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Target Blew It And Here's How
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 12:21pm | 640Read More...If you think the biggest retail hack in U.S. history happened because Target (NYSE: TGT) didn’t have a strong enough security system, you are wrong. Target’s security system, provided by computer security firm, FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE), worked just fine, according to a recent report by Bloomberg...
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AT&T and Verizon Pressured to Reveal U.S. Surveillance Efforts
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 2:44pm | 257Read More...AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) are getting pressure from shareholders to release information on their roles in government surveillance efforts. The New York Times reported that shareholders from New York State's comptroller and a large investor firm are stating that...
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Amazon Wins Over IBM in $600 Million CIA Cloud Contract Dispute
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 11:25am | 460Read More...When the CIA gave a $600 million cloud computing contract to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) earlier this year, IBM (NYSE: IBM) appealed to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) – stating that Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) bid does not fall within the set criteria within the contract. While GAO stated...
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Hackers Claim Responsibility for CIA's Website Failure
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 6:00am | 238Read More...The publicly accessible website of the Central Intelligence Agency went offline Wednesday, and a notorious hacking group has claimed responsibility for it. Lulz Security has confirmed its participation in the attacks, which brought the CIA.gov website down in cities across the world. Lulz...
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Bitcoin: The Ultimate Free Market Currency
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 5:39pm | 424Read More...Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia have requested that the Drug Enforcement Agency investigates the website Silk Road, according to CNet. Silk Road is a website designed to be accessed anonymously and to facilitate the transaction of illegal drugs. To ensure...
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CIA Officers Killed In Afghanistan
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 12:03pm | 111Read More...The Wall Street Journal is reporting that 8 Americans, at least some of them CIA agents, were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Although details are fuzzy, this could represent the largest loss of life for the intelligence community since the war in that country began in 2001. The attack...
