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News: 14-05-2008: I guess that it had to happen, one of the contestants was a fake so one of the last remaining undiscovered Brazilian players has not entered the competition... er ... until now that is! He's back and has thrown his hat into the guitar idol ring! Will this be the last entrant from Brazil? There are plenty more that haven't entered...... This is a content summary only. Visit Tru

I know the protocol for Mother's Day blog posts is write about what an honor and a gift it is to be a mom. Leave it to me to break protocol. A good percentage of my posts are written on this subject, so why be redundant? I'm just gonna fill you in on how the day was . . . My first mother's day as a mom was very low key . . . Just the way I like it. I've always thought we have it a little

London, May 7 : China has announced that it will probe the alleged breaching of state secrecy laws and showing “illegal” maps of the country by the Internet search engine Google and other websites. The Telegraph quoted Min Yiren, vice head of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, as saying that the authorities hope [...]

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In this second part I am going to talk about utilizing different methods of hardening web-facing applications. The goal is to obviously implement an effective strategy to reduce the potential of a data breach. First of all we have to understand how a data breach is conducted and what methods are used to access internal protected information. The purpose behind such an [...]

Copyright breach: Clients of Virtual Map switch providers  - SIngapore Ban on firm from using govt-owned material also applies to its customers By Chua Hian Hou  LOOKING FOR DIRECTIONS: Users of streetdirectory.com can no longer access Virtual Map’s online maps. Instead, they are greeted by a tongue-in-cheek notice saying the maps ‘have escaped out the window’. — MUGILAN [...]

Watch new movie trailerBreach 2007Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura LinneyDirector: Billy RayRunning Time: 1 hr. 50 min.Release Date: February 16th, 2007Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is promoted to a job inside FBI headquarters working for respected agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper). Then O'Neill learns his true mission: finding proof that Hanssen has been selling American secrets to the Soviet Union for years.Trailer - BreachCrime | Drama | Mystery | ThrillerBest Movie Trailers

In 2007 and 2008 the industry has seen an upsurge in data breaches affecting millions of consumers and causing corporations to pay heavily in fines. Data breaches can lead to exposure of consumer information through a number of different ways that vary in complexity. The common perception associated with a data breach is the difference between data being extracted from physical [...]

An investigation has been opened by the US Department of Justice into a possible breach of antitrust laws after Yahoo! announced Google Adsense would be implemented in limited trials on Yahoo! search results, in an effort to scupper Microsofts hostile ultimatum to accept a $44.6bn takeover bid. Concerns were raised by regulators after a telephone call [...]

Supermarket chain Hannaford Bros. is spending millions of dollars to upgrade its security in a bid to close the holes that allowed thieves to steal up to 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from store networks. The remarkable thing about this case is not that the company was hacked, despite being certified as [...]

Watch free online full movieBreach 2007Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura LinneyDirector: Billy RayEric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is promoted to a job inside FBI headquarters working for respected agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper). Then O'Neill learns his true mission: finding proof that Hanssen has been selling American secrets to the Soviet Union for years.Full Movie - BreachWatch movie in full screenCrime / Drama / Mystery / ThrillerVideo not working? Look for an alternativeBreachBreachBreachBest Movie Trailers

The Royal Perth Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, has been accused of being remiss with customer data by The Sunday Times.  According to the newspaper, up to 500 computers containing personal information—including names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical conditions—have been tossed away by the hospital with nary a thought on data security. Supposedly, the old computers were placed in a dumpster behind the hospital; some of them have been there since November.  This is hotly being contested by the hospital which claims that computers are collected every day by contractors specifically hired to crush and dispose of the computers.  In addition, the hospital says, the hard drives are wiped clean when they’re thrown out.  Even the health minister got into the

BlueCross BlueShield is certainly having a busy 2008.  And it’s just the beginning of the year!  A CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield dental HMO, The Dental Network, has announced that the private information, of mostly Maryland and D.C. residents, has been available on the internet for a period of two weeks.  The accident may have affected approximately 75,000 people by exposing names, addresses, and dates of birth.  Incidents like these are nothing new, and will continue to happen due to human error: move or save the contents of a sensitive file to the wrong computer directory (aka, document folder), and all of a sudden it can be found on the internet.  The principle is not unlike that of P2P software, if you’re familiar with such applications.  Most P2P so

The Democratic chairman and top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee don't want to wait around for an internal State Department investigation into why contractors poked around in the passport files of the three presidential candidates.Sens. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), in a letter today to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, say they want Justice to open a criminal investigation into whether federal privacy laws were violated and whether there are extra measures that should be taken to prevent contractors from accessing such high profile passport files. The passport files of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain were all viewed by State Department contractors, but the department has not identified the contractors.   ~ more... ~  

By ANNE FLAHERTY and DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON - Two companies that provide workers for the State Department say they fired or otherwise punished those who improperly accessed the passport records of the three major presidential candidates. The security breaches touched off demands for a congressional investigation. “None of us wants to have a circumstance [...]

