Blind phone hacker gets 11-year sentence A Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him. Government criticised for plan to hire 'naughty boys' The security minister Lord West has been slammed for hinting that former hackers are being recruited by Britain's security forces to help protect IT infrastructure from malicious online forces. Study: Business Risk of Fraud Up Amid Economic Crisis The global economic crisis will lead to more cases of large-scale business fraud and corruption as the situation continues to unfold, according to a new report from Control Risks, an international business risk consultancy (See also: 3 Global Risks to Business in 2009). Obama's Cybersecurity Push: What It Means for CIOs Happy Birthday, America. We're not as safe as we think. From the electricity grid to the banking system to the defense contractors building our most sophisticated weapons, computers running the nation's critical infrastructure see relentless attacks from criminals and countries alike. Sometimes we hear about it, sometimes we don't. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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