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Hackers Gain Access to ICANN Network Through Compromised Employee Credentials

Hackers used a spear phishing attack to target Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) employees in late November. On Tuesday the organization announced that the compromised credentials were used to access other systems. This news comes just after the US government revealed on Tuesday how it authorizes changes… Continue reading

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Swedish Police Raid The Pirate Bay, Knocking File Sharing Sites Offline

Police in Sweden raided The Pirate Bay office in Stockholm on Tuesday, seizing equipment and knocking the website offline. According to a statement by police, the raid was carried out Tuesday morning in connection to violations of copyright law. Continue reading

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Bitcoin Exchange Blockchain.info Fixes Security Issue Caused by Web-Wallet Update

Bitcoin exchange Blockchain.info has issued a warning on Tuesday about a security issue with its private key generation. According to a post Tuesday morning, the issue was discovered early morning on December 8 and was “immediately resolved.” Continue reading

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Healthcare.gov Contracts Extra 100 TB of Cloud Storage from Terremark to Handle Demand

Healthcare.gov is adding 100 terabytes of cloud storage to handle the increased workload during the current open enrollment period that runs until Feb. 28, 2015, according to a report on Tuesday by FCW. Continue reading

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More Than Half of Americans Know What Net Neutrality Is: Report

The “Web IQ” of American internet users varies widely, and less than half are aware that a company posting a privacy statement is not necessarily promising confidentiality. According to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, only 44 percent of those surveyed know what a privacy statement is, though over 80 percent know about Bill Gates and hashtags. Continue reading

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