Having admitted on Thursday, that Barack Obama's personal passport file had been breached on 3 separate occasions by 3 separate people, the State Department were forced Friday into another humiliating admission.Both Hillary Clinton and John McCain's personal files had also been breached.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has phoned all three candidates and apologized for the breaches.Although the breach of Clinton's file at this stage appears relatively minor, the inquiry into McCain's file was made by the same person who had looked into Obama's.Speaking before the latest revelations on his own passport had come to light, McCain said that "If anyone's privacy is breached, then they deserve an apology and a full investigation and I believe that will take place."The Obama campaign have plac

"Two contract employees of the State Department were fired and a third person was disciplined for accessing passport records of Sen. Barack Obama "without a need to do so," State Department officials confirmed to NBC News." This is continuing to develop so more is coming in each minute.read more | digg story

Was there a political motive behind the breach in security that allowed 3 individuals to access Barack Obama's personal passport file on 3 separate occassions this year?That is something the Obama campaign will seek to find out as they call for a full investigation."This is an outrageous breach of security and privacy, even from an administration that has shown little regard for either over the last eight years. Our government's duty is to protect the private information of the American people, not use it for political purposes," spokesperson for the Obama campaign Bill Burton said yesterday."This is a serious matter that merits a complete investigation, and we demand to know who looked at Senator Obama's passport file, for what purpose and why it took so long for them to reveal this secur

Two contract employees of the State Department were fired and a third person was disciplined for accessing passport records of Sen. Barack Obama "without a need to do so," State Department officials confirmed to NBC News.

On March 18, two federal class action lawsuits were filed against Delhaize, the parent company of Hannaford and Sweetwater supermarkets. These filings were made only one day after the two retail grocery chains announced that hackers had accessed 4.2 million customer credit card numbers.Plaintiffs filed suit in Florida, where Sweetwater operates, and in Maine, where Hannaford operates. See Dobryniewski v. Delhaize America, Inc. et al, No. 2:2008cv00235 (M.D. Fla. filed Mar. 18, 2008); Ryan v. Delhaize America, Inc. et al., No. 1:08-cv-00086 (D. Maine filed Mar. 18, 2008). According to their press release, the attorneys who filed the Maine suit also represented plaintiffs in the recent TJX settlement.Hackers accessed the information during the card authorization process, which may not have

* Picture: No, don't  show my body!  - Edison Chen As I am not a fan of Edison Chen, now even getting sick of him, let's see some funny things around current Edison Chen. He is now Sending "Breach Of Law" Emails To Websites? Hope not. The following words are grabbed from GutterUncensored.com, if the [...]

Starling Insurance and Associates, a Colorado‑based company, is notifying their customers that their personal data may be compromised, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers license numbers, account information, and names.  The data breach appears to have occurred earlier this month, and those affected were notified beginning March 5.   A letter to the Attorney General of New Hampshire shows that the data breach was caused by the theft of a server from a locked office, and while the computer in question had password‑protection (a misnomer, in such cases), there was no encryption in place to protect the data.  Currently, it appears that the company has no idea how the data breach came to be, or what kind of information was actually lost, as they are in

Hannaford supermarkets has been alerting their customers that there has been a data breach of credit card and debit card numbers.  The statement that they’ve released made an emphatic point to let the public know that the information breach concerns those numbers alone, and does not extend to other personal information such as names and addresses, which Hannaford does not collect.  And good for them, too: personal data collection and retention was one of the root problems following the TJX data breach a little over a year ago.   Hannaford has also pointed out that they’re using the latest encryption protocols which are in compliance with PCI.  In fact, they were certified as PCI compliant last year and recertified just this past February.  However, 4.2 million

Customer Data Exposed - Delhaize-owned Hannaford Bros and Sweetbay grocery store chains announced on Monday that a computer hacker stole its customers' debit and credit card numbers and expiration dates. About 4.2 million cards were affected, and 1,800 cases of fraud have been linked to the breach so far, including use of the card data in Houston, Detroit, San Francisco, France, and Brazil. (Reuters). Recent Security Breaches Involving Other Merchants - This is the latest of numerous security lapses in the last few years involving exposure of private consumer information, including several lapses by retailers or consumer goods companies. On March 3, 2008, for example, Kraft reported the theft of a company laptop containing 20,000 names and possibly social security numbers of employees. On

The Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain said Monday that a breach of its computer systems may have given criminals access to more than four million credit and debit cards issued by nearly 70 banks nationwide. While the banks appear all but ready to blame Hannaford for failing to follow payment card industry standards on security, [...]

