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Microsoft swats away FBI request for Office 365 subscriber data Microsoft has successfully challenged a secret letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordering it to turn over data from one of its Office 365 customers, court documents made public on Thursday have revealed. The documents, which remained secret until they were unsealed by the US District Court… Read More »
More than 100 people nabbed in global hacker crackdown The FBI and police in several countries have arrested more than 100 people and conducted hundreds of searches in recent days in a global crackdown on hackers linked to the malicious software called Blackshades, two law enforcement officials told CNN. The years-long investigation is targeting one of the most… Read More »
Google gets take-down requests after European court ruling: source SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is already getting requests to remove objectionable personal information from its search engine after Europe’s top court ruled that subjects have the “right to be forgotten,” a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is already getting… Read More »
Report: NSA Exploited Heartbleed to Siphon Passwords for Two Years The NSA knew about and exploited the Heartbleed vulnerability for two years before it was publicly exposed this week, and used it to steal account passwords and other data, according to a news report. Speculation had been rampant this week that the spy agency might have known about the… Read More »
The Heartbleed Bug Some of you have heard about the Heartbleed Bug on Cable and Network news and if so, you should know, that sensationalism prevails again. It’s no wonder that so many computer users find it so difficult to find out the truth about anything. According to new sources the Heartbleed Bug is brand new and affects… Read More »