Green Party list MP Kevin Hague is today reassuring people that he is alive and well in New Zealand, not trapped penniless in Spain, as an email scam claims.
Mr Hague’s personal email account has been hacked and a scamster purporting to be him is email…
Green MP’s e mails hacked
How to Make Your Google Accounts More Secure
How to Make Your Google Accounts More SecureAbout a month ago I received an email from Blizzard Entertainment stating that a new World of Warcraft account had been started using my personal Gmail address. Someone with the user name of “Zhang” was hopin…
EU faces criticisim over plans to create ‘single cyberspace’
European Union (EU) plans to “create a single secure cyberspace” have come under fire from civil liberties groups, with many saying they only serve to highlight how far the bloc still has to go in understanding the modern online world.
In February, at…
WikiLeaks’ Assange granted bail but Sweden appeals
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted bail on Tuesday in a London court, but the police will keep his passport and he’ll have to wear an electronic tag, according to the BBC.
Assange will also have to adhere to a curfew, which will be monitored…
Protect Your Data During U.S. Border Searches
The mandatory stop at the U.S. Customs counter when returning from an international trip usually just involves answering a few questions and getting a stamp on your passport.
But recently, we’ve seen incidents of computer security experts with ties to…
Bug causes havoc on Facebook as accounts are disabled
Has your Facebook account been inexplicably disabled? It seems you are not alone. Facebook has confirmed that a bug hit its systems hard earlier today, disabling a number of accounts belonging – it appears – to female users.
Frustrated Facebook devote…
New digital German ID cards arrive today
National identification cards are nothing new to Germans. Citizens have been required to show their ID card or a passport to the authorities since 1939, when the Nazis first wrote it into law. After World War II, the various occupying powers kept the p…
