Shahid Sharif

U.S. and Privacy….like mixing water and oil.

Although personal privacy is very important in current technology age, most countries seem to be loosing control over it.  One such example is U.S. government monitoring without warrants international phone calls and e-mails involving people suspected of having terrorist links.

MediaDefender’s emails exposed by hackers

Hackers have posted on the internet MediaDefender Inc emails sent between the company employees.  The emails contain information on how they conduct business, by trapping unsuspecting video posters and then providing that info to media companies so that appropriate action can be taken against them.  Some emails also contained passwords on how to log onto their website for administering it. My rant…..what will …

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TD Ameritrade hacked!

TD Ameritrade follows www.monster.com ‘s footsteps.  About 6.3 million customer records were hacked, although TD Ameritrade states that the records did not contain social security numbers and account numbers.  No other details around the incident were disclosed. As a result of this customer have started receiving phishing emails, which could lead to identity theft. In …

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