March 20, 2010

'UK' Tag Index

Miliband's Twitter Account Phished

The British MP's account sent out tweets promoting sexual enhancement pills.
Tags: government, Twitter, UK, phishing, hacked

Man Charged Over Bomb Tweet

The remarks were posted in frustration after a flight was canceled.
Tags: message, Twitter, UK, airline security, court

Conficker Hits Another Hospital

While the outbreak has been contained, some IT systems remain unavailable.
Tags: security, laptops, Conficker, worm, UK

Police Hacker Receives Suspended Sentence

Martin Lansley's lawyer says he was motivated simply by curiosity.
Tags: data, government, newspapers, access, UK

EHRC Says Body Scans Are Illegal

The UK human rights group says the scans may violate laws on discrimination, race relations and privacy.
Tags: privacy, security, UK, airline security, human rights

Brit Pol's Twitter Account Hacked?

The politician says he never described the opposing party as scum-sucking pigs.
Tags: politics, identity theft, Twitter, UK, hacked

London Police Plan Olympics Fraud Teams

The teams will focus on e-crime and ticket fraud surrounding the 2012 Olympics in London.
Tags: security, phishing, Olympics, UK, fraud

McKinnon Granted Further Judicial Review

The Pentagon hacker's possible extradition will be delayed until at least April.
Tags: extradition, international, hackers, UK, hacking

UK Police Misused Computers

Over 400 members of the British police have been disciplined or dismissed for misuse of computers.
Tags: security, government, email, UK, cybercrime

Vispa Knocked Out by DDoS Attack

The denial of service attack was traced to Latvia.
Tags: broadband, ISP, denial of service, UK, DDOS Attack

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