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Sunday 25 October 2020
Tech giant Microsoft said today it has detected and thwarted a number of hacking attempts in recent weeks.
The hack happened earlier this evening.
It was originally thought that international data thieves were responsible – but gardaí made a breakthrough in recent days.
Russia scathingly accused the West of “spy mania”, with the Russian foreign office describing the accusations as “propaganda”.
The incident occurred just three months before elections take place in the US.
Kevin Mitnick, who was once the FBI’s most wanted cyber fugitive, is performing a ‘live hack’ in Dublin tomorrow.
Only 14% of people studied were securing their messaging apps properly.
They’ve threatened to upload entire series and sensitive proprietary files.
The House of Commons confirmed that a number of “unauthorised attempts” to access MPs emails were made.
The situation is being monitored currently by the NCSC.
Therapeutic Use Exemptions are official waivers allowing athletes to use otherwise banned substances.
The story was one of several offered by Spicer as evidence to support the president’s explosive claims that Obama had moved to “tap my phones.”
US officials told CNN that a federal criminal investigation was being opened into the leak.
Edward Majercyzk hacked more than 300 email and other online accounts.
Trump called cyber intrusion “the fastest-growing crime in the United States” and a “major threat” to national security.
Trump has hit out at intelligence agencies for allowing the report to leak.
The accusations from the US are baseless and amateurish, the Kremlin insists.
A new report says the Russian president acted on grudges against the US after being embarrassed by the Panama Papers and the Olympic doping scandal.
The US intelligence community has said Moscow interfered to help Republican Donald Trump win.
The US President-elect continues to defy conventions.
Trump rarely uses email or computers despite his frequent tweeting.
The attempt involved the theft of the identity of chief executive Jackie Maguire
The outgoing US president’s remarks dramatically upped the stakes in a dispute between the world’s leading nuclear powers.
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Theresa May said there is no evidence of this.
Ten members of the Electoral College have called for a briefing before they officially vote in the next US President.
The White House said the review is not intended to question the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s victory.
The founder of Wikileaks detailed his approach a decade ago in an essay.
Experts say beefing up your security is the only way to protect yourself from a potential attack.
Yahoo said names, email addresses, birth dates, and scrambled passwords were stolen.
As long as you’re not using something as simple as ‘password’
If it’s a non-Bluetooth mouse, you might want to check for updates when you get the chance.
It was the reason why a number of high-profile Irish sites were forced offline, but how much of a problem can they be?
Two Myanmar migrant workers were sentenced to death last month over the murders of two British tourists.
The policy change follows news that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail accounts back in 2011.
The company emailed a number of users alerting them to hacking attempts from ‘state-sponsored actors’.
It will also offer customers a free upgrade to encourage them to stay on the service.
“No no no. You’ve had to take time. And I’m glad to do something…”
‘This is not about the ideas of members of the Ku Klux Klan. This is about the behaviours of members of KKK splinter cells that bear the hallmarks of terrorism.’
So far the anti-capitalist group has set fire to a police car.
WE’RE LESS THAN a week out from the scariest night of the year.
Halloween will look somewhat different this year but there’s nothing stopping us breaking out the box of decorations, throwing on a witch’s hat and doing up the outside of the house.
Cobwebs, ghouls and goblins, a scary pumpkin, there’s plenty of inspiration around at the moment as more and more people gear up for the 31st.
This morning, we want to know: Have you decorated your house for Halloween?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
A couple of afternoon showers
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Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
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Clouds breaking, rain ending; breezy
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