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Analysis: U.S. labs under cyberattack
Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2007 A computer security breach at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in which hackers stole a database of visitors' personal information, was a highly sophisticated cyberattack and part of a concerted effort to penetrate numerous U.S. labs and other scientific facilities. Although the identity of the attackers remains unclear, security researchers have linked some Internet addresses recently us ... read more *New* Comments: 0 Pentagon to shut down controversial domestic threat data base 
Washington (AFP) Aug 21, 2007The Pentagon said Tuesday it is shutting down a counter-intelligence reporting system and database called TALON that came under fire for monitoring the activities of hundreds of anti-war activists. The system will be shut down September 17 and reporting on threats to US military installations in the United States will be shifted to the FBI, said Colonel Gary Keck, a Pentagon spokesman. ... read more *New* Comments: 0 DHS Rolls Out No-Fly List Change But No Data Mining 
Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2007U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Thursday rolled out a plan for implementing the controversial air passenger watch-list screening system called Secure Flight -- dropping plans to mine commercial databases as part of the checks. Chertoff also announced changes to the rules that govern the data airlines provide to the department for international passengers -- the Advance Passenge ... read more *New* Comments: 0 English Police Road-Test Hand-Held Fingerprint Scanner 
London (AFP) Nov 22, 2006Police in England and Wales began trialling hand-held electronic fingerprint readers on motorists Wednesday, the latest piece of new high-tech equipment being wielded in the fight against crime. Police say the device could save vast amounts of time and resources by identifying suspects on the spot rather than taking them to a police station -- should their prints be on the national database. ... read more *New* Comments: 0 U.S. Info Sharing Effort Off To Slow Start 
Washington (UPI) Jul 29, 2005The man in charge of the Bush administration's plan to create a permanently connected network of databases to "join the dots" of intelligence against terror threats told lawmakers this week that he had only three people working for him, despite having been in the post more than three months. John Russack, the program manager for the administration's counter-terrorism Information Sharing Enviro ... read more *New* Comments: 0 |
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