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Data Breach Compromises UNLV Employees Information
Published on 28 Jul, 2011 at 13:50 in Cyber | Viewed 33 times | No Comments
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas announced recently that private information for approximately 2,000 current and former employees may have been compromised back in 2008.
According to the university, the Office of Information Technology discovered what may have been unauthorized activity on a university desktop computer that included names and social security numbers of approximately 2,000 current and former employees who had computer loans and other transactions with the…
‘Evil’ Hacker Faces 49 Charges
Published on 27 Jul, 2011 at 9:19 in Cyber | Viewed 38 times | No Comments
A 29-year-old Australian citizen will appear in court today on charges of illegal hacking following his arrest in a six-month police investigation of his online activities.
The man, who used the online nickname “Evil,” faces 49 charges of cyber attacks that police alleged could have caused considerable damage to Australia’s national infrastructure.
One of his alleged online crimes includes breaching the systems of Platform Networks, one of the 13 service providers…
Bringing in the Money for Cyber Security: $3.6 Billion for CNCI
On Monday, the Obama administration released a budget of $3.8 trillion with a request of close to $80 billion to be allocated to IT spending for 2011. In terms of information security, the administration is seeking to improve broadly in three areas; improving identity management, shift to a real-time security posture and cyber incident information sharing.
