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Firewall: The movie

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

While glancing through the local newspaper, as I flipped past the movies page, one advert with it’s single word title, grabbed my attention. FIREWALL. The ad pictures an intense and grim looking Harrison Ford, with a by line: “To save his family he has to hack into the very bank that he protects.”
I am very […]

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The weakest link

Saturday, February 15th, 2003

Kevin Mitnick is arguably the world’s most infamous “computer (ex)criminal”. For those of you who don’t know, he served a long prison sentence (about 5 years) before being released on a strict probation. The terms of his probation amongst other things, forbade him from using computers, software and devices that would allow connectivity to the […]

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