Cyber crime official optimistic on new legislation
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top cyber security official says companies would not be unduly burdened by a Senate bill that would phase in security standards for key parts...
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Hacker claims breach of Chinese defense contractor
(Reuters) - A hacker has posted thousands of internal documents he says he obtained by breaking into the network of a Chinese company with defense contracts, an unusual extension of...
Hacker claims breach of Chinese defense contractor
(Reuters) - A hacker has posted thousands of internal documents he says he obtained by breaking into the network of a Chinese company with defense contracts, an unusual extension of...
Yahoo Icahn’s next target?
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is weighing whether to use the stake he has amassed in Yahoo Inc. to launch a proxy fight to unseat some of the Internet pioneer's board...
Microsoft scratches deal for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp. on Saturday yanked a $42 billion takeover offer for Yahoo Inc. that would have reordered the landscape of the Web after the companies failed to agree how much...
In identity theft, it’s not just about who you know
Major identity thieves obtain the personal information they crave from retailers, financial companies and other businesses about half the time, a recent study suggests, undercutting a common perception that potential...
Companies try to threaten iTunes, but Apple still wins
As competitors challenge Apple Inc. in digital music, the biggest beneficiary could be Apple. Last week, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and RealNetworks Inc. strengthened their digital music offerings to better compete...
Google raises privacy issue
Last week, Google Inc. began expanding its Google Maps program to Southern California, and anyone who got in the way became subjects in the firm's version of "Candid Camera." The...
40 million credit card numbers are at risk
In the largest reported breach of personal data, hackers infiltrated the computers at a credit card processing center and stole as many as 40 million card numbers, MasterCard International disclosed...
ChoicePoint had earlier data leak
Scammers penetrated ChoicePoint Inc.'s vast online database of personal records five years ago in an operation similar to a more recent case that has triggered a national furor over privacy,...