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January 2012

Air Force to Implement Use of iPads
January 05, 2012

Following the commercial aviation industry’s move to using tablets, the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has decided to implement iPad tablet computers as electronic flight bags that will replace physical ones. According to an article in Nextgov.com, instead of working off paper navigation charts, crew members will use the iPad for navigation charts and technical manuals.

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2012 Vision for the Cloud
January 05, 2012

According to the Washington Post, 2012 will be a big year for cloud technologies. A December 28 article in the Post reported that last year more companies started to accept the idea of Internet-based services, which is driving the need for cloud technologies to mature in 2012.

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Hacker Activity Could Mean Computer Outages in 2012
January 05, 2012

According to an article in Nextgov.com, computer security firm McAfee predicts hackers will join forces with offline protesters in 2012 for strikes on transportation computer systems and other critical government networks. McAfee reports that its yearly assessments are meant to convince authorities and network administrators to take threats more seriously.

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The Year of Social Media in Politics
January 05, 2012

Looking back on 2011, The Washington Post outlined how politicians moved into the age of social media. In a December 30 article, the Post reported that 2011 saw more online activity than ever before from U.S. government leaders as they embraced Facebook as a major media outlet.

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Personal Use of Work Passwords Expose Government IT Systems
January 05, 2012

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (Arizona DPS) is urging workers to stop using agency passwords on non-work websites. The warning followed an attack in late December by the group Anonymous in which it leaked the passwords and credit card data of federal subscribers to intelligence publisher Stratfor.

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Last updated: 01/19/2012

January 2012

Telstra Breaches Data Twice in One Month
January 17, 2012

Australia-based telecommunications company Telstra committed its second data breach in less than a month when a spreadsheet containing customer information was posted online on December 30. The Australian reported that according to initial inquiries, the spreadsheet was posted by a consultant to use in training and coaching.

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China to Launch National Marriage Database
January 17, 2012

CNN reported that the Chinese government plans to launch next year a national online marriage database as a way to fight bigamy. Coming on the heels of reports that hackers gained access to the personal information of six million users of the China Software Developer Network, the announcement has raised concerns about the safety of the marriage database, Xinhua news agency reported.

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Gambler Wins After Club Releases Personal Information
January 17, 2012

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner determined that the gambling club Wentworthville Leagues must award compensation to a former gambling addict after details of the gambler’s winnings and losses were given to the gambler’s former spouse while the couple was going through a divorce.

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New Zealand Companies at Risk Following Strafor Breach
January 17, 2012

The data breach at the private American intelligence company Strafor in late 2011 not only put its U.S. subscribers at risk (as reported in the January Washington Policy Brief), it put the credit card information and personal details of several New Zealand companies and government agencies at risk, as well. According to an article in Stuff.Co, Strafor’s New Zealand-based clients include the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Air New Zealand, the New Zealand Police and Fire Service, and ANZ and BNZ banks.

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Dutch Interior Ministry Says Border Cameras are Legal
January 17, 2012

The Guardian reported that the Dutch interior ministry says using cameras for screening people who enter the country by car do not violate EU laws on free movement or privacy. According to the article, cameras were installed on 15 major highways from Belgium and Germany and will be used as a tool to crack down on illegal immigrants and criminals.

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Last updated: 01/20/2012

January 2012

Mobile Phones Seen as Data Threat in 2012
January 12, 2012

The Globe and Mail reported that mobile phones have become a key target for hackers and an increasing worry for corporate IT departments. According to the article, a Deloitte study released in late December 2011 revealed that companies in the technology, media, and telecom sector expect data stored on staff mobile devices will be their biggest security headache in 2012.

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BlackBerry Messages Used to Catch Murder Suspects
January 12, 2012

A recent media report revealed that the BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion (RIM), may have helped Québec police catch Raynald Desjardins and Vittorio Mirarchi, suspects in the murder of mobster Salvatore Montagna. According to an article in the Ottawa Citizen, the police obtained BlackBerry messages that helped them catch the suspects.

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Federal Government to Open Spam Reporting Facility
January 12, 2012

The Canadian federal government is working to launch a spam reporting center (SRC) that will crack down on the illegal calls, texts, and e-mail messages that fill Canadians’ e-mail boxes, cellphones, and social networks. According to an article in the Montreal Gazette, the government will soon select a private-sector bidder to operate the SRC.

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ICANN to Increase the Number of Internet Addresses
January 12, 2012

The Montreal Gazette reported that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an independent body responsible for organizing the Internet and deciding who gets to manage .com, .net and other domains, plans to move forward with an expansion of website addresses. According to the article, ICANN wants the expansion to allow more innovation in website addresses and to open the space to non-Latin alphabets. It said ICANN plans to begin accepting applications soon.

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Behavioral Advertising Growing Privacy Concern
January 12, 2012

According to Statistics Canada’s latest figures, eight in 10 Canadians aged 16 and older are tracked while browsing online. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) reported that this browsing history is compiled in user profiles that are used to determine what online ads they will see, a practice called “behavioral advertising.”

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Last updated: 01/13/2012