A PIECE of software developed by a small Milton Keynes IT company has been taken up by one of the biggest computer companies in the world. Evidence Talks, based in Crownhill, has developed forensic intelligence software called SPEKTOR which can access and collect digital evidence for law enforcement agencies. The software has been bought by […]
The hacker group Lulz Security has opened a telephone request line so its fans can suggest potential targets. It claims to have launched denial of service attacks on several websites as a result, although it did not detail which ones. The unspecified hacks formed part of a wave of security breaches that the group called […]
Hacker pranksters LulzSec took out sci-fi game EVE Online on Tuesday as part of a run of attacks apparently perpetrated purely for the lulz. A DDoS attack left EVE Online offline for around five hours as part of an operation called Titanic Takeover Tuesday. CCP Games, the firm behind the popular multiplayer game, said that […]
A London health authority has admitted losing a laptop which contains 8.6 million health records. The machine was lost three weeks ago, but has only just been reported missing to police and the Information Commissioner’s Office. We’ve asked North Central London health board why it needed to store 8.63 million health records on an unsecure […]