent to ensure nationalsecurity against cyber threats and cyber terrorist acts. Anonymous has always ... #Anonymous#Anonymous launched a cyberattack on http://www. number10.gov.uk,http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk & http://www.justice.gov.uk resulting in multiple TANGO DOWNS. After the attack was deemed a success, tweets detailing why the U.K. government was targeted started rolling in: @SPCoulson its a ...
Security Affairs
Anonymous attacks UK Prime Minister and Home Office websites ...
By Cyber Crimes Unit
Via Cyber Crimes Unit. Anonymous hacktivists have launched a distributed denial-of-serviceattack against the websites of 10 Downing Street and the British government's Home Office website, preventing legitimate users from visiting the sites ...
Digital Rights Watch
SECURITY SPECIAL: SLOG's 2011 RUSSIAN CRIME/ UK COP ...
By John Ward
When it comes to the Russians, this has massive ramifications: because a large number of operatives engaged in cyber-spying are either former KGB officers, or still working for the Medvedev/Putin oligarchy. Some months later, William Haig publicly more or less acknowledged the accuracy of The Slog's ... The First Duty of every Government is to protect the citizens' State from foreign attack. There is no other way to express this: senior UK police officers – and by association, the Home ...
The Slog
Transmit this Information to Your Hackers | Washington Free Beacon
A senior Russian security official told reporters this week that Western intelligence agencies are using cyber attacks to damage Russia and members of the ...
freebeacon.com/transmit-this-information-to-your-hackers/
American Civil Liberties Union | Comparison of Cybersecurity ...
American Civil Liberties Union | Comparison of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Legislation | March 2012. Page 1. H.R. 3674, the PRECISE Act of 2011, ...
www.aclu.org/.../aclu_cs_info_sharing_leg_chart_march_201...
Cybersecurity index aims to penetrate the fog of marketing hype ...
It's impossible to fix something if you can't even gauge that it's broken. It's a classic problem that systems engineers and defense contractors face: they...
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