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Facebook announces new security measures to protect users as it reveals 600,000 attempts a day by impostors seeking to access accounts

30 October 2011 | Mark Weston

Facebook receives a staggering 600,000 logins from impostors seeking to access users’ accounts. Facebook is concerned about its users’ security as an impostor can access all the user’s information,...

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Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

30 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Sega has admitted that 1.3 million users of its Sega Pass online game service have had their personal data obtained by website hackers. The details include names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...

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Controversy surrounds claim that cybercrime costs UK economy £27bn

21 February 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Cybercrime costs the UK about £27bn a year, according to a report from the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance and BAE Systems’ subsidiary, Detica. Of that figure, business loses out...

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Security firm highlights dangers of web browsing in some countries

27 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

UK Internet users have a 1 in 63 chance on any given day of suffering an online attack when they are on the web. The world average is 1 in 73. Going online in Africa and South America were much safer than...

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Clegg says it would be ‘morally right’ to try Gary McKinnon in UK

28 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Nick Clegg, the new Deputy Prime Minister, has announced that it would be morally right to try Gary McKinnon in the UK rather than extradite him to the US. McKinnon is accused by the US authorities of...

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Wake-up call for eBay users as person convicted for bidding against his own items

26 April 2010 | Mark Weston

A man has admitted 10 counts of offences of bidding against an item he was selling on eBay in order to drive the sale price up on the popular online auction site. The case was brought in Skipton Magistrates’...

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Special police unit formed to crack down on terrorist material on Internet

10 February 2010 | Mark Weston

A special police unit has been formed to crack down on material posted on web sites that breach the Terrorism Act 2006. The Act gave police the power to require any material useful for terrorist activities...

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More than 1,000 web sites supposedly selling cut-price designer goods closed by Metropolitan Police…

31 December 2009 | Mark Weston

Over 1,200 web sites that claimed to sell cut-price designer goods have been closed by the Metropolitan Police. The sites advertised branded goods such as from Ugg, Tiffany and Links of London. However,...

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Virtual world thief arrested in real life

14 December 2009 | Paul Gershlick

Someone who obtained details of other people's accounts to access a web-based role play game to steal their virtual world possessions has been arrested on suspicion of computer misuse offences. The Central...

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Law firm criticised for tactics in sending thousands of letters to alleged copyright infringers

14 December 2009 | Mark Weston

A law firm which is sending letters to thousands of alleged illegal peer-to-peer file-sharers has been accused of scattergun tactics which affect many innocent Internet users. Which?, the consumer group,...

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Latest news and views tagged cybercrime

Facebook announces new security measures to protect users as it reveals 600,000 attempts a day by impostors seeking to access accounts

Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

Controversy surrounds claim that cybercrime costs UK economy £27bn

Security firm highlights dangers of web browsing in some countries

Clegg says it would be ‘morally right’ to try Gary McKinnon in UK

Wake-up call for eBay users as person convicted for bidding against his own items

Special police unit formed to crack down on terrorist material on Internet

More than 1,000 web sites supposedly selling cut-price designer goods closed by Metropolitan Police…

Virtual world thief arrested in real life

Law firm criticised for tactics in sending thousands of letters to alleged copyright infringers

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