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British spies carry out mass interception of emails, but only read a few: report

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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – British spies carry out mass interception of the public's emails and access large databases with individuals' personal details, but their actions are not indiscriminate or unlawful, a powerful committee of lawmakers said on Thursday. Britain's security agencies have been accused of unfettered snooping on electronic communications since disclosures by U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden indicated spies had been hoovering up emails, text messages and internet communications

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Liberty Global’s Unitymedia eyes expansion in B2B, mobile

March 12, 2015 creative already-rents, british, downing, europe, expand-its, food-delivery, incumbent, kabel, liberty-global, opportunity, schwarz, several-years, telefonica, text-messages, upgraded

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Liberty Global’s German unit has set its sights on business-to-business (B2B) broadband and mobile as part of its strategy to keep expanding in Europe’s biggest cable market, ramping up the pressure on established telecom players.

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More data from South Korea nuclear power operator leaked

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A hacker believed to be behind cyber attacks on South Korea’s sole nuclear power plant operator released more files on Thursday, but a company official said the data was not believed to have been newly stolen but from previous hacking. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, part of state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp, said in December its computer systems had been hacked but only non-critical data had been stolen and operations were not at risk

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Canadian PM’s comments on Muslim veil set off Twitter flurry

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By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Twitter users turned to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for tongue-in-cheek fashion advice on Wednesday, the day after he said the niqab, a face covering veil worn by some Muslims, was rooted in an “anti-women” culture. Using the hashtag #dresscodePM, users of the social media service criticized Harper, who made the comment as part of an ongoing push by the ruling Conservatives to ban face coverings in Canadian citizenship ceremonies

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Apple’s iTunes, App Stores back online after unusually long outage

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By Joseph Menn and Edwin Chan SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc's iTunes and App Store came back online on Wednesday afternoon after an unusually long service disruption that the company blamed on an internal technical error. Apple updated its status page at 5:04 pm ET to show that the disrupted services, including the Mac App Store and iBooks, were now functioning normally. The App Store and iTunes are a source of pride for the world's largest tech company and form the centerpiece of its mobile user experience.

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Twitter opens Hong Kong office, gains China foothold

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By Gerry Shih BEIJING (Reuters) – Twitter Inc has opened a Hong Kong office, its first in the Greater China region, the company whose microblogging services are blocked on the mainland said on Tuesday. The office, to be headed by Twitter executive Peter Greenberger, will allow the San Francisco-based company to tap China for advertising revenue, the company said, even if Internet users on the mainland cannot see those ads.

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N.Y. man missing ahead of fraud trial over Facebook claim: lawyer

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By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – An upstate New York man, who was set to face trial in May for attempting to defraud Facebook Inc and founder Mark Zuckerberg, is missing, his lawyer said on Monday. Paul Ceglia, 41, had been required to wear an electronic bracelet before his trial. Representatives for Bharara's office and the Marshals Service did not respond to requests for comment.

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CIA to make sweeping changes, focus more on cyber ops: agency chief

March 6, 2015 creative 70-year-history, agency, biggest, cia, creating-new, cutting, director-said, focus-on-cyber, mission-centers, national, sharpening-its, the-cutting, units-within, virginia

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency will make one of the biggest overhauls in its nearly 70-year history, aimed in part at sharpening its focus on cyber operations and incorporating digital innovations, CIA director John Brennan said. Brennan said he is creating new units within the CIA, called “mission centers,” intended to concentrate the agency's focus on specific challenges or geographic areas, such as weapons proliferation or Africa

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U.S. charges three in ring that stole one billion email addresses

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By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been charged with running a massive cyberfraud ring that stole 1 billion email addresses, then sent spam offering knockoff software products, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday. The Justice Department described the hacking spree as “one of the largest” data breaches uncovered in U.S.

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Microsoft warns Windows PCs also vulnerable to ‘Freak’ attacks

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By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of millions of Windows PC users are vulnerable to attacks exploiting the recently uncovered “Freak” security vulnerability, which was initially believed to only threaten mobile devices and Mac computers, Microsoft Corp warned. News of the vulnerability surfaced on Tuesday when a group of nine security experts disclosed that ubiquitous Internet encryption technology could make devices running Apple Inc's iOS and Mac operating systems, along with Google Inc's Android browser vulnerable to cyber attacks