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Nicholas Webber, jailed for 5 years for creating a hacker’s forum website, was accidentally invited into an IT class in prison. As you might guess, the consequences of this move appeared difficult. Now the prison authorities are arguing about who let it happen, but it actually doesn’t matter any more. For some reason, Nicholas Webber was allowed into an IT class in his prison, despite the fact that he was serving 5 years for launching a website called GhostMarket. The latter allowed people interested in writing computer viruses to partake of stolen IDs and enjoy private credit card data to congregate. The hacker was caught using hacked personal data to purchase everything from smart devices to hotel stays. Although one might have thought that an IT class would have been dull for such expert, in fact inviting him to an IT class encouraged him to enjoy a little mischief. In result, the computer network at Her Majesty’s Prison Isis, South London, was hacked. The mistake which led to the

The recent initiative of the Icelandic government to address the circulation of hardcore porn online has received considerable attention from the press. Many industry observers have expressed their view on the subject, some of them appreciated the effort, the others dismissed it as well-intentioned, if misguided, or as an effort to filter the web in the country. In the meanwhile, the initiative emerged from an extensive consultation process on sexual violence, which involved police, kids protection specialists, attorneys and academic researchers. The concerns about the effects porn has on children forced three ministries to call upon a wide range of professionals to discuss the issue and to contribute to the development of a comprehensive policy. As a result, proposals emerging from this process are currently being implemented under the control of the three ministries. The proposals include increased emphasis on violence prevention, reconsidering sex education and forming a compr

Operatives of the  Joint Task Force on Sunday averted another  major attack  by  terrorists  in Kano by raiding  their  hideouts  at  Unguwa Uku area of the ancient city. The operatives, acting on a tip off,  were said to have raced to the area around 4am  and intercepted a Volkswagen Golf, primed with explosives, which  some terrorists had wanted to use and wreck havoc during the Easter celebration in the city. Residents of the area  said  the soldiers thereafter  invaded a compound housing the suspected terrorists but were greeted with  explosions.They added that the operatives who were not deterred exchanged gunfire with the terrorists for about four hours. The spokesperson of JTF in Kano, Ikedi Iweha, was quoted as saying that the task force killed 14 Boko Haram suspects in the raid.   One of the residents said   it was unclear if most of the terrorists were killed by the Improvised Explosive Devices  detonated by them or by the operatives. He added that bodies  were s