New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Thursday will propose a legislation that he says would make the state’s data security law the strongest in the country and require “unprecedented safeguards” for the personal data of consumers and workers. The proposal overhauls law enforcement authorities’ power to combat cyber crime and ensure they have appropriate…
Sony Pictures was hacked recently and their internal documents were made public. Corporates seem to be losing the battle against hackers. Why is that happening? First of all, I don’t think that those protecting data are losing the battle against hackers. We hear lots of news about successful hacks, but we rarely have reports about…
The United States and the UK will stage cyber “war games” together, starting this year, to boost both countries’ resistance to cyberattacks, Britain’s government said Thursday. The two Western powers have also agreed to launch a joint “cyber cell” to share information on cyberthreats, as both countries seek to ramp up their cyberdefenses in the…
The unusually destructive cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment is providing an early test of a new Obama administration policy to reveal more of what it knows or suspects about hacking campaigns. President Barack Obama’s decision last month to blame North Korea for the breach capped a year that saw the U.S. Justice Department file indictments against alleged Russian Read…
The unusually destructive cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment is providing an early test of a new Obama administration policy to reveal more of what it knows or suspects about hacking campaigns. President Barack Obama’s decision last month to blame North Korea for the breach capped a year that saw the U.S. Justice Department file indictments against alleged Russian Read…
American director Michael Mann is making a grand return with ” Blackhat,” a timely cyber-terrorism action flick starring Chris Hemsworth.
Australian actor Hemsworth sheds his “Thor” costume to become Nicholas Hathaway, a “black hat” bad-guy hacker released from prison to help American authorities dismantle a criminal network.
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American director Michael Mann is making a grand return with ” Blackhat,” a timely cyber-terrorism action flick starring Chris Hemsworth.
Australian actor Hemsworth sheds his “Thor” costume to become Nicholas Hathaway, a “black hat” bad-guy hacker released from prison to help American authorities dismantle a criminal network.
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An Indian novelist went into hiding and said he has quit writing after his latest book about a woman’s efforts to get pregnant with a stranger sparked virulent protests by right-wing Hindu and caste groups. Perumal Murugan’s publisher was pulling all copies of his 2010 novel “Madhorubagan” — published in English in 2013 under the…
French weekly Charlie Hebdo’s defiance in publishing a cartoon depicting the Prophet following a deadly attack in Paris by terrorists, and Tamil author P Murugan’s decision to withdraw his works following protests have reignited the debate on freedom of expression, both at home and away. In India, the Constitution guarantees free speech but not the…
“The attack against Charlie Hebdo was an attack against freedom of expression, a pillar of this shared vision, whose flag bearers are journalists,” said Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as she opened the proceedings. Participating in the event were members of French and international media, UNESCO Member States,…