Fake email sends Pakistan PMO into a tizzy
September 4th, 2012 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 4 (IANS) A fake email sent the Pakistani prime minister's media office into a spin, prompting one official to wonder why the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) was using ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Kanda sent to 7 days police custody (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday sent former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, to seven days ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Yahoo hackers leak passwords
July 13th, 2012 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
London, July 12 (IANS) Yahoo is probing an apparent security breach which has led to over 450,000 email addresses and passwords being leaked online, a media report said Thursday.Hackers belonging ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Hacker group posts names of paedophiles online
July 11th, 2012 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 11 (IANS) A hacker group has posted the names and email addresses of paedophiles online as it launched a campaign against them, the Daily Mail reported.The group, called ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Hackers claim to have defaced 500 Chinese websites
April 6th, 2012 - 4:37 am ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) Hacker group Anonymous has claimed to have defaced around 500 websites in China to protest against the Chinese government's strict control of its citizens, BBC reported.The ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Internet firms spy on personal texts sent on smartphones
February 26th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 26 (IANS) Top internet firms like Facebook, Yahoo and Flickr are able to read personal text messages and photographs sent via smartphones because many mobile phone apps ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Britain to store phone, email records of people
February 19th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 19 (IANS) The British government is planning to store details of phone calls, text messages, email traffic and websites visited online as part of its new anti-terror ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Finland’s largest ever data leak uncovered
November 8th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Helsinki, Nov 8 (IANS) A data leak has been uncovered in Finland, in which personal details of around 16,000 people were uploaded onto a file-sharing website, according to Finnish media ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Lady Gaga’s website hacked
July 17th, 2011 - 2:16 am ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) Pop star Lady Gaga called in police after her website was hacked, resulting in the theft of thousands of names and email addresses.Mirror.co.uk reports that ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
90,000 email addresses hacked from US military contractor
July 12th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 12 (IANS) Hackers have attacked the computer network of a US military contractor and stolen 90,000 email addresses, the Telegraph reported.A wing of hacking group Anonymous said it ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian firm in Britain asked Asians to use fake names
July 2nd, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 2 (IANS) A firm in Britain owned by Indian-origin people has asked all Asians working there to use anglicised names as they said customers struggle with Indian names.The ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Microsoft founder criticizes Apple and Google
April 25th, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 25 (ANI): Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has lashed out at internet rivals Apple and Google, describing them as "evil" entities.During an interview, he described Steve Jobs, the co-founder and chief ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Man arrested for hacking Facebook accounts
April 22nd, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Minnesota, April 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 26-year-old man has been arrested for hacking into the Facebook accounts of unsuspecting people. Prosecutors say the man, Timothy Peter Noirjean, stole female pictures belonging to ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Palin launches website to interact with supporters ahead of 2012 presidential polls
April 19th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has started a new website with more contents, features including a vehicle that gathers email addresses and information from her supporters, in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Millions of Americans caught in e-mail breach
April 5th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Irving, Apr 4(ANI): In what could be one of the largest data security breaches in history, the email addresses of potentially millions of Americans have been stolen from a Texas-based online marketing ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Oz teens at risk from ‘dangerous’ online friends
March 15th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 15 (ANI): A survey has revealed that almost one in five South Australian teens has gone so far as to meet a stranger they first came into contact with ... Read more...
Posted in World |
California hacker hunted naked photos from women’s emails
January 14th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 14 (ANI): A California man hacked hundreds of women's email accounts in search of naked pictures, then sent it to their friends and even posted some of them on ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gawker website hacked for six months
January 3rd, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 3 (IANS) Hackers who broke into the Gawker Media database, gaining access to thousands of users' passwords, had access to the site for a period of six months, far more ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Walgreens Subjected To Cyber Crime
December 13th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Walgreens is one of the biggest pharmaceutical stores in the nation. Recently, the store has been facing a lot of cyber vulnerability, as some unknown hacker ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Men twice as likely to be caught cheating than women
August 13th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 13 (ANI): Men are twice as likely than women to be caught cheating on their partner, a new UK study has found.When it comes to having an affair, men ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Use of emails, computers making Aussie workers dumb
May 17th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 17 (ANI): With increased usage of email and computers in workplaces, a new literacy problem in Australia's workforce has emerged, which are making skilled and educated workers dumb, according to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Southampton Varsity evolves new way to assassinate spam
May 11th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 11 (ANI): As MailScanner, the world's most widely-used email security and anti-spam system, celebrated its 10th anniversary on 1st May, its developer has just launched ScamNailer, a programme designed purely ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Wedding bells for Connie soon!
August 3rd, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by IBNS
Aug 3 (IBNS) Sound Of Music star Connie Fisher has declared that she is engaged to the man she met on a crowded train station platform in Wales last July.She has been ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Pak Govt. launches crackdown against text, email propaganda
July 13th, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Government has launched a crackdown against those involved in spreading "propaganda" against senior government officials through emails and text messages.Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Rihannas dad doesnt know where she is
March 6th, 2009 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Rihannas dad has lost contact with her and is worried that the singer has been cut her off from her family following alleged bust-up with Chris Brown.Ronald ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Cybersquatter offering threesome with Scarlett Johansson!
August 16th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 16 (ANI): An online impostor, who claims to represent actress Scarlett Johansson, has started an online competition where the winner will be able to participate in a threesome with ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Now, receive e-mail from Heaven via Youvebeenleftbehind.com
June 12th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
London , June 12 (ANI): Now you might be able to send messages to your loved ones even after your death, thanks to a new website that allows people who expect ... Read more...
Posted in National |
In Peshawar, matchboxes advertise reward of 5 mln dlrs for Osama capture
May 28th, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by admin
Peshawar, May 28 (ANI): Amid indications from Washington that moves to trace Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden have been heightened, matchboxes carrying the most wanted fugitives picture are in circulation ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
April date set for Oprah Winfrey school abuse scandal trial
January 17th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 17 (ANI): A judge has set April 21 as the trial date for a dormitory matron accused of abusing students at Oprah Winfreys school for underprivileged girls in Johannesburg.Tiny Virginia ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |