Jeudi 05 mai 2011

Sony 'distracted by vigilante attack' while data stolen

Cheap Nike Dunk SB Low Sony has blamed the online vigilante group Anonymous for indirectly allowing the security breach that allowed a hacker to gain access to the personal data of more than 100m online gamers. In a letter to the US Congress, Sony said the breach came at the same time as it was fighting a denial-of-service attack from Anonymous. Denial-of-service attacks take servers down by overwhelming them with traffic. The online vigilante group has denied being involved in the data theft. Sony said that it had been the target of attacks from Anonymous because it had taken action against a hacker in a federal court in San Francisco. Coach Travel Handbags 'We are legion' It added that the attack that stole the data had been launched separately while it was distracted by the denial-of-service attack, and that it was not sure whether the organisers of the two attacks were working together. "Whether those who participated in the denial of service attacks were conspirators or whether they were simply duped into providing cover for a very clever thief, we may never know," Sony's letter said. Sony said that it had discovered on Sunday a file planted on one of its servers named Anonymous and featuring the line "We are legion", which is a phrase used by the group. Nike outlet In the letter to members of the House Commerce Committee, Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment America, defended the way that his company had dealt with the breach. Sony discovered a breach in its Playstation video game network on 20 April but did not report it to US authorities for two days and only informed consumers on 26 April. "Throughout the process, Sony Network Entertainment America was very concerned that announcing partial or tentative information to consumers could cause confusion and lead them to take unnecessary actions if the information was not fully corroborated by forensic evidence," the letter said.

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Mercredi 04 mai 2011

Osama's death: What next for al-Qaeda?

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Mardi 03 mai 2011

UK vigilance urged after Osama Bin Laden death

Nike outlet Britons have been urged to be vigilant in the wake of the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, with embassies worldwide ordered to review security. Bin Laden, believed to be behind the 9/11 attacks, was killed by US forces about 62 miles from Pakistan's capital. Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the death as "a great success" but said it was not the end of terror threats. He chaired a 45-minute meeting of the UK's emergency response committee, Cobra in the evening. A Downing Street spokesperson said: "The group welcomed the president's announcement and agreed it was an important step forward in the fight against terror. Nike Dunk High "The group also discussed the potential impacts of the incident. They agreed to continue to make every effort to counter terrorism and extremism." The meeting of the committee came after Mr Cameron spoke with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, and President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan on Monday. Downing Street said: "The prime minister made clear in the conversations that Britain would continue to work extremely closely with both Afghanistan and Pakistan to tackle the terrorist threat from al-Qaeda and from the Taliban." The Foreign Office has urged Britons overseas to "exercise caution in all public places and avoid demonstrations, large crowds of people and public events". Nike sb shoes Defence Secretary Liam Fox has also ordered British military bases - both in the UK and abroad - to maintain a "high level of vigilance". Mr Cameron was phoned by US President Barack Obama before dawn on Monday UK time, a couple of hours before the president announced the news in a televised address. Speaking later from the prime minister's country residence, Chequers, he said: "This news will be welcomed right across our country. The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, which includes representatives from 16 government departments and agencies, sets the threat level. Nike Dunk Low Bin Laden was top of the US "most wanted" list, and President Obama said his death was "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al-Qaeda". In the attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September, 2001, 67 Britons were among the 3,000 people killed when four planes were hijacked and flown into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Tony Blair, UK prime minister at the time of the attacks, expressed his "heartfelt gratitude to President Obama and to all of those who so brilliantly undertook and executed this operation". "We should never forget 9/11 was also the worst ever terrorist attack against UK civilians, and our thoughts are with all those - American, British and from nations across the world - who lost their lives and with their loved ones who remain and who live with their loss. Cheap Nike Dunk SB High "The operation shows those who commit acts of terror against the innocent will be brought to justice, however long it takes." Mr Hague acknowledged that there had been a "general assumption" that Bin Laden was hiding in the mountainous, tribal regions of Pakistan rather than the area around the capital, Islamabad. But he added: "I don't think we're surprised by anything any more." Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg added his praise - and caution - about the operation: "This successful US operation is a major step forward and a serious blow to al-Qaeda but it does not mean that the struggle against terrorism is over." Cheap Nike Dunk SB Low Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said that since 9/11, there had been a continued international focus to bring Bin Laden to justice, "but frankly there were periods during those 10 years when it was far from certain where Bin Laden was or even that the trail had not gone cold". "There will be plenty of time for questions to be asked and answers offered," he said, adding that immediate steps needed to be taken to keep everybody safe.

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