China shuts 50 websites and social media accounts
A picture illustration shows a WeChat app icon in Beijing, December 5, 2013.
Tag: ICT
YouTube sports network Whistle Sports raises $28 million
People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Youtube logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014.
To fight hackers, Obama wants companies to share threats
U.S. President Barack Obama talks about his Administration’s Buy Secure Initiative on consumer financial protection while at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, January 12, 2015.
Apparent Islamic State backers hack U.S. military Twitter feed
A computer screenshot shows the U.S. Central Command Twitter feed after it was apparently hacked by people claiming to be Islamic State sympathizers January 12, 2015.
Accused Silk Road creator goes to trial amid U.S. scrutiny of bitcoin
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. crackdown on use of the digital currency bitcoin for drug trafficking and other crimes is headed for its highest-profile test yet, as a trial begins for the alleged creator of an online marketplace catering to vice.
Bitcoin storage firm secures ‘Big Four’ financial accreditation
A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and coins are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris July 11, 2014.