A laptop computer carrying the information of 3,500 teachers in California has been recovered.  It was stolen about a month ago from a printer that specialized in printing customized benefit statements for district employees.  The stolen computer was not encrypted nor was there any other type of data security measure in place.  As I recall, not even the common “password protected” statement was not included when the issue was reported.  Well, it turns out that those involved had been hiding a key detail.  There was something installed on that laptop as a contingency to theft.  It doesn’t ensure data security, however.  What was installed on that laptop was tracking software: once the stolen laptop comes on‑line, the location of the machine can be

MTV Networks, owned by Viacom, experienced a data breach this Friday, and five thousand of its employees may have fallen victim to the socially‑engineered attack.  While MTV is trying to find out what exactly happened, the information so far indicates that an outsider successfully convinced an MTV employee to download a Trojan to be installed in a company computer.   Once installed, the hacker was able to access the computer and gain entry to employee data stored on that machine, including SSNs, birth dates, salaries, and names.  Based on the articles covering this story, it seems the employee data was secured with a password, although there is no mention of encryption at all, so one can assume none was employed.  In instances like this, it matters what kind of encry

Let’s say you’ve got a laptop.  Because you’ve got the correct data retention policies in place, and you follow them to a “T,” you ensure that there is no significant data stored on the computer.  That is, no sensitive or personal information like SSNs and other forms of ID are stored.  Plus, you ensure that any temporary files are erased.  Let’s also say you use an application that does multiple writes over unused hard drive space, nearly eliminating any possible data breaches from advanced data extraction techniques.  And, of course, you also ensure that sectors are written over multiple times whenever a file is deleted. (It’d be weird to find someone do the former without doing the latter.)  In other words, if someone is not working on that

A couple of weeks back I picked up on an article that had the Brazilian government mobilizing its intelligence and police forces to recover stolen laptops and hard drives.  The devices stored data on recently discovered oil and gas fields found off the coast of Brazil.  The loss of data led to much speculation on who could have done it and why, including whether it was a case of industrial espionage.  I pointed out at the time that I couldn’t see how spies would make use of any stolen data: oil fields hundreds of feet beneath the sea surface are not something you can steal.  (On further thought, perhaps the data will be useful if the rights to pump parts of the field are auctioned off or something.  I mean, who wants the risk of pumping the wrong part of the fie

According to this Reuters report (via LGF and Power Line), Hamas may be plotting to pull a gimmick to breach the fence that keeps them in Gaza, and it's quite possible that they'll be using women and children as human shields against Israeli forces.

*** I'm really sorry! I thought I posted this a couple days ago. ***"Gmail is really a neat email program" I declared into the phone. "Yup," agreed my brother-in-law, "as a matter of fact I saw you have a gmail account when I tried using your computer during our visit."WHAT?!?!?!?! I panicked. Ok, maybe he didn't notice that my only gmail account has THE WOODEN PORCH plastered all over it, however the pause in the conversation must have been just enough..."I didn't know you had a blog" he continued.Now usually whenever someone asks me anything about blogs, my standard response is, "You mean one of those thingies that people do on the enter-net?" but something told me it wasn't going to work this time, so I told myself to play it cool. Act like I didn't really understand. Deep breath. I co

Storming into his lawyer’s office, a Texas oil magnate demanded that divorce proceedings begin at once against his young bride.“What’s the problem?” asked the lawyer.“I want to hit that adulterin’ bitch for breach of contract,” snapped the oil man.“I don’t know if that will fly,” said the lawyer. “I mean your wife isn’t a piece of property, you don’t own her!”“Damn right,” the tycoon rejoined, “but I sure as hell expect exclusive drillin’ rights!”

The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that a personal computer and a memory card belonging to a test writer were stolen.  The test writer in this case was writing for the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, which is in charge of creating the college entrance exam that is given once a year in Japan.  The next upcoming one is given on January 19 and 20.   According to the article, over 400 teachers and professors at national, public, and private universities spent two years formulating the questions.  And while the test writer wasn't storing the actual questions in the stolen goods (these are to be secured in a vault), he was carrying enough material used to create the questions to create problems—i.e., anyone who gets to see the contents of the laptop and memory card would be able to seriously narrow the field on what to study.  That helps a lot when twenty‑eight subjects are covered in the exams.  The national exams are more akin to AP exams

