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China limits IT security imports
27 August 2010World’s second largest economy discourages use of foreign IT security technology, drawing accusations of protectionism
'Worst ever' Pentagon cyber attack came from USB drive
26 August 2010US deputy defence secretary reveals that the worst security breach of military computers ever seen originated from an infected flash drive
Microsoft cloud services suffer outage
25 August 2010US customers endure "intermittent access" to online applications following network issue in software giant's data centre
Zurich Insurance hit with record data loss fine
24 August 2010Insurer fined £2.3 million by UK financial services watchdog following loss of 46,000 customer records
Indian authorities arrest e-voting critic, source claims
23 August 2010A researcher who claimed that India’s electronic voting machines are insecure has been arrested for refusing to disclose source, a colleague has reported
Glitch takes down Barclays account access
23 August 2010System error leaves UK bank’s customers unable to make purchases, withdraw cash or access telephone and Internet services
Intel to acquire security vendor McAfee for $7.7bn
19 August 2010Chipmaker drastically diversifies as it sees security become the "third pillar of what people demand from all computing experiences"
HP to acquire security vendor Fortify
17 August 2010IT giant agrees to purchase US security and compliance software provider for undisclosed price
Virgin Media enlists white hat hackers to fight botnets
17 August 2010ISP turns to volunteer security orgs to discover which customers’ machines have been infected with botnet malware
‘World’s most wanted cybercriminal’ caught in France
13 August 2010Vladislav Horohorin arrested on suspicion of trafficking stolen credit card data on “a global scale”
Failed migration takes down Santander online banking
12 August 2010Glitch during migration of Alliance & Leicester accounts to Santander systems leaves customers unable to access Internet banking
RIM bows to Saudi pressure on BlackBerry security
11 August 2010Smartphone firm reportedly in talks with Saudi authorities to hand over BlackBerry security details, just days after claiming it does not bow to government pressure
Six arrested over bank phishing scam
05 August 2010Suspects used spam emails and fake websites to trick up to 20,000 victims to hand over bank details, police claim
UAE and Saudi Arabia ban BlackBerry services
02 August 2010Gulf states make good on threat to regulate usage of mobile devices by outlawing BlackBerry services
BlackBerry use poses security threat, Gulf state claims
26 July 2010"Certain BlackBerry applications allow people to misuse the service," says UAE's telco watchdog, believed to be a reference to email encryption
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