December 31, 2009, Posted by Percival Pelaez at 6:27 pm
But his was the cyberstrike that put the internet’s security issues on a national stage, and inaugurated an era where any pissed off script kiddy could take down part of the web at will.
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December 29, 2009, Posted by Percival Pelaez at 4:09 pm
Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and to steal data relating to tens of millions of credit and debit cards, … Gonzalez pleaded guilty in September 2009 in Boston to 19 counts of conspiracy, computer fraud, wire fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft relating to hacks into numerous major U.S. retailers including TJX Companies, …
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December 28, 2009, Posted by Percival Pelaez at 7:24 pm
“Despite the enormous advantages of the Internet , our networked systems have a gaping and widening hole in the security posture of both our private sector and government systems. An increasing array of sophisticated state and …
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