Starring:Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Kathleen Quinlan, Dennis Haysbert, Gary Cole, Caroline DhavernasDirector:Billy Ray (Shattered Glass)MPAA Rating:PG-13 for violence, sexual content and language.Release Date:February 2007Synopsis:Soon after landing a plum job working for FBI operative Robert Hanssen, Eric O'Neill realizes he's been brought in to spy on his boss, who's suspected of selling secrets to the Soviets. But can O'Neill handle such an important assignment with so little field experience, or will Hanssen get to him first? Based on the true story of the worst security breach in U.S. history.My Two Cents:This is a spy movie, but if you're expecting James Bond-type of action and adventure, you will be greatly disappointed. Breach deals with real life people who put their lives on the line for their country.Junior FBI employee Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is working hard to go from lame surveillance assignments to full-blown special agent assignments. Alth

A very important update for everyone! It appears that earlier today a third party gained access to our mywebpayment.com billing system. Upon determining that there might be a security breach we immediately terminated the access to everyone by disabling the billing website. At this time we’re still uncertain as to the total scope of the data they accessed. We are going to be as transparent as possible about what happened, what our plans are to correct it, and also how we plan to make sure that this never happens again. To start with it appears that the breach was made through some malware/spyware installed on an employee’s office computer. His username and password for the billing system were stored in a document unencrypted on his computer. This information was used to access parts of our billing system that, in retrospect, should have been protected better. There are many tools that we can use to limit the access to sensitive information, unfortunately the measures we had

A very important update for everyone! It appears that earlier today a third party gained access to our mywebpayment.com billing system. Upon determining that there might be a security breach we immediately terminated the access to everyone by disabling the billing website. At this time we’re still uncertain as to the total scope of the [...]

From Oregon Wild:According to an old fable, heaven and hell are nearly the same.  Both have spirits gathered before a never-ending banquet, the most delicious food imaginable.  Both feast tables are set with utensils slightly too long for banqueters to feed themselves.  The difference:  The souls in heaven discover their utensils are just long enough to feed their neighbors, and the spirits feast in eternal, merry community.  Meanwhile the souls in hell struggle in vain to feed only themselves, never realizing heaven is just across the table.That seems to be an ongoing theme of the more successful conservation projects in the U.S.  Yet even the successful are reported into a simplified oblivion. Last week, a series of videos flooded the news outlets.  On October 30th, more than 100 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil were strategically detonated along four sections of a Klamath Basin levee system.  The explosions were the culmination of a two-

MALACCA: A former state agency official who was awarded a datukship on Monday by Malacca was convicted of criminal breach of trust in 1995.Former international manager of Malacca International Trade Centre, Hasnoor Sdg Husin, was found guilty and convicted of criminal breach of trust and was sentenced to nine months’ jail by a Sessions Court here on April 28, 1995, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said.He appealed and the High Court in Malacca set aside the sentence and replaced it with one day's jail and a RM1,500 fine or six months' jail, Lim said during a press conference here yesterday.Hasnoor did not appeal against the conviction and paid the fine.When contacted, Hasnoor said he had nothing to comment except that the award was given by the state.He received the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) on Monday in conjunction with the 69th birthday celebrations of Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob.Lim said he received many letters from the people who expressed unhappiness t

The largest digital data theft ever recorded was bigger than originally thought. TJX, the Massachusetts retail giant that earlier this year disclosed that a series of network and computer intrusions had compromised more than 45 million credit- and debit-card numbers, may have lost more than twice that number, according to reports. A group [...]

Charts of the Week by Invest Tech - 10/16/07 snip:Existing home sales in August remained weak and continued to decline for the sixth month in a row. Now sitting at levels not seen since the fall of 2002, downward pressures continue to mount as bank lending standards are tight and affordability for first-time buyers is problematic. (chart -->)More ugly housing numbers expectedby MarketWatch - 10/21/07 snips:... The tightening of credit conditions meant that mortgages were either unavailable or much more expensive for many (but not all) buyers. "We are expecting big drops in the housing sales numbers over the next two to three months," said Brian Bethune and Nigel Gault, economists for Global Insight, in their weekly outlook. The National Association of Realtors will report on existing-home sales for September on Wednesday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch look for another 4.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.25 million, which would be the lowest sales pace since the recess

Sinopse: Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) é um jovem agente em treinamento, que foi designado para trabalhar em conjunto com Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) em uma nova divisão do FBI, criada para proteger informações confidenciais. Entretanto O'Neill logo sabe da real intenção de sua promoção: investigar Hanssen, que é acusado de estar vendendo informações à União Soviética. Para realizar sua missão

