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Brainomics: Hacking the Brain (and Autism) with Gene Machines

posted onJune 25, 2014
by l33tdawg

Tony Zador is a professor of biology at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory who studies auditory processing, attention and decision-making in rodents.

He spoke recently at the laboratory’s 79th annual symposium on quantitative biology, which focused this year on the topic of cognition. Zador talked about his recent work trying to demonstrate how brain circuits might be mapped by using techniques for sequencing genes. I talked to Zador at the conference and an edited transcript follows—or you can watch the whole interview here.

Finnish data network hit by severe hacking

posted onOctober 31, 2013
by l33tdawg

 Finland's foreign minister says foreign intelligence agents had carried out large-scale hacking into government communications, and a Finnish TV station said China and Russia were suspected.

Erkki Tuomioja said the breach of the Foreign Ministry's data network was discovered in spring, and Finland's intelligence service was investigating it as a case of serious espionage.

Is Hacking in Self-Defense Legal?

posted onJuly 24, 2012
by l33tdawg

When Robert Clark meets with large corporations and government agencies that have been hacked, many express the same feeling. They want revenge.

But the impulse to strike back is fraught with legal danger, said Clark, operational attorney for the U.S. Army Cyber Command, who plans to deliver that message on Thursday in a speech at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.

Dropbox: No hacking evidence from spam investigation

posted onJuly 23, 2012
by l33tdawg

Dropbox's ongoing investigation into a possible security breach has not produced any evidence that its systems have been infiltrated, according to an update Friday to the company's user forum.

"As of today, we've found no intrusions into our internal systems and no unauthorized activity in Dropbox accounts," said the update, posted last Friday.

Hacking Seen as Rising Risk With Car Electronics

posted onJanuary 30, 2012
by l33tdawg

Drivers can talk with each other via Bluetooth phone connections, ask their cars for directions and dial up satellite radio. The same cars use electronic components to signal the gas pedal to accelerate and control stability.

What increasingly worries scientists is that entertainment computers could be manipulated to tell the safety computers what to do.

The Age Raided, Journalists Accused of Hacking

posted onDecember 22, 2011
by l33tdawg

Victoria Police raided the headquarters of The Age newspaper, seizing computers and documents with the purpose of finding evidence to prove that journalists illegally hacked into the computers belonging to the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

Last year in November, after being alerted by a whistleblower, The Age journalists began investigating a story that claimed ALP was collecting private information on voters without their knowledge. The issue seemed serious especially since it was believed that a large number of people had access to the data.