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White House defends against Cyber Attack

Written on October 2, 2012 by in baltimore, Business/Finance, China, Computer network security, Computer security, Computing, Cyberwarfare, Electronic warfare, Electronics, Hacker, Hacking, Military technology, Orange County Business, Politics, U.S. government, United States, USA, White House

October got off to an exciting start in Washington, D.C. On Oct. 1, 2012, the White House almost fell victim to hackers, according to ZDNet.com. The network that came under attack was unclassified, and White House staff said that the incident was isolated. Some speculation surrounds who might have committed the unsuccessful attack – one…

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Wikipedia takes a stand

Written on January 17, 2012 by in Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer, Congress, Copyright infringement, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Law, legal infrastructure, Nonprofit technology, Office of Management and Budget, online piracy, Online Piracy Act, Orange County Business, Piracy, President and Cybersecurity Coordinator for National Security Staff, Reference, search engines, Society of Professional Journalists, speaker, Special Assistant, St. Petersburg Florida, Technology/Internet, USA, Victoria Espinel, Virtual communities, White House, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, Wikipedia co-founder, World Wide Web

If you use Wikipedia for research, be forewarned. Beginning January 18, 2012, the site will go dark for 24 hours.  As an act of protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales will blackout the English-language site at 05:00 UTC. The only thing visitors  will see…

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