Mathew J.
Schwartz
The hacking group known as LulzSec shows no signs of slowing down.
Early on
Wednesday, the group announced that it had taken offline Brazil?s official
government website, as well as the Brazilian president?s website.
As of
Wednesday afternoon, both sites still appeared to be unreachable.
LulzSec?s activities and...
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Mathew J. Schwartz The hacking group known as LulzSec shows no signs of slowing down. Early on Wednesday, the group announced that it had taken offline Brazil?s official government website, as well as the Brazilian president?s website. As of Wednesday afternoon, both sites still appeared to be unreachable. LulzSec?s activities and taunts come despite the arrest of a 19-year-old hacking suspect on Tuesday, outside London, who was reportedly involved in the group. ? Seems the glorious leader of LulzSec got arrested, it?s all over now? wait? we? re all still here! Which poor bastard did they take down?? said LulzSec via Twitter. We spoke with Chris Sather, Product Management for Network Defense at McAfee about McAfee?s next generation firewalls that analyze relationships and not protocols. LulzSec said the person arrested by British police, named by authorities on Wednesday as Ryan Cleary, ran a server on which one of LulzSec?s many chat rooms had been hosted. ?Clearly the UK poli
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Chicago - How do you prepare for a financial cataclysm that may not happen?
That?s the question facing investors as an Aug.
2 deadline approaches for
Washington to raise the government?s borrowing limit or risk a U.
S.
default on its
debt.
Economists say a default could create a credit crisis similar to what happened
after Lehman...
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Chicago - How do you prepare for a financial cataclysm that may not happen? That?s the question facing investors as an Aug. 2 deadline approaches for Washington to raise the government?s borrowing limit or risk a U. S. default on its debt. Economists say a default could create a credit crisis similar to what happened after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt in 2008, causing interest rates to rise and harming the economy. But the reaction in the stock and bond markets has been muted. In theory, Treasury bonds should have a higher yield when investors think there?s a greater risk they won?t get their money back, such as in the event of a U. S. government default. So Wall Street appears to think a deal will be struck in time. But the alarming headlines are causing investors anxiety. ?We?re seeing clients growing nervous as they keep hearing about the deadline,? says Oliver Pursche, president of Gary Goldberg Financial Services in Suffern, N. Y. He says investors are asking him whethe
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Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: LulzSec Takes Hit, Keeps On Hacking
Mathew J.
Schwartz
http://www.
informationweek.
com/news/security/attacks/231000223
The hacking group known as LulzSec shows no signs of slowing down.
Early on Wednesday, the group
announced that it had taken offline Brazil’s official government website, as...
More
Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: LulzSec Takes Hit, Keeps On Hacking Mathew J. Schwartz http://www. informationweek. com/news/security/attacks/231000223 The hacking group known as LulzSec shows no signs of slowing down. Early on Wednesday, the group announced that it had taken offline Brazil’s official government website, as well as the Brazilian president’s website. As of Wednesday afternoon, both sites still appeared to be unreachable. LulzSec’s activities and taunts come despite the arrest of a 19-year-old hacking suspect on Tuesday, outside London, who was reportedly involved in the group. “Seems the glorious leader of LulzSec got arrested, it’s all over now… wait… we’re all still here! Which poor bastard did they take down?” said LulzSec via Twitter. We spoke with Chris Sather, Product Management for Network Defense at McAfee about McAfee’s next generation firewalls that analyze relationships and not protocols. LulzSec said the person arrested by British police, named b
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