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Privacy and security of sim cards ‘compromised by security flaw’

Privacy and security of sim cards ‘compromised by security flaw’

The privacy and security of over half a million sim cards could be compromised, thanks to a series of “security flaws” which was uncovered recently. According to German security expert, Karsten Nohl, a cryptographer, the flaw could potentially enable hackers to send hidden text messages to affected handsets and infect them with a virus – regardless of what operating system[Read More…]

95 year old pensioner dies after being tasered by police

95 year old pensioner dies after being tasered by police

A 95 year old man has died after US police officers tasered him to death following a confrontation. John Warna, who was living in a retirement home in Park Forest, Illinois died  after police shot him with a stun gun after being called out to intervene in a dispute between the man and staff at the facility. The police alleged[Read More…]

New figures show boost in the number of people shunning hard drugs

New figures show boost in the number of people shunning hard drugs

The number of people turning to hard drugs like heroin or cocaine has fallen to a record low, according to new figures. The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) has recently revealed that in  2005 and 2006 there were 332,090 drug users, but this dropped to 298,752 users in 2010/2011. Part of this is due to drug treatment programmes[Read More…]

Elderly woman who lost everything becomes one of the leading conservationists in Europe

Elderly woman who lost everything becomes one of the leading conservationists in Europe

One woman has told of how she was given a new lease on life despite losing everything, after becoming a leading conservationist in her country. June Haimoff, 90, once had it all. She lived a luxurious and privileged “jet-set lifestyle” complete with a great house, loving partner and an expensive boat to top it all off. However, it was not[Read More…]

Florida police terrorise family with roadside strip searches and racial slurs

Florida police terrorise family with roadside strip searches and racial slurs

A family in Palm Beach, Florida was planning for a relaxing weekend while visiting relatives, but say they ended up being targeted by deputies in upstate Florida who mistook them for wanted drug dealers. What followed next was the stuff of nightmares. The family claim they were so terrorized by deputies in rural northern Florida they filed a federal lawsuit[Read More…]