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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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Elderly couple lose £85,000 in telephone bank scam
August 22nd 2014 A 70 year-old man and his wife from Pershore, Worcestershirehave lost £85,000 as the result of a scam in which fraudsters posed as bank employees to obtain their account login details. For information and advice -...
22 August 2014
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