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Two Women To Be Charged Under Official Secrets Act And Computer Misuse Act

SINGAPORE: A 36-year-old former civil servant will be charged under the Official Secrets Act on Wednesday (Apr 14) after allegedly leaking ...

By Neil Hodge2021-04-08T20:19:00+01:00 Last weekend, reports surfaced that the personal data of more than 533 million Facebook users had been made publicly available on a hacker forum. The social media firm responded the data had been stolen and made public from a reported data breach that took place in early 2018. Because the breach predated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force, and because—according to Facebook—no new breach has occurred, the company believes it...

Queens hubby left more than a passing impression on the UK tech world Gareth Corfield Fri 9 Apr 2021 // 13:18 UTC Share Copy Obit Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died at the age of 99. The Queens husband died at Windsor Castle this morning. His death was announced by Buckingham Palace at midday today. PM Boris Johnson addressed locked-down Brits from the steps of 10 Downing Street, saying: "We mourn today with Her Majesty the Queen." The prince, said Johnson, w...

AG: More than pepper spray coming to protect women Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi ATTORNEY General Faris Al-Rawi said Government is coming with more than just pepper spray legislation to combat crime in TT. Responding to a statement from Chaguanas East MP Vandana Mohit about the legislation, Al-Rawi said on Saturday, "I congratulate her for finding her voice finally on the issue of protection of womens rights." "Its unfortunate that she appears to have not paid attention to what happens in Par...

Using JPC as shield against clash tantamount to offence: Hasan 286 DHAKA, March 1, 2021 (BSS)- Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said using neutral organization- Jatiya Press Club (JPC) as a shield against clash is tantamount to an offence. “Jatiya Press Club is a neutral national organization and it is an institution of journalists. It is open for all irrespective of opinions and political parties. So, it is really unaccepted to carry out attacks on police from there,” he said. Ha...

Monday, February 22, 2021 The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ ICO”) has, for only the second time in its history, successfully prosecuted individuals under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (the “ Act”) in order to impose harsher criminal penalties for unauthorised access to personal data, (including prison sentences and confiscation orders), than are available under the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “ DPA 2018”). th January 2021, a former employee (“ D”) of the RAC...

Businesses taking things into their own hands could lead to further loss as well as police investigations. “We would need a change in the law to allow ‘hack-back’ techniques in the UK,” says Ashley Hurst, the co-head of cyber and data litigation at law firm Osborne Clarke. “As things stand, the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and various other laws would make such activity unlawful.” Boardroom conversations in businesses targeted by ransomware may be increasingly turning to a debate over r...

Two members of the similar group were arrested sometime back in Malta and Belgium with the most recent arrests occurring in England and Scotland. In case you were wondering how they actually swap SIMs, it either is done through a corrupt person on the inside or tempting the target through social engineering.

Update on Cov man arrested on suspicion of hacking mobile phones of US celebs A Coventry man was one of eight people arrested this week Social media accounts of unamed musicians and sports stars were also hijacked to post content and send messages masquerading as the victims (Image: Tomasz Zajda - stock.adobe.com) Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe...