Bruce Schneier: Stop ‘Battle of Metaphors’ when Discussing Cyber
The threat of cyber warfare is greatly exaggerated and using salacious phrases such as “cyber Armageddon” will only make the situation worse, according to a security expert. Bruce Schneier, chief security technology officer for BT, told BBC News there is a power struggle going on, involving a “battle of metaphors.” He suggested the notion of [...]
Despite being told he might be spared from jail, 23-year-old David C. Kernell, who was found guilty last year of hacking into Sarah Palin’s email during the 2008 presidential campaign, has ended up in federal prison, the BBC reported. Officials confirmed that Kernell reported Jan. 10 to begin serving his time at a federal corrections [...]
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You do not get away with comparing WikiLeaks Julian Assange to the Taliban without ramifications–just ask Sarah Palin, whose political action committee website was cyber attacked this week after she urged the U.S. government to hunt the Australian down “with the same urgency we pursue al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders.” Anonymous, a loose coalition of hacktivists, [...]
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A man convicted of hacking former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s email account has been sentenced to 366 days in prison. David C. Kernell was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for intentionally accessing without authorization Palin’s email account, as well as obstructing justice. The U.S. district judge also imposed a three-year term [...]
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A man convicted of hacking former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s email account has asked a federal judge to sentence him to probation, while federal prosecutors are pushing for him to get at least 18 months in prison, CNN reports. David Kernell’s fate will be decided today at a sentencing hearing in a federal courtroom in [...]
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Bill O’Reilly, Paris Hilton and Sarah Palin have one thing in common, apart from being celebrities: They have all been victims of hacking. Although the media spotlight hit all three public figures, it was Palin’s bad fortune that got the most attention. Right before the presidential election in 2008, a hacker gained unauthorized access to [...]
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