I'm had just been updating the original post, but now that it looks like a settlement is going to be reached, I think that warrants another post.Click (here) for my original post on the TJX security breach and my recommendation to use FreeCreditReport.com (at least for the 30 day free trial) to monitor your credit report.Originally TJX had proposed giving $30 TJX vouchers to the customers that had been affected by the hack. The judge in charge (mad props to him for standing up for the little guy) told them that it wasn't enough and now TJX has come back with a proposal for $30 vouchers along with $15 checks.Click (here) to read yesterday's article about how the judge is now leaning towards approving this new proposal.And just to reiterate, the gravity of the situation. I'm mentioning again the real world situation that happened recently:I just read another article last week about stolen credit card numbers and it said that in cases like this, the numbers are never used right away

With Apec just down the road kinda this week .. a peekRussia and Australia ink uranium dealNEWS.com.au, Australia - 18 minutes agoPRIME Minister John Howard and President Vladimir Putin have signed a deal for Australia to sell uranium to Russia. The two leaders signed the deal after ...[ ]Bush bloopers Apec Opec Australia Austria news story hereLucky it was us and not Al Qaeda, says Chaser read moreA fake motorcade carrying cast members from an Australian television show, including one dressed as Osama Bin Laden, nearly reached President Bush's hotel at APEC. The motorcade was stopped after clearing two security checkpoints. ...Yesterday Chaser team make mockery of APEC security ,Top security????????Waved through wearing an insecurity pass and dressed like Osama bin ladenfake security passhttp://www.news.com.au/gallery/0,23607,5025515-5007150,00.html $140 million dollar security price tag for the City of Sydney Yet......

We stand on opposite sides of a chasm. I try to care if you fall. I do not care. Fall. If you reach out to me, I will not catch you. I will not reach back. I will simply wait…watch…take a snapshot of your face as you fail. People will call me mean, sadistic. They do not know you. They do not know me. They have never watched you across the chasm. They have never felt the depth and the breadth of your deceit. Soul-devouring mistakes that erode all but you. I do not wish your downfall. I do not wish you success. I wish you nothing. I wish to wait…watch…witness. Will your last meal be what you want or what you deserve?

One of the complaints I hear about the military, and usually by those with no military experience, is that the soldier’s freedom of speech is restricted. Not surprisingly, those with the least real concern for the soldier, and whose real agenda is to criticize the military, usually level this charge. Being a soldier is not the same as being a dentist or insurance salesperson or a mechanic. When you take the oath to support and defend your country you give up some rights. This is made very clear to you ahead of time. When I took the oath, my eyes were wide open and I knew exactly what I was getting into. And interestingly enough when it comes to complaints from the soldiers themselves of being censored it is almost universally self proclaimed liberals making the charge. To me this would seem to indicate one of two things 1) They do not take what they have been told seriously or 2) they do not think the rules apply to them. Sadly enough, both are common occurrences with the left. The re

Breach is directed by Billy Ray, who’s also written Suspect Zero, Flightplan and Hart’s War. It’s his second time in the director’s chair, after Shattered Glass, based on the true story of a young writer who fabricated over half his articles for a reputable publication. His second film was also inspired by a true story [...]

By Leslie Halpern Lesson to employers: Be careful to whom you assign the offices with windows – and without. Based on the true story of FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who sold government secrets to the Russians for 22 years in the worst case of treason in modern American history, “Breach” delivers on its promise of suspense and thrills. We follow the final two nail-biting months before Hanssen’s arrest as a young FBI trainee spies on him.Chris Cooper convincingly portrays Hanssen as a cold-hearted, homophobic traitor with a penchant for pornography. Devoted (at least outwardly) to his wife, family, and religion, he clandestinely sells secrets to the Russians in order to get even with his bosses and co-workers who fail to appreciate his hard work and impressive abilities. While gun-toting spies with the FBI get all the glory, the intelligence side of the agency toils away in near obscurity. Selling U.S. secrets – and thus compromising the lives of KGB double-agents – provides Han

By Leslie Halpern Lesson to employers: Be careful to whom you assign the offices with windows – and without. Based on the true story of FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who sold government secrets to the Russians for 22 years in the worst case of treason in modern American history, “Breach” delivers on its promise of suspense and thrills. We follow the final two nail-biting months before Hanssen’s arrest as a young FBI trainee spies on him.Chris Cooper convincingly portrays Hanssen as a cold-hearted, homophobic traitor with a penchant for pornography. Devoted (at least outwardly) to his wife, family, and religion, he clandestinely sells secrets to the Russians in order to get even with his bosses and co-workers who fail to appreciate his hard work and impressive abilities. While gun-toting spies with the FBI get all the glory, the intelligence side of the agency toils away in near obscurity. Selling U.S. secrets – and thus compromising the lives of KGB double-agents – provides Han

Breach (2007) Starring: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe Director: Billy Ray Genre: Drama/History PG13: for violence, sexual content and language My Rating: 3.5 /5 - A movie based on a real-life story about an FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and allegedly a sexual deviant (an ironic fate for such a conservative religious fanatic). I feel sorry for this man. Surprisingly intense

