Cybercrime

Former USSR internet domain a haven for cyber-criminals

2 Jun 2013

Security experts say the .su internet suffix assigned to the USSR in 1990 has become a haven for hackers who have flocked to the defunct superpower's domain space to send spam and steal money.

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China Digest, February 4, 2013

4 Feb 2013

A member of the Miyun county People's Political Consultative Conference has been stripped of his membership because of a recent scuffle he had at a local hotel, The Beijing News reports.

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Washington Post joins list of hacked US media

3 Feb 2013

The Washington Post disclosed on Saturday that it had suffered a cyberattack and suspects Chinese hackers were behind it, joining Twitter and major US media outlets that have endured intrusions....

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Briefs, February 3, 2013

3 Feb 2013

Police charged a man and two women with drug dealing, after they were stopped in Hong Kong Airport's departure hall while trying to smuggle HK$1.4 million worth of Ice out of the city.

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Philippine mayor sues activist over Facebook posting

26 Nov 2012

The operations of two mining firms with Chinese investors in a remote Philippines seaside town have triggered the first defamation lawsuit by a government official over postings about him on...

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Stock exchange website hacker found guilty

25 Oct 2012

A businessman was found guilty yesterday of unleashing "highly reckless" cyberattacks on a stock exchange website last year.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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Media groups, Filipinos protest tough cyber law

Media groups and Filipinos stepped up calls for repealing a tough new law that targets cybercrime but activists fear will be used to suppress online freedoms in the Southeast Asian nation.

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Free speech advocates attack new cybercrime law in Philippines

A new cybercrime law due to roll out this week has angered free speech advocates who claim that it could empower the Philippine government to muzzle dissent with its own version of the "Great...

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Inventive criminals catch us out on web

The huge expansion of, and widespread access to, high-speed internet access has fuelled the rapid growth in personal communication over the past 30 years. From the early days of costly, power-...

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Tech giants team up for better spam fix

E-mail and social media giants Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have teamed up in a new global alliance that aims to significantly reduce the threat of fraudulent electronic messages, such as...

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Hackers put smartphones on their next attack list

A computer security watchdog warned that hackers could make smartphones their next target, after it received a record number of security and virus alerts last year.

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