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• Tech giants see jump in Govt data requests

  ​Apple has issued its twice-yearly transparency report on government data requests, showing another sharp increase in US national security-related requests.

• Victims of Yahoo data breach can sue in the United States

  Yahoo has been ordered by a federal judge to face much of a lawsuit in the United States claiming that the personal information of all 3 billion users was compromised in a series of data breaches.

• Why are hackers breaking into politicians’ accounts and liking single tweets?

  What do you think?

• Facebook profit jumps, no impact from Russia issue

  Facebook reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Wednesday as it pushed further into video advertising, showing no sign of financial damage from the controversy over how Russia used the social network in an attempt to sway voters in the 2016 U.S. election.

• ​Budgeting biggest barrier to digitising government

  The budgeting process is the biggest barrier to digital transformation in government and many agencies fear that if they use shared services or move to integrated environments, they’ll lose control.
  

• Social engineering disabling targets: Mitnick

  Many cyber criminals are using social engineering to get a foot in the door and gain access to corporate and government systems, says the world’s most famous hacker, Kevin Mitnick.
  

• Structural completes first US state govt contract

  The company is seeing growing interest for its products among other US states

• US Treasury Web sites hacked, serving malware

  Three Web sites belonging to the US Department of the Treasury have been hacked to attack visitors with malicious software, security vendor AVG says.

• Broadband Internet prices fall in Asia and elsewhere

  Recession has affected economic growth but worldwide people are increasingly using information and communication technology (ICT) services, such as mobile phones and the Internet, according to a newly released report by international telecommunication union.

• FBI warns of $100M cyber-threat to small business

  Cyberthieves are hacking into small- and medium-sized organizations every week and stealing millions of dollars in an ongoing scam that has moved about US$100 million out of U.S. bank accounts

• Online attack hits US government Web sites

  A botnet comprised of about 50,000 infected computers has been waging a war against U.S. government Web sites and causing headaches for businesses in the U.S. and South Korea.