Anonymous Exposed IRC Federal

If you remember, hacker group Anonymous published data from a number of Turkish government sites online some time ago. Now the group has posted information from the FBI contractor IRC Federal on the Internet as well. Anonymous called the new operation “Fuck FBI Friday”, and posted materials from IRC Federal. The dumped data includes contracts, development schematics, private documents and e-mails. All information was posted to the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay. Anonymous released a statement, saying that the ownage of another government-contracted company, IRC Federal, is now exposed. The company in question is accused...

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FBI reportedly looks into News Corp. hacking allegations

Media baron Rupert Murdoch's troubles are spreading across the pond from Britain to the USA. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that Murdoch's News Corp. tried to hack into the phone messages of U.S. 9/11 victims and families, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday. The official, who has been briefed on the matter but declined to be identified because he is not authorized to speak publicly, said the review was based on concerns raised by Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., and Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.; Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., among others. King, who heads the Homeland Security Committee,...

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Government To Be Blamed for Slow Connection Speed

The article on Engadget explains what can possibly be the reason why the United States has such slow connections in some parts of the country. Indeed, according to the article, lots of Europeans are paying less for faster broadband connections than American subscribers on average. And the reason for this trend is simple: the government. A similar situation with the connection speeds was in the United Kingdom – poorer quality services, little competition, and high costs. However, it was only so until the government took the decision to force the incumbent industries to take part in “local loop unbundling” and push competition in to the Internet...

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