Ti­tulo original: BreachAño: 2007Pi­s: USAEstreno en España: 2007Estreno en USA: 16-02-2007Director: Billy RayReparto: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert, Kathleen Quinlan, Gary Cole, Caroline Dhavernas, Bruce Davison, Mary Jo Deschanel, Gary ColeGuion: Adam Mazer, William Rotko, Billy RayProductora: Universal PicturesGenero: ThrillerCalidad: DVDripIdioma: V.O.S.Sinopsis: Se centra en el mes anterior a la captura por parte del ejercito soviático de Robert Hanssen, un agente del FBI que espió a los rusos durante más de 22 añosos. La causa de su captura pareció deberse a la controvertida decisión que tomó el mando federal al colocar a Eric O'Neil, un inexperto joven de 26 años que ni tan siquiera era un agente, como ayudante de Hanssen.Trailer:Descarga en DvdRipCapturas: parte1 parte2 parte3 parte4 parte5 parte6 parte7 parte8mirror parte1 parte2 parte3 parte4 parte5 parte6 parte7 parte8Subtítulos: subtitulosEstrenos de hoy: pelicul

A story from WingNutDaily, so make of it what you will: A man serving a 20-year sentence for murder has been rebuffed so far in his effort to sue God for breach of contract by failing to protect him from evil and turning him over to Satan who encouraged him to kill. Pavel Mircea, 40, filed his lawsuit in the western Romanian town of Timisoara, charging God with failure to fulfill an agreement Micera alleged was made at his baptism. "He was supposed to protect me from all evils and instead he gave me to Satan who encouraged me to kill," he charged. In the lawsuit, Mircea listed "God, resident in heaven, represented in Romania by the Orthodox church" as the defendant, according to the Romanian daily Evenimentul Zilei. God's alleged dereliction, according to Mircea including fraud, breach of trust, abuse of a position of authority and misappropriation of goods – all crimes, the plaintiff noted, under the Romanian criminal code. Micera said that God had accepted his prayers and sac

THE Bulldogs bounced back from a week of turmoil and a shocking start to crush high-flying Manly 27-8 at Brookvale Oval on Friday night. Down 6-0 following a try to Anthony Watmough after just three minutes, the Bulldogs stormed back with four unanswered tries to end Manly’s ten-game unbeaten run at ‘Fortress Brookie’. Willie Tonga scored a first-half double with Corey Hughes and back rower Nick Kouparitsas the other tryscorers. The only downer for the Bulldogs was front-row enforcer more…

外星人是看到這段電影幕後製作花絮, 覺得非常精彩, 才決定要看這部片子的... 2001年2月18日, 超過500人的調查團在長期的秘密調查之後, 聯邦調查局功勞赫赫的特工高層羅伯特.漢森被以叛國罪的罪名逮捕. 在長達近30年的特工生涯裡, 他竟然自1985年起便成為了雙面間諜! 不僅在冷戰中將成千上萬價值連城的頂級機密文件出售給了蘇聯, 且在冷戰之後也一直在兩國間諜機構之間游刃有餘. 如此老謀深算且隱藏頗深的雙面特工, 到底是如何被調查局查出並最終倒台? 這竟然大半要歸功於當時年僅26歲的菜鳥特工埃裡克.奧尼爾! 在漢森被捕三個月前被特訓調為漢森助手的奧尼爾, 雖然沒有太多反間諜經驗, 卻憑著機智找到了關鍵證據. 但在漢森倒台之後, 被重新調回原位的奧尼爾毅然辭職, 轉行學習法律. 到底這其中有多少波譎雲湧? FBI總部之內又有多少勾心鬥角?

外星人是看到這段電影幕後製作花絮, 覺得非常精彩, 才決定要看這部片子的... 2001年2月18日, 超過500人的調查團在長期的秘密調查之後, 聯邦調查局功勞赫赫的特工高層羅伯特.漢森被以叛國罪的罪名逮捕. 在長達近30年的特工生涯裡, 他竟然自1985年起便成為了雙面間諜! 不僅在冷戰中將成千上萬價值連城的頂級機密文件出售給了蘇聯, 且在冷戰之後也一直在兩國間諜機構之間游刃有餘. 如此老謀深算且隱藏頗深的雙面特工, 到底是如何被調查局查出並最終倒台? 這竟然大半要歸功於當時年僅26歲的菜鳥特工埃裡克.奧尼爾! 在漢森被捕三個月前被特訓調為漢森助手的奧尼爾, 雖然沒有太多反間諜經驗, 卻憑著機智找到了關鍵證據. 但在漢森倒台之後, 被重新調回原位的奧尼爾毅然辭職, 轉行學習法律. 到底這其中有多少波譎雲湧? FBI總部之內又有多少勾心鬥角?

