WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers gained extensive access to unclassified White House emails when they broke into White House computer systems on multiple occasions last year, according to current and former government officials familiar with the matter

McAfee shares soar after 3Q results - CNBC
NEW YORK - Shares of McAfee Inc. surged Friday after the computer security software maker posted better-than-expected third-quarter results showing, as one analyst put it, “no signs of economic weakness.” Robert W. Baird analyst Steven Ashley said

Jailed sex offender accused of hacking into prison computer system - Enterprise
Federal officials say a convicted sex offender held at the Plymouth County jail hacked into the jail s computer system and got the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of more than 1,100 current and former jail employees. Francis G. Janosko

AFP security breach exposed - Age
CONFIDENTIAL Australian diplomatic cables and police documents were left in open files on a computer and read by guests at a hotel in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. At least 20 police photographs of the charred bodies of plane crash victims

AFP leaves secret documents on hotel computer - Brisbane Times
Confidential Australian diplomatic cables and police documents were left in open files on a computer and read by guests at a hotel in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. At least 20 police photographs of the charred bodies of plane crash victims

Security expert talks Russian gangs, botnets - CNET News
In February of 2005, a Miami man sued Bank of America for not adequately protecting him against a $90,000 fraudulent wire transfer to the Parex Bank in Latvia. Joe Lopez was the first online user to sue his financial institution for not protecting

Cyber Security Questions Persist at World Bank - FOX News
Over the past year, as FOX News reported three weeks ago, the bank has suffered a series of Internet attacks that penetrated at least 18 and perhaps as many as 40 of the bank’s data servers. Moreover, spyware was apparently installed on computers

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