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Web Service May Die for Hundreds of Thousands

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:44:06 CDT

The FBI says it's time for Windows users to make sure their computers aren't infected by an unusual virus. As it stands, hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide are infected and will be unable to surf the Web after July 9, the AP reports. It all started when an Estonian...

Looking for a Safe Land? Hello, Estonia

John Johnson — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:00:57 CDT

With a devastating earthquake in Burma following on the heels of the one in Japan , which itself followed one in New Zealand , Slate's Explainer blog digs into the question of just which nations are safest from natural disaster. Your winners, based on data from a Belgium center that analyzes such...

US Uses Aid Dollars to Keep Allies in Afghanistan

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:02:22 CDT

The Pentagon is pouring millions of dollars into equipment and training for its smaller partner nations in the Afghanistan war, a new effort aimed at encouraging them not to abandon the increasingly unpopular conflict. While the funding cannot be openly used as an incentive for NATO nations to send troops...

FTC Shuts Down ISP Linked to Child Porn

Kevin Spak — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:46:40 CDT

The FTC has taken the rare step of shutting down an Internet Service Provider that it says was a haven for child pornography and malware run by Eastern European criminals, MSNBC reports. The case gives "a rare glimpse into the seediest parts of the web," writes Bob Sullivan. Authorities found...

NATO Boots 2 Russians for Spying on HQ

Jason Farago — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:42:00 CDT

NATO has expelled two Russian diplomats from its Brussels headquarters for spying, officials announced. The expulsion of the diplomats, one of whom is the son of Russia's EU ambassador, provoked an angry response from Moscow, which accused NATO of deliberately sabotaging relations. The spy scandal is the most serious rift...

NATO Girds For Cyberwar

Laila Weir — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:43:08 CDT

NATO is preparing for cyberwar, ComputerWorld reports. Sparked by a cyber attack on Estonia that took some financial systems off-line for hours in 2007, the Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence will open there next year. With the center’s help, NATO will be able to "defy and successfully counter the...

Estonia Attack Prompts Cyber Security Blitz

Dustin Lushing — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:00:00 CDT

In the wake of what some are calling the first digital act of war—when hackers using as many as a million computers attacked Estonia's web-based infrastructure—cyber security experts from all over Europe and the US are huddling to study how to prevent future disasters, reports the New York...

Estonia Suspects Russia of Cyberattack

Dustin Lushing — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:20:54 CDT

Estonia is under cyberattack after removing a Soviet war memorial from its capital, reports the Guardian . A barrage of mysterious spam assaults crippling government ministries, banks, corporations, political parties and news organizations has prompted NATO to deploy counter-cyberterrorism experts to the Baltic state, as officials cast a suspicious eye at...

Don't Mind Us, We're British!

Peter Fearon — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:03:39 CDT

Forget lap dancing at the local strip joint: British bridegrooms, brides and their wedding parties are descending on Eastern European capitals for cheap, drunken bachelor and bachelorette binges that last a week or more, the Journal reports. They're lured by low-cost air fares and rock-bottom prices on booze, but it's...