UK DNA Database Reaches 4.8 million, grows by 660,000 every year

More details about the growing tendency of the UK government to log, track and catalog its citizens have been provided by the National Policing Improvement Agency in its first annual report

SAT 11 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

MoD Hard Disk With Details Of 100,000 Army Personnel Goes Missing

An external hard disk drive containing the details of 100,000 Ministry of Defence Staff has disappeared from a secure location from Hook, Hampshire in the latest and potentially most devastating data lost to date

FRI 10 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Student Charged For Hacking Sarah "Bulldog" Palin's Yahoo Mail

A court in Knoxville USA has indicated David Kernell, a twenty year old student at the University of Tennessee for hacking into Alaska Governor and US Vice President nominee Sara Palin’s email account.

THU 09 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

UK Government Plans £12 bn Database To Track All Emails, Phone Calls and Browsing Sessions

In a move that would certainly have given shivers to the late George Orwell, the UK Government is apparently planning a gigantic £12 bn database that will log and track internet browsing habits, emails and phone records of everyone living in Britain

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

More Data Mayhem : MI5 Terrorist Files Disappear After Mini Laptop Is Stolen

A thief stole a handheld computer from a house in Greater Manchester after someone left the windows open; the computer, probably a sub-laptop, contained data on the MI5 and its fight against terrorism

FRI 03 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

£17 Second Hand Camera Sold On Ebay Contained MI6 Top Secret Files; 4 usernames identified

A second hand camera bought on eBay by a member of the public was found to contain top secret documents stored in the camera's memory card

TUE 30 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

50,000 RAF Personel At Risk After Unencrypted Hard Drives Are Stolen

Three hard drives containing the personal information of 50,000 current and former RAF employees have been stolen on Wednesday 17th, from the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency at RAF Innsworth in Gloucestershire, which left the Defence Secretary Des Browne fuming

MON 29 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

UK's MI6 Uses Facebook To Recruit More James Bond Wannabees

Maybe MI6's definition of the ideal spy recruit is one who can navigate the maze of social network with ease, which is perhaps why, her Majesty's secret services, the Secret Intelligence Service, have now turned to Facebook to try to get new agents, not administrative staff, onboard

MON 29 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

EFF files mega-lawsuit over US govt surveillance

Ever since the Economist blew the lid on the Echelon surveillance system - which has been used by the Men in Black on both sides of the Atlantic - in the 1980s, a number of people have become uptight about being monitored on their mobiles and landline phone lines.

SAT 20 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Wikipedia, Webproxy and WWW : How Sarah Palin's Hacker Gained Access To Her Yahoo Inbox

Details of how a single hacker found his way into the mailbox of Sarah Palin have begun to emerge with more twist than in a patch cable from a financial datacentre

FRI 19 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News