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Former Goldman Programmer Convicted

Apparently 'a gentleman' at all times (FBI) the fellow has been found guilty of theft of trade secrets and transportation of stolen property. After a two week trial into IP involving a millionth of a ...

13 Dec 2010
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A Finextra Member

Can the Financial System Withstand Cyber Attack?

I report what I predict and what I observe. Risk managers should consider the risk of widespread adoption of sentiments in line with this post to an infosec site. Who would have predicted this? Will r...

13 Dec 2010
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A Finextra Member

Mistakes made in wikileaks case

If anyone thinks that the newspapers of the world aren't going to print embarrassing secrets and that disgruntled observers of dishonourable behaviour won't be compelled to reveal it then stop readi

12 Dec 2010
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A Finextra Member

World Leaders vs Wikileaks Scoreboard

It seems an appropriate time to start a scoreboard, seeing as every other conflict gets one. I was thinking Presidents, Ex-presidents, Bank Presidents, Prime Ministers and perhaps Senators would be su...

10 Dec 2010
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A Finextra Member

Wikileaks Surprises To Get Bigger and the Net Hotter

We thought we had seen it all, torture, murder, renting (I assume unwillling) 8-15 yr old boys to Afghan policemen, but no there's more. Australian Senator secretly 'briefing' US agents on the inner w...

09 Dec 2010
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Bo Harald

Blame it on the banks 2

Translating part of a Facebook note by Liisa Jaakonsaari (MEP - Finnish Social Democrat): "The crisis in Europe is not because of EU or the Euro. Rather it can be said that EU and the euro are in...

08 Dec 2010
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A Finextra Member

Mastercard or Visa to donate to wikileaks?

A few thoughts have occurred to me. Financial services firms cutting off a publisher for 'alleged' crimes where no evidence of any crime by the publisher has been presented, let alone were they convic...

08 Dec 2010
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Bo Harald

Blame it on the banks 1

In the late 80s there was a big growth boom in Finland - fuelled ao by ending tax break on profits on selling enterprises and strong credit expansion when the savings banks (inexperienced corporate le...

07 Dec 2010
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A Finextra Member

Wikileaks

No doubt at this end of town the banking expose to come is on many a mind. It may be larger and more far reaching than anticipated. Anarchy is the description I've heard bandied about by some of the m...

07 Dec 2010
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A Finextra Member

Mobile identity and payments can improve cricket

I was going to comment on Brett King's blog The perfect storm to put an end to CASH and realised that I had more than a comment. Brett makes some good points. There are many statistically compelling...

12 Nov 2010
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Keith Appleyard

British Telecom sends Customers personal details unencrypted

[I'm surprised I haven't seen anything elsewhere on Finextra on the ACS:Law fiasco] BT has admitted it sent the personal details of more than 500 customers as an unsecured document to legal firm ACS:L...

30 Sep 2010
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Elizabeth Lumley

Stick it to the man - Yaaa! Just don't us send the bill

Two things popped up at me on Twitter today. One a blog with comments by Alex Payne criticising Twitter, again (you work for banksimple now!) and another bit of street graffiti adorning London's new c...

17 Sep 2010
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