Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 24, 2008 at 4:03:00 PM CEST
Schusssicher! Einsatz-BH für Polizistinnen
„Sie können den Trägerinnen das Leben retten“, sagt Carmen Kibat (34). Von ihrem Büro im Bundespolizeiamt Hamburg in der Jenfelder Allee organisierte sie die bundesweite Aktion „Einsatz-BH“.
Die Polizeihauptmeisterin und Gleichstellungs-Beauftragte: „Normale BHs stellen ein Sicherheitsrisiko dar. Wenn eine Kugel auf die schusssichere Weste der Beamtin trifft und sich darunter ein BH mit Metall- oder Kunststoffteilen befindet, dann können dadurch schlimme Verletzungen ausgelöst werden.“
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Topic: POLITIK - on September 24, 2008 at 4:00:00 PM CEST
No, Really, How Much Is $700 Billion?
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged Congress Tuesday morning to authorize a $700 billion bailout of struggling financial institutions. Although the congressional leadership has indicated its willingness to get onboard with the plan, rank-and-file lawmakers from both parties are balking at what's been called the largest bailout in U.S. history. Just how much is $700 billion?
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Topic: POLITIK - on September 24, 2008 at 3:52:00 PM CEST
EU-Abgeordneter warnt vor netzpolitik.org
In einer offiziellen Pressemitteilung des Europaparlaments wurde netzpolitik.org noch nie namtlich genannt. Auch wurde noch nie in einer offiziellen Pressemitteilung vor uns gewarnt. Bis heute: Berichterstatter: Telekom-Paket führt nicht zu mehr Überwachung im Netz.
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Topic: WEB - on September 24, 2008 at 3:50:00 PM CEST
Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots
For most of us, security issues happen to "other people"—we block popup ads, we carefully examine dialog boxes and, for those of us on the Mac platform, we snicker when confronted with something that attempts to mimic a Windows system warning. But everyone knows that they are exceptional—what's the behavior of a more typical user like? Some researchers have tested how college students respond to fake dialog boxes in browser popup windows and found that the students are so anxious to get the dialog out of the way, they click right through obvious warning signs.
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Topic: e-bay - on September 24, 2008 at 3:36:00 PM CEST
eBay enacts PayPal only policy in the US
Beginning "late October 2008," checks and money orders will no longer be allowed as payment methods on eBay.com. Items can only be paid for using PayPal, Credit or debit, ProPay, or Payment upon pickup. The only exceptions to the policy change are vehicles, enterprise equipment, real estate, and "mature audiences" items.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:20:00 PM CEST
US responsible for the majority of cyber attacks
SecureWorks published the locations of the computers, from which the greatest number of cyber attacks were attempted against its clients in 2008. The United States topped the list with 20.6 million attempted attacks originating from computers within the country and China ran second with 7.7 million attempted attacks emanating from computers within its borders.
This was followed by Brazil with over 166,987 attempted attacks, South Korea with 162,289, Poland with 153,205, Japan with 142,346, Russia with 130,572, Taiwan with 124,997, Germany with 110,493, and Canada with 107,483.
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Topic: SPY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:18:00 PM CEST
"U.S. drone" crashes in northwest Pakistan
A suspected U.S. pilotless drone has crashed in the northwestern Pakistani region of South Waziristan after a spate of missile attacks by unmanned U.S. aircraft in Pakistan strained ties between the allies.
Pakistan has said U.S. missile attacks and one U.S. ground assault are a violation of its sovereignty and the army has vowed to defend Pakistani territory.
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Topic: WAR - on September 24, 2008 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
United States is planing to start a Civil War in Pakistan: Partitioning Pakistan
A new and classified American military proposal outlines an intensified effort to enlist tribal leaders in the frontier areas of Pakistan in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, as part of a broader effort to bolster Pakistani forces against an expanding militancy, American military officials said.
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Topic: War and Peace - on September 24, 2008 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
How 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand from Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho
On April 26, 2008, the BBC Alabama arrived in Longview, Wash., carrying 6,700 tons of Kuwaiti sand. The sand had become contaminated with depleted uranium when U.S. military vehicles and munitions caught fire at Doha Army base in Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War. The depleted uranium was being repatriated. The sand was a gift of the Kuwaiti government.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:10:00 PM CEST
Homeland Security Department Testing "Pre-Crime" Detector
New Scientist reports that the Department of Homeland Security recently tested something called Future Attribute Screening Technologies (FAST) — a battery of sensors that determine whether someone is a security threat from a distance. Sensors look at facial expressions, body heat and can measure pulse and breathing rate from a distance. In trials using 140 volunteers those told to act suspicious were detected with 'about 78% accuracy on mal-intent detection, and 80% on deception,' says a DHS spokesman.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:07:00 PM CEST
Video: Solar Sunrise, the Best FBI-Produced Hacker Flick Ever
With Ehud "The Analyzer" Tenenbaum back in legal hot water, what better time to revisit the 1998 Pentagon computer intrusions that made Tenenbaum famous? So I descended into the Threat Level media vault and retrieved this aging VHS copy of Solar Sunrise: Dawn of a New Threat, an 18-minute FBI training video that dramatizes the first -- though not the last -- recreational hacker attack to send the U.S. government into a tizzy.
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Topic: WEB - on September 24, 2008 at 3:00:00 PM CEST
FBI searches apartment of alleged Palin hacker
Federal authorities are ramping up an investigation of a 20-year-old college student for allegedly hacking into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail account.
The FBI searched the apartment of alleged hacker David Kernell on Sunday morning, and three of Kernell's roommates could testify this week about the case before a grand jury in Chattanooga, according to local news reports.
cnet.com No Indictment Tuesday Against Palin Hacker old shit
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