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Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission and the Commissioner for Europe's Digital Agenda has vowed to protect EU citizens from privacy invasion by outside entities like the PRISM monitoring program run by the NSA.
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Steelie Neelie admits laptop hack during IGF
EU officials' MacBooks hacked in Azerbaijani hotel Posted in Security, 13th November 2012 04:42 GMT
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European Commission - Press Release - European Commission Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Information Security Forum Conference, Chicago 4th November 2012 Every day, people worldwide rely...
===> Cyber-security should be recognised as a top political priority. <===
Here in the US it has long obtained political attention. It is time we do the same in Europe and worldwide.
Read more, a MUST: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-774_en.htm?locale=en
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Media reports that European Commission representatives had their computers hacked at the Internet Governance Forum in Baku last week have been vastly inflated.
The European Digital Agenda Commissioner, Neelie Kroes mentioned in her blog that a staff member's computer was hacked, but her spokesman, Ryan Heath, explained on Monday that it was his private computer that may have been compromised.
"It was not an official Commission computer and it contained no sensitive data. It was my own MacBook that I been using in the hotel. When I switched it on three hours later, I discovered a message telling me that my security had been compromised that that I may have been hacked," he said.
Read more, a MUST: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3410509/no-need-panic-eu-commission-data-safe/
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On 4 November, Neelie Kroes Commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda stressed the threat of cyber-security hacking for the efficiency of Internet Services. “Incidents (also linked to human mistakes) and attacks are clearly on the rise…the number of web based attacks went up 36% in the year 2011.”
During his speech in the Information Security Forum Conference in Chicago, Kroes urged for bringing cyber security in the top of the political agenda. Acknowledging that most of the cyber networks and infrastructures are privately owned, the Commissioner recognised the limited role of the public authorities.
Read more, a MUST: http://www.neurope.eu/article/cyber-attacks-threat-internet-efficiency
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Learn more about PRIVACY:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Privacy
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=PRISM