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Skype Taken To Court Over Customer Data Refusal

Microsoft refuses to hand over customer data to Belgian authorities investigating criminal matter

9 years ago

Mspy Admits Blackmail Attack, Denies Data Breach

Child monitoring firm denies massive data leak but admits that it was approached by blackmailers

10 years ago

Naikon Hackers Take Aim At Asia-Pacific Nations, Warns Kaspersky

New hacker collective is snooping on government, civil and military targets in a number of Asian countries

10 years ago

United Airlines Offers Airmiles For Bug Bounty Hackers

Hack our website, but please not our aeroplanes – the invite from United Airlines to friendly hackers

10 years ago

Two Arrested Over Naked Selfies App

Two men behind an app that trawls through private photo albums looking for naked selfies face prison sentences

10 years ago

Tax Practices Of Tech Giants Attacked By OECD Official

The man in charge of reforming global tax laws warns tech giants to stop “extremely aggressive” tax planning

10 years ago

Google Rejects Nearly Half Of All Removal Requests

Right to be forgotten? Probably not, according to figures released by Google

10 years ago

Firefox 38 Arrives With DRM Support

Lesser of two evils? Mozilla admits DRM is not a desirable market solution, but bundles it anyway

10 years ago

Apple Hit With Major Ericsson Mobile Lawsuits

Now facing court cases in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands regarding use of patented mobile technologies

10 years ago

NSA Data Collection Ruled Illegal By US Court

American appeals court rules bulk collection of phone records by NSA is illegal, but program still continues

10 years ago

Police Dismantle Gang Selling Hooky Cisco Gear

You're nicked! Three members of a gang importing and selling counterfeit Cisco products have been arrested

10 years ago

HP Autonomy Lawsuit Details Emerge, As Lynch Hits Back

'Is that it?' asks Mike Lynch as details of HP's allegations against former Autonomy management become public

10 years ago

Three British Firms Involved In Google EU Antitrust Case

Sources reveal full list of official Google antitrust complainants, which include British mapping and price comparison sites

10 years ago

Senate Bill To Extend NSA Surveillance Authorisation

Here we go again. US Republicans introduce Bill to extend surveillance elements of the US Patriot Act

10 years ago

Police Chief Warns ‘Terrorist Friendly’ Tech Firms

Britain's top anti-terrorism policeman launches extraordinary attack on unnamed tech firms

10 years ago

Adblocking Declared 100 Percent Legal By German Courts

Hamburg courts give Adblock the nod in a "victory for every single Internet user"

10 years ago

Public Happy To Share Location Data But Demand Tougher Regulation

Majority of consumers believe that more regulation is needed to ensure responsible usage of location based data

10 years ago

Robot That Bought Ecstasy On Dark Web Freed By Police After Three Months

The Random Darknet Shopper had bought 10 yellow pills containing 90mg of ecstasy each as part of artists' experiment

10 years ago

Security Expert Hauled Off Flight After Aeroplane Tech Warning

Overkill much? FBI removes leading security expert from commercial flight after he warned of in-flight vulnerabilities

10 years ago

WikiLeaks Condemned For Sony Pictures Email Publication

'Its just not cricket'. WikiLeaks slated for publishing hacked Sony Pictures documents

10 years ago

HSBC Notifies US Customers Of Data Breach

HSBC customers in America have had their personal account information exposed in a data breach

10 years ago

Google Hits Back At European Antitrust ‘Objections’

Search giant “strongly disagrees” with the EC's “statement of objections” as it opens formal Android probe

10 years ago

Illegal Pirate Downloaders Can Evade Detection For A While Longer

US judge says an IP address isn’t evidence enough to convict someone of downloading pirated content

10 years ago

Facebook Hits Back At Belgian Privacy Report

Embattled Facebook admits it tracks non-users, but dismisses report findings from Belgian privacy watchdog

10 years ago

Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Starts In Austria

A closely-watched data privacy lawsuit against Facebook has been filed in an Austrian court today

10 years ago

AT&T Slapped With ‘Largest Ever’ US Data Breach Fine

US regulator sanctions AT&T over breaches at three overseas call centres that exposed valuable customer data

10 years ago

Islamic State Hacks French TV Station TV5Monde

Mon dieu! French culture minister demands urgent meeting after Islamic State blacks out TV broadcasts

10 years ago

FBI Warns Of Islamic State Campaign Against WordPress Sites

Islamic State sympathizers are targeting WordPress vulnerabilities according to the FBI

10 years ago

White House Breach Blamed On Russian Hackers

The White House network breach was carried out by hackers “likely working” for the Russian government

10 years ago