Posts Tagged ‘ legal ’

US military lacks the trained people and authorities it needs to respond to cyber attack

The U.S. military does not have the trained personnel or the legal authorities it needs to respond to a computer-based attack on America or its allies, and a crisis would quickly strain the force, the Pentagon's cyber commander said.

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This Morning’s Top Stories in Tech & Mobile

This Morning’s Top Stories in Tech & Mobile

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. Google Declares War on Content Farms Google has announced an algorithmic change to its search engine...

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PayPal Lifts Ban on Fundraising Account for WikiLeaks Source Bradley Manning

PayPal Lifts Ban on Fundraising Account for WikiLeaks Source Bradley Manning

PayPal has lifted its ban on the account of Courage to Resist, an organization that has raised a substantial portion of the funds needed for the legal defense of Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old former U.S. army private accused of leaking classified U.S. information to WikiLeaks in 2010. In a blog post , PayPal...

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Sony PS3 Hacker Geohot Starts a Blog, Raises Cash for Legal Defense

Sony PS3 Hacker Geohot Starts a Blog, Raises Cash for Legal Defense

George Hotz, the hacker better known as "Geohot," started a blog over the weekend - aptly titled "Geohot Got Sued" - an effort in part o raise cash for his legal battle with Sony. "This is war," he says in the first post, arguing that Sony has declared war on hackers. Indeed, Hotz...

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FBI Raids Web Hosts Over Wikileaks Advocates’ Operation Payback

FBI Raids Web Hosts Over Wikileaks Advocates’ Operation Payback

The FBI has reportedly raided a Texas web host and worked with international authorities to search servers in pursuit of the anonymous leaders of the group Anonymous, who blocked the website of PayPal earlier this month in retribution to the company's decision to stop its customers from making donations to Wikileaks . That...

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