Thursday, June 20, 2013

Hunter S. Thompson’s Creative, Fearless Job Application Letter


Was the last letter you wrote this creative, honest and dripping with personality?

More:
http://thefuturebuzz.com/2010/10/06/hunters-thompsons-letter/

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Wow. Just. Wow.



Fake internet cafes and key loggers: British intelligence reportedly spied on major world leaders during 2009 G20 summit
http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/16/4436120/british-gchq-world-leader-surveillance-program-2009-g20-summit


Friday, June 7, 2013

China Snatches US Veterans' Data - Security Clan Editor's Blog - Internet Evolution

 China Snatches US Veterans' Data

In one of the nastiest -- not to mention large scale and long-term -- hacking exploits yet to be reported, it appears that the Chinese army has been rummaging through the data of those who have served in the US Armed Forces.

According to testimony given before a House subcommittee, Jerry Davis, the outgoing CSO for the Veteran Affairs Department, broke the astonishing news that at least eight overseas organizations, most of them linked to the Chinese military, have been accessing veterans' data since 2010. Committee Chairman Mike Coffmann (R-Colo.) summarized the position starkly:

The entire veteran database in VA, containing personally identifiable information on roughly 20 million veterans, is not encrypted, and evidence suggests that it has repeatedly been compromised since 2010 by foreign actors, including in China and possibly in Russia.

More:
http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?doc_id=264229