Obama calls for tougher legislation in State of the Union
President Obama has continued to position cyber-security as a
legislative priority. In his State of the Union speech he urged
Congress to help pass legislation that will improve data
protection. It has also been reported that as part of a wider
collaboration between the UK and US on cyber-security matters, the
initial joint exercise will test UK banks and other financial
service companies later this year. UK intelligence and security
services GCHQ and MI5 will join the US National Security Agency and
FBI in a new "joint cyber cell".
Lizard Squads cyberattack service attacked
Lizard Stresser, the cyberattack-for-hire service that the
hacking group Lizard Squad recently launched, faced an attack
itself. The breach exposed the service's customer database
showing that it attracted more than 14,200 registered users,
however only a few hundred appear to have funded accounts. The
database was, ironically, stored