A WASTE disposal firm has been fined £15,000 for failing to properly treat asbestos waste.Hills Minerals And Waste was fined for a serious breach of its pollution prevention and control permit.The firm was prosecuted at Swindon Magistrates' Court for offences committed in July and August 2005.They took place at its Chapel Farm asbestos-handling site near Blunsdon.On July 29 the Environment Agency conducted a routine site inspection that revealed a breach of the PPC permit.Asbestos material was not being properly covered.Environment Agency officers spoke to the assistant site manager about the breach and were assured that site operators would operate in accordance with the permit.But a second inspection on August 11 revealed two lorries were tipping waste containing asbestos into a storage cell at the same time.One of the site diggers was also seen driving over the deposited pile of asbestos before it had been covered with suitable inert waste.This caused clouds of dust containing asb

Note:A great rip by DMT, a group famous for their quality DVDRip releases. This is a great movie altogether and you should get this release even if you have already watched the movie. Plot Outline: Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) has just landed a dream job as a full-fledged FBI agent and has been handpicked to work under renowned operative Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) within a new division created to protect all classified FBI intelligence. In actuality, he is working under Special Agent Kate Burroughs (Laura Linney) and Special Agent Dan Plesac (Dennis Haysbert), who have been investigating Hanssen as a potential mole for the Soviet Union. Their case is of grave importance given the type of information he has access to. O'Neil must gain his new mentor's trust in hopes that the traitor will eventually expose himself. Soon, O'Neil is risking his life as well as the life of his family as he and Hanssen become tangled in a dangerous game that pits them against one another. iMDB:

Eric O’Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is promoted to a job inside FBI headquarters working for respected agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper). Then O’Neill learns his true mission: finding proof that Hanssen has been selling American secrets to the Soviet Union for years. Genres: Drama, Thriller Actors: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole Reviews: IMDb:7.2/10 (3,203 votes) Yahoo: B (4743 votes) Torrent:         File Size: 1.39 gb Release Name:Breach.DVDRip.XviD-DMT

The massive data breach at TJX has been linked to badly secured Wi-Fi networks. CNET News.com’s Joris Evers and CNET’s Robert Vamosi give their take on this week’s Security Bites podcast. Also, Microsoft issued seven “critical” security bulletins this week. The company is again hosting a select group of hackers on its Redmond, [...]

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Security pros left windows open A wireless network that employed less protection than many people use on their home systems appears to be the weak link that led TJX Companies, the US-based retailing empire, to preside over the world’s biggest known theft of credit-card numbers.… Tag:account numbers, account statements, airman, alarming report, apparently, automated process, checking [...]

A key Senate committee today approved two bills that would force businesses to notify consumers if their personal or financial data is lost or stolen. The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007, sponsored chiefly by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and the panel’s ranking member, Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), would [...]

For at least 17 months, someone had free rein inside TJX Cos.’ computers. Without anyone noticing, one or more intruders installed code on the discount retailer’s systems to methodically unearth, collect and transmit account data from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards. It’s believed to be the biggest such breach of [...]

Breach is a suspenseful thriller. It is interesting that you know who the bad guy and good guys are from the beginning, yet you still are kept interested by the story arc and acting. This is not a movie that you need to go to the theater to see. There is almost no action, and no special effects. It's an old-style thriller, plot and mood driven, rather than action driven. I liked the movie, but it's never going to be one of my favorites. Excellent acting, and credible storytelling. I'll give it a "single shot" on our scale (Why bother > Drip > Shot in the Dark > Single shot > Double shot).

A week after receiving a second consecutive failing grade on cybersecurity, officials from the Department of State on Thursday will be called on the carpet to answer questions from a House committee about a serious intrusion of the department’s computer network last summer. As part of a broader review of the federal government’s [...]

A highly targeted phishing attack last year that scammed dozens of Indiana University students out of their personal and financial data appears to have been aided in part by a previously undisclosed hacker break-in at one of the school’s main research servers, according to documents unearthed by a doctoral student there. In June 2006, [...]

These are the members of the State of Indiana Emergency Rescue Team (ERT) a part of SWAT training to do a breach of an entryway. Alas they use just a little too much explosive and they get one hell of a surprise.

Encryption alone is no panacea for threats to consumer data, according to specialists who say the technology’s limit can be seen in the problems reported by TJX Cos. of Framingham. The notion of using complex math formulas to scramble electronic information is gaining steam as a way to protect individuals’ privacy, an area [...]

