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Archive for December 3rd, 2009

Crooks ‘too lazy’ for crypto

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Crooks ‘too lazy’ for crypto: “

Met’s digital forensics boss thanks human nature

The widespread use of encryption by criminals – long feared by intelligence and law enforcement agencies – has yet to materialise, according to the man in charge of the country’s largest digital forensics unit.…

(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Wikipedia to disclose user’s IP address in blackmail case

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Wikipedia to disclose user’s IP address in blackmail case: “

Complies with court order to unmask suspect Wikifiddler

The High Court has ordered the publishers of the Wikipedia user-generated encyclopaedia to reveal information which could identify a contributor in a blackmail case involving an unnamed famous businesswoman.…

(Via The Register – Public Sector.)