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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...
Controversy surrounds claim that cybercrime costs UK economy £27bn
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...
Security firm highlights dangers of web browsing in some countries
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...
Clegg says it would be ‘morally right’ to try Gary McKinnon in UK
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...