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Hague calls for consensus on Internet law
01 November 2011Speaking at the London Conference on Cyberspace, foreign secretary William Hague calls for international agreement on online "norms of behaviour"
Trojan targetted IP from Fortune 100 companies
01 November 2011A number of defence and chemical companies were targeted by an unknown group between April and September this year, security vendor Symantec claims
Cybercrime levels “disturbing”, says GCHQ boss
31 October 2011Theft of intellectual property is feeding a “global criminal marketplace”, writes Iain Lobban on the eve of the London Conference on Cyberspace
Israel's data watchdog cracks population data theft case
28 October 2011The Israeli equivalent of the Information Commissioner's Office claims it has discovered who stole the country's population registry in 2006
Nuclear data "apparently" stolen in Mitsubishi attack
25 October 2011Despite Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial's denial that any valuable data was stolen in August's cyber attack, a report claims there are signs it was
Blue Coat denies sale to Syrian censors
25 October 2011After Swedish group finds evidence suggesting that its equipment was used to censor Internet in Syria, security company denies direct sale
Facebook to be probed by Irish privacy watchdog
21 October 2011Social networking site could face penalty of up to €100,000 from Irish Data Protection Commissioner for privacy transgressions
Stuxnet lookalike targets European companies
19 October 2011Newly-detected Duqu worm is designed to steal technical documents of industrial control systems, possibly to find weaknesses against cyber attack
Council breached DPA with botched FoI response
18 October 2011Scottish council accidentally published personal details of nearly 900 council employees in response to Freedom of Information request
US Department of Defense sued $4.9bn for data breach
17 October 2011Class action suit seeks $1,000 per victim, as Securities and Exchange Commission calls for public companies to disclose cyber attacks
ICO calls for audit enforcement power
13 October 2011Regulator wants to be able to force private companies, local authorities and the NHS to undergo data protection audits
Sony fends off mass hack attempt
12 October 2011First test for new chief information security officer as hackers attempt to access customer accounts with stolen data
German minister calls for Internet snooping probe
11 October 2011Minister calls for investigation after "lawful interception" tool used by German police is shown to allow greater surveillance than legally permitted
Outsourcing deal will "sustain employment", says Civica
11 October 2011"Ground-breaking" deal with Gloucester City Council will safeguard jobs and save £220,000 by a creating outsourcing centre of excellence, supplier claims
Mitsubishi Heavy riddled with viruses, probe finds
10 October 2011Japanese defense contractor discovered more than 50 different types of malware infection while investigating September's cyberattack
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