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iCloud: secure or not?

September 4th 2014 Is Apple's iCloud secure? For information and advice on safe use of your passwords, click here Controversy is rife about the security of iCloud, Apple's cloud storage service used by many to store photos and...

4 September 2014

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Arrest after swoop on illegal sport streaming website

September 3rd 2014 A  27 year-old man has been arrested in Manchester on suspicion of running a series of illegal sports streaming websites. For information and advice about downloading and file sharing, click here He is alleged to be...

3 September 2014

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Man convicted for attack on Met Police website

August 30th 2014 A 19-year-old man has been convicted of carrying out a cyber attack that caused the Metropolitan Police website to crash a year ago. Teesside Magistrates' Court heard how Jordan Jones, unemployed of Billingham, Cleveland...

30 August 2014

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Hajj pilgrims warned about scams following arrests

August 28th 2014 Early October will see tens of thousands of British Muslims making the annual pilgrimage to Mecca for Hajj. And every Hajj, a number of pilgrims fall foul of fraudulent travel packages which result in substandard travel and/or...

28 August 2014

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Sony and other game networks hacked

August 26th 2014 The bank holiday weekend saw Sony suffer a multi-pronged attack from hacktivists in response to what the attackers claim is the gaming giant's low levels of spending on improving its PSN service. The hacker/vandal...

26 August 2014

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Sony and other game networks hacked

August 26th 2014 The bank holiday weekend saw Sony suffer a multi-pronged attack from hacktivists in response to what the attackers claim is the gaming giant's low levels of spending on improving its PSN service. The hacker/vandal...

26 August 2014

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