Hackers have stolen information from at least 45.7 million payment cards used by customers of US retailer TJX, which owns TJ Maxx, and UK outlet TKMaxx. In a statement to US watchdogs the firm said it did not know the full extent of the theft and its effect on customers. TJX added that [...]

According to reports, Microsoft has refuted charges of a security breach on Bungie.net or the Xbox Live online video game network. Earlier this week, there were reports of fraudulent activity and account theft taking place on the Xbox Live network, and Microsoft promised to investigate all such reports. Microsoft now says that upon [...]

Are the concerns over a potential security flaw in the Xbox Live network unfounded? While Microsoft isn’t disputing that many Live users have been complaining of stolen information, including credit card numbers, the company insists that the information was not lost due to security breaches: Read more…

One of the most overlooked and underrated requirements of managing a good network is having a good incident response plan in place in case of a computer security breach. It’s a fundamental human struggle to admit just how vulnerable our networks really are and what there is to lose. Once an incident occurs, [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) confirmed Monday that it’s investigating the massive data breach at TJX Companies Inc. that exposed millions of customers to potential identity fraud. The FTC isn’t releasing documentation related to its investigation despite a request for information by The Boston Globe. The commission told the newspaper in a March [...]

Here’s a story about Company X. Company X has been much in the news lately because credit card data was stolen from its IT department. When first reported, Company X admitted somewhat belatedly that the security of possibly a million records was compromised. Recently, it disclosed that the multiple security breaches had actually [...]

A Tale of Two SpiesI like movies with small casts. It focuses the story and trims away waste that seems to creep in with larger canvases and more subplots. Last year’s The Good Shepherd was a spy film of this ilk. It was a large movie that had a lot to say, but seemed drowned by its bigness. Now we have a completely different type of espionage movie, Breach. While not perfect, there is enough done right in this more personal story to captivate the viewer and warrant a recommendation.Up-and-coming FBI officer Eric O’Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is given a tough, new assignment. Under the direction of his handler Kate Burroughs (Laura Linney), he is to partner with agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) and report all his activities. The respected Hanssen is under suspicion of selling secrets to the Russians, and Burroughs wants to catch him red-handed so they have enough legal leverage to make him talk. Hanssen is no pushover, however, and instantly suspects O’Neill of being a plant.Let me

I went to a sneak screening of Breach tonight at the Regal on Elmwood.  The movie is a big winner, one of the best I’ve seen in a long time.  Here’s a summary plot outline: Based on the true story, FBI upstart Eric O’Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was ultimately convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union. The psychological interplay between O’Neill (Ryan Phillippe) and Hanssen (Chris Cooper) was reminiscent of the courtroom drama between Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.  The majority of the movie concentrates on the interaction between O’Neill and Hanssen.  Hanssen, being suspicious of everyone and everything, is constantly trying to evaluate everything O’Neill does and says in terms of truth or lies.  Ryan Phillippe, as O’Neill, displays an acting ability that far surpasses any of his previous pictures.  His focus is to get inside the head of his

I recieved this letter this morning.   Dear Mr Young   Channel 4 News; 24.08,2006, 19.00pm   Thank you for contacting us, we are sorry this programmme caused you concern.   Firstly we should explain we do not make programmes or give them prior approval. As the regulator, we can intervene if the item provokes widespread offence, causes significant harm, or is materially inaccurate i.e if there is a breach of our Broadcasting Code.   We obtained a recording of this programme and we watched it with your comments in mind, though we have to say we do not feel there has been a breach in this instance. Our Broadcasting Code is concerned with the actual content of a programmme, i.e. what is said and done on air. We have no regulatory remit over legal matters.   If you feel that the appearance of this juror was in breach of any law then your concern is best directed to the relevant authority. However we did note that she interviewed in her capacity as a juror from the so-called "Ricin" trial in

Sensational Mallika Sherawat staged a walk-out in the middle of her sizzling performance on New Year’s eve at Mariott hotel here for what she termed as breach of contract by the organisers. Event organiser Ali Morani, who got Mallika the lucrative deal, feigns ignorance at what transpired in the glam-studded night. “Yes, I got Mallika the deal. [...]

Age isn't just a number for precocious High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens — and, according to a Los Angeles judge today, it's not an excuse to avoid legal woes. On Wednesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Tricia Ann Bigelow green-lighted a breach-of-contract suit by Hudgens' former attorney, Brian Schall, who ...

{mosgoogle right}Three former presidents of Pacific Consultants International (PCI), a major Japanese consulting firm, have been arrested on suspicion of causing the firm 120 million yen in losses in connection with a project to clean up discarded chemical weapons in China.Public prosecutors arrested former company presidents Tamio Araki, 71, Shota Morita, 66, and Masayoshi Taga, 62, along with a fourth suspect on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust. The suspects allegedly caus [...]