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They were able to determine and manipulate the location and movement of containers, preventing local staff from being able to check the contents of the containers.

The gang was trafficking heroine and cocaine from Peru to The Netherlands, via Antwerp. They were also preparing shipments of cocaine from Colombia to The Netherlands.

Other relevant businesses in Belgium have been hacked too, using keyloggers and malware.

During a raid on the homes of the suspects, enforcement authorities found six guns, an automatic gun with silencer and a suitcase with 1.3 million euros worth of cash.

Dutch language news article: (Omroep Brabant)

Filed under: Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Network Security, New Business Models, Organized Crime, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

House members introduce bill to stop TV devices from monitoring consumers at home (what about other devices?)

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:23:56 +0000

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/305625-house-members-introduce-bill-to-stop-tv-devices-from-spying-on-consumers

Filed under: Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Online advertising, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

A new form of DRM developed in Germany alters words, punctuation and other text elements so that every consumer receives a unique version of an eBook

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:21:49 +0000

By examining these “text watermarks”, copies that end up on the Internet can be traced back to the people who bought and allegedly pirated them. The project is a collaboration between researchers, the book industry and the Government and aims to be a consumer-friendly form of DRM.

More:
http://torrentfreak.com/new-drm-changes-text-of-ebooks-to-catch-pirates-130616/

Filed under: Copyright, Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

“Fallen” Dutch Former Politician Jack De Vries: Security Can Only Exist If Citizens Are Ready To Give Up On Privacy

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:18:03 +0000

Uses the ‘others (commercial companies) do it, so the government should be allowed to do it too’ argument…

Dutch language news article:
http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5133/Media-technologie/article/detail/3458169/2013/06/13/Schande-spreken-van-privacyschending-is-hypocriet.dhtml

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Filtering, Network Security, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

Der Spiegel: Germany to expand Internet surveillance

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:09:34 +0000

http://www.infowars.com/der-spiegel-germany-to-expand-internet-surveillance/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Network Security, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

Microsoft Waits to Fix Your Software Bugs So the NSA Can Use Them First

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:06:01 +0000

http://www.infowars.com/microsoft-waits-to-fix-your-software-bugs-so-the-nsa-can-use-them-first/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Network Security, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

New Anti-Demonstration Rule at US Supreme Court

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:05:16 +0000

http://www.infowars.com/new-anti-demonstration-rule-at-us-supreme-court/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

CBS probe finds computer of lead Benghazi reporter was hacked

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:56:37 +0000

http://www.infowars.com/cbs-probe-finds-computer-of-lead-benghazi-reporter-was-hacked/

Filed under: Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Google plans to wipe child porn from the Web (Google plans to have the database up and running within a year)

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:52:46 +0000

The company could or should have started on this a little bit earlier…but better late than never…

Google’s plan is to build a database of child porn images that can be shared with other tech companies, law enforcement, and charities around the world. The database will let these groups swap information, collaborate, and remove the images from the Web.

Part of the technology behind this database comes from a technique Google already uses called “hashing,” which tags images showing sexual abuse of children with a unique identification code. Computers can recognize the code and then locate, block, and report all duplicate images on the Web. Google plans to have the database up and running within a year.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57589530-93/google-plans-to-wipe-child-porn-from-the-web/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Google, New Business Models, Organized Crime, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

U.K. watchdog demands probe into Google tax affairs

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:49:14 +0000

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57589145-93/u.k-watchdog-demands-probe-into-google-tax-affairs/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Google, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Twitter must reveal names behind anti-Semitic tweets, rules French court

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:48:13 +0000

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57589113-93/twitter-must-reveal-names-behind-anti-semitic-tweets-rules-french-court/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Jurisprudence, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

A secret interpretation of the Patriot Act led to the National Security Agency vacuuming up all of Verizon’s phone logs. The NSA may be doing the same for e-mail and Web-browsing logs

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:46:49 +0000

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589078-38/nsa-chief-drops-hint-about-isp-web-e-mail-surveillance/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Filtering, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports

ISPs to include porn filters as default in the UK by 2014

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:44:46 +0000

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/isps-to-include-porn-filters-as-standard-in-uk-by-2014/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Filtering, New Business Models, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:40:53 +0000

…on the instructions of their British government hosts.

This included:

• Setting up internet cafes where they used an email interception programme and key-logging software to spy on delegates’ use of computers;

• Penetrating the security on delegates’ BlackBerrys to monitor their email messages and phone calls;

• Supplying 45 analysts with a live round-the-clock summary of who was phoning who at the summit;

• Targeting the Turkish finance minister and possibly 15 others in his party;

• Receiving reports from an NSA attempt to eavesdrop on the Russian leader, Dmitry Medvedev, as his phone calls passed through satellite links to Moscow.

Much more:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits

Filed under: Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Politicians struggle with authenticity on Twitter, self-censorship prevails

vRRitti.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:27:00 +0000

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/06/politicians-struggle-with-authenticity-on-twitter-self-censorship-prevails/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

Your Boss Will Probably Make Up To 20 Times More Than You Do

vRRitti.com — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:17:04 +0000

…but then again, he may be working 20 times harder…

Dutch language news articles:
http://www.elsevier.nl/Politiek/nieuws/2013/6/SP-leider-Roemer-stijging-topinkomens-is-beschamend-1285292W/
http://www.elsevier.nl/Nederland/ANP/2013/6/Topinkomens-stijgen-weer/

Filed under: Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reports