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Hacker collective Anonymous has just dumped 200 GB of names, email addresses and passwords for around 860,000 Stratfor users. Anonymous also exposed credit card numbers for 75,000 paying customers of Stratfor. Stratfor, a security think tank, provides reports on international security and related threats to government and military personnel as well as to the private sector. It is unknown whether Anonymous gained access to other, more sensitive information during the Stratfor hacks, which occurred on December 24. “The time for talk is over,” Anonymous wrote last night on Pastebin . “It’s time to dump the full 75,000 names, addresses, CCs and md5 hashed passwords to every customer that has ever paid Stratfor. But that’s not all: we’re also dumping ~860,000 usernames, email addresses, and md5 hashed passwords for everyone who’s ever registered on Stratfor’s site… Did you notice 50,000 of these email addresses are .mil and .gov?” Anonymous’ motives for the attack are a...

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Benefit scroungers. They're everywhere, according to the tabloids. They laze about, watching Sky TV on their giant plasmas, whilst decent, hardworking taxpayers pay for their various addictions and holidays abroad. But are they really everywhere? Despite the hype, the figures show the claimants in a different light. According to the government, who should know about these things, the Incapacity Benefit 'Fraud and Error' figure is 2.4%. Of this 2.4%, only 0.3% is down to fraud. This amounts to a loss of £20m. The rest is down to customer error (0.9% or £50m) and official error (1.2% or £70m). It would appear that not that many people are faking a sore back or depression after all via huffingtonpost.co.uk

Benefit scroungers. They're everywhere, according to the tabloids. They laze about, watching Sky TV on their giant plasmas, whilst decent, hardworking taxpayers pay for their various addictions and holidays abroad. But are they really everywhere? Despite the hype, the figures show the claimants in a different light. According to the government, who should know about these things, the Incapacity Benefit 'Fraud and Error' figure is 2.4%. Of this 2.4%, only 0.3% is down to fraud. This amounts to a loss of £20m. The rest is down to customer error (0.9% or £50m) and official error (1.2% or £70m). It would appear that not that many people are faking a sore back or depression after all. However, we must weed out those fraudulent people who are wrecking our economy. That is why the Department for Work and Pensions pays Atos Healthcare 100 million pounds per year , and they'll be doing so through to 2014. On top of that, it is estimated that the large amoun...

Organisations and individuals interested in making written submissions are invited to do so by Tuesday 10 January 2012 . Submissions should be no longer than 2,500 words. Further advice on making a submission can be found below. via parliament.uk

Guide for Witnesses to House of Commons Select Committees Guide for Witnesses Detailed guidance for giving written or oral evidence has been prepared and can be downloaded at the end of this page. This page summarises the main points. When a Committee conducts an inquiry they often request written evidence from interested parties. Committees may also identify possible witnesses that they wish to take oral evidence from. Written Evidence Written evidence should consist of the following documents: A covering letter containing: name and contact details any request to give oral evidence any request for information to remain confidential A memorandum containing: a summary of the main points you are making a brief introduction about you factual information you would like the committee to be aware of any recommendations that you would like the committee to consider including in its report Please note : wri...

Home Affairs Committee launches new inquiry into Drugs 29 November 2011 Call for written evidence DRUGS The Committee will undertake a comprehensive review of drugs policy in the new year. The Committee will examine the effectiveness of the Government’s 2010 drugs strategy and the UK Government’s contribution to global efforts to reduce the supply and demand of illicit drugs. Specifically, the Committee will consider: The extent to which the Government’s 2010 drug strategy is a ‘fiscally responsible policy with strategies grounded in science, health, security and human rights’ in line with the recent recommendation by the Global Commission on Drug Policy The criteria used by the Government to measure the efficacy of its drug policies The independence and quality of expert advice which is being given to the government Whether drug-related policing and expenditure is likely to decrea...

Raspberry Pi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raspberry Pi Alpha development board at TransferSummit 2011 Developer Raspberry Pi Foundation Release date Early 2012 [1] Introductory price US$25 or $35 Operating system Linux  (Debian, Fedora and ArchLinux) [2] , RISC OS [3] CPU ARM1176JZF-S  700 MHz Memory 128 or 256  MiB Website www.raspberrypi.org The Raspberry Pi is a  single-board computer  developed in the  UK  by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Scheduled for public release in January 2012, [1]  the foundation plans to release two versions that range from US$25 to $35 (GBP £16 to £22). It is intended to stimulate the teaching of basic computer science in schools. [4] [1] [5] [6] [7] The design includes an  ARM1176JZF-S  700 MHz processor, 128 or 256  megabytes  ( MiB ) of memory, intended to run ...

Gypsy apartheid worsened in Europe during 2011, Hindus stress 30/12/2011 – Maltreatment of European Roma (Gypsies) worsened during 2011 despite high-sounding paper strategies, conferences and funding to integrate them, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed stated in Nevada (USA) today. Roma continued to face apartheid conditions, prejudice, exclusion and rights denial in Europe and efforts had failed to integrate them. Roma needed dignity and respect like other Europeans and they were not getting it, Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out. Rajan Zed, strongly condemning Europe’s continuing maltreatment of Roma, said that it was time for Europe to wake-up and do something concrete to end Roma apartheid. European politicians needed to exhibit a strong will, commitment, intention and responsibility to bring concrete and lasting results on the reality of the Roma population, instead of just weaving dreams in capital boardrooms. Europe needed to clarify to the worl...

Ten thousand dead and counting: Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city that’s deadlier than Afghanistan Reuters   Dec 27, 2011 – 3:59 PM ET | Last Updated: Dec 27, 2011 4:39 PM ET REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez Forensic workers are seen at a crime scene where an ambulance had been attacked earlier by gunmen in Ciudad Juarez December 7, 2011. Tens of thousands of people have abandoned Ciudad Juarez, a city wrecked by Mexico’s drug violence. Although official figures vary, the city this month likely surpassed 10,000 homicides in the past four years. Picture taken December 7, 2011. Comments Email Twitter in Share 6 By Mica Rosenberg and Julian Cardona CIUDAD JUAREZ — In March, municipal police officers detained the two brothers of Armida Vazquez...

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SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Police have cited Iraq war veteran Marine Lance Cpl. John Canter for carrying an American flag at Civic Center Plaza, home to the Occupy San Diego movement. At approximately 9:40 p.m. on Dec. 22, Canter was cited under an obscure municipal code, section 53.30, which prohibits certain items at protests and other such events. San Diego municipal code section 53.30 states: "No person shall carry or possess while participating in any demonstration, rally, picket line or public assembly any metal stake, club, or pipe, or any length of lumber, wood, or lath, unless that wooden object is 1/4'' or less in thickness. and 2" or less in width. If not generally rectangular in shape, such wooden object shall not exceed 1/2" in its thickest dimension." In an interview with signonsandiego.com , San Diego Police Department assistant chief Boyd Long said officers could tell the flag pole was larger than regulations allowed...