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China claims data breaches were "fabricated"
11 January 2012Local authorities say a number of high profile data leaks reported last year were made up
AstraZeneca accidentally leaked confidential data
10 January 2012Drug giant reiterates financial guidance after "out of date" information was sent to investment analysts
19,000 US army email addresses leaked in StratFor hack
09 January 2012Anonymous attack on US military analysis firm exposes email addresses, includeing over 200 UK defense officials
Gordon Brown's email may have been hacked – report
03 January 2012Computers seized from private investigators suggest former Prime Minister's emails were illegally accessed
Credit Suisse worker convicted of tax evasion data theft
19 December 2011Ex-employee who stole data that was later sold to German tax authorities has been fined 3,500 Swiss francs and given two-year suspended jail sentence
Japanese game developer Square Enix hacked
15 December 2011Servers holding 1.8 million customer records accessed, with members' services taken offline
Six arrested over £1m student phishing scam
09 December 2011Victims fleeced of up to £5,000 after fake student loan emails asked them to enter bank account details
Hacking scandal hits South Korea's ruling party
08 December 2011Three leading members of South Korea's ruling party step down in wake of election day website tampering
ICO slaps record £130k fine on Welsh council
07 December 2011Council committed "serious" breach of Data Protection Act when details of a child protection case were sent to the wrong person
Kaspersky to leave BSA in SOPA protest
07 December 2011Russian security firm plans to drop out of the Business Software Alliance, in protest against the alliance’s support of the Stop Online Piracy Act
Outside US, businesses 'underestimate' cyber risk
06 December 2011Risk of malicious attack is the fourth highest concern among US businesses, but elsewhere companies are more apathetic, Lloyd's of London finds
Ex-Army researcher links Conficker to Stuxnet
02 December 2011Widespread worm was a 'door kicker' for the Stuxnet virus that targetted Iranian nuclear control systems, US Army special operations veteran claims
Hackers accessed city infrastructure via SCADA – FBI
29 November 2011The deputy assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division says hackers recently accessed the infrastructure of three cities through SCADA systems
MP's computer may have been hacked
29 November 2011Police tell former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain that his computer may have been hacked by private investigators working for News International
Cyber strategy calls for cross-sector collaboration
25 November 2011New strategy allocates 50% of cyber security budget to GCHQ and calls for "new partnerships" with business
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