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Benefit fraudsters could be banned from driving and subject to bank account snooping if they fail to pay back the taxpayer, under a new government crackdown. In an effort to curb welfare fraud, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched what has been dubbed the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation. The Public…
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The US Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations and documents in what they labelled a ‘major cyber incident’. The US Treasury says Chinese hackers were able to steal documents in a major cyber attack in the early hours of Tuesday. The US executive agency, responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring Washington’s financial security…
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A hacker is advertising millions of “pieces of data” stolen from the family genetics websites 23andMe, according to posts made to an online forum where digital thieves often advertise leaked data. 23andMe (ME.O) said in a statement Friday that while an unspecified amount of “customer profile information” had been compiled “through access to individual 23andMe.com accounts,” the…
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Celebrity journalist Paul Martin has told the High Court he has “never” engaged in phone hacking. The former editor of the Irish Sunday Mirror, who calls himself ‘Mr Showbiz’, was testifying in London on Thursday, when evidence from Coronation Street star Michael Turner, who plays Kevin Webster, was also presented. Mr Martin was questioned by…
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Top national security agencies in a rare joint statement Tuesday confirmed that Russia was likely responsible for a massive hack of U.S. government departments and corporations, rejecting President Donald Trump’s claim that China might be to blame. The statement represented the U.S. government’s first formal attempt to assign responsibility for the breaches at multiple agencies…
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U.N. experts have demanded an immediate investigation by U.S. and other authorities into allegations that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon boss and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos. The U.N. special rapporteurs, Agnes Callamard and David Kaye, said on Wednesday they had information pointing to the…
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Donald Trump made a New Year promise to Americans, saying he will take care of cyber attacks from Russia when he takes office. He advised everyone to consider using a courier until the computers are confirmed safe. Trump’s claim that computers are no longer safe comes a few days after experts argued that the White…
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YAHOO! has been sued for the alleged 2014 hacking involving over 500 million subscribers. The cyber attack information which was made public last Thursday has been described as the largest security breach in the world’s history. Media reports confirm the lawsuit was filed in Sunnyvale, by Yahoo user and New Yorker Ronald Schwartz on behalf…
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