ISR News: Online Game Issued Bank License
Excerpts From BBC News
“We will be in a position to offer real bank services to the inhabitants of our virtual universe,” said Jan Welter Timkrans, boss of Mindark. It plans to offer players interest-bearing accounts, let them deposit their salaries and pay bills or lend cash via the in-game bank.
ISR News: BBC Launches BotNet Attack
Excerpts From BBC News
Software used to control thousands of home computers has been acquired online by the BBC as part of an investigation into global cyber crime. The technology programme Click has demonstrated just how at risk PCs are of being taken over by hackers. Almost 22,000 computers made up Click’s network of hijacked machines, which has now been disabled. The BBC has now warned users that their PCs are infected, and advised them on how to make their systems more secure.
Updates From Insecure.org
The BBC appears to have broken the Computer Misuse Act by causing 22,000 computers to send spam.
