December 1st, 2010 
Mourad Ben Lakhoua By Rick Lawhorn CISSP, CISA, CHP, CHSS After the recent announcements concerning WikiLeaks, I began to question the whistleblower website on its motives and the perceived value of disclosure. In fits of brief clarity I find myself, like many others, asking if this latest disclosure was a failure in information security or simply visible failures [...]
April 5th, 2009 Mourad Ben Lakhoua In a move demonstrating the seriousness with which the US treats hackers, the US Divisional Court has upheld the District Judge and the Secretary of State’s decision to use powers, under the Extradition Act 2003, to extradite a British man to the US to face computer hacking charges. In 2001 – 2002, Gary McKinnon, acting [...]
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