Following the consequent threat of "pulling out" from China by Google, the search engine giant, regarding hacking and censorship issues, China states that no complaints have yet been received. China assures that if proved to be involved in the matter, it is bound to punish the accused hackers.

In an outrage which lasted for a total of 2 hours, network problems managed to push over 10 million WordPress blogs offline.

As has been shared by WordPress. com, the problem was caused by a core router change which happened at one of its data center providers, and this "broke the site". Company estimates say that during the outrage, some 5.5 million page views were lost by the blogosphere.

A major flaw in the Chip and PIN security system that is used to protect card payments has been identified by scientists. Researchers from Cambridge University have revealed that it is possible to trick the system into authorizing the payment even without the correct Pin code being entered.

Alan Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, who reportedly used spam to manipulate stock prices in order to make a profit, was sentenced to 51 months in prison in U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Monday. Ralsky is claimed to be one of the most notorious U. S.-based spammers.

A statement issued by the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) specified that back in June, Ralsky was found guilty of conspiring to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and violating the CAN-SPAM act.

Singapore Govt., in order to deal with terror attacks on the Internet, has set up an agency. 
The Singapore Infocomm Technology Security Authority (SITSA) will be the national expert authority on technology security threats and will commence working on Thursday.

The chief aim behind its creation is to strengthen Singapore's security infrastructure, particularly in light of recent attacks on the websites of governments and major organizations in places like Estonia, the United States and South Korea.

Various website operators confirmed significant rise in online frauds given to the popularity of online shopping. They reported rise in cheating attempts aimed to tempering website data for credit transfer.

Police arrested four persons, including a 34-year old woman, for carrying out various online-related cheating offences during the current month itself.