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Nobody knows who's behind a powerful DDOS attack that took down the FTC's Web site and hit other government and business sites in the U.S. and South Korea.

Since around July 4 someone has been hitting US government Web sites and others with a DDoS attack. On Monday they took down FTC.gov, but the Secret Service, FAA, and Treasury department have also been attacked.

Facebook malware of the day: If you get a message from a Facebook friend that says Hi (Rand), steer clear. It's malicious.

A look at Clear's privacy policy

People are justifiably worried about what may happen to the data they entrusted to Clear, the TSA-approved Registered Traveler company. Now clear has finally said something about what it plan to do.

Clear offered a quicker way around TSA security lines, but apparently not enough people were willing to pay the $200 fee to keep the service in business.

Late last year, T-Mobile users reported problems on the company's edge network. Was it related to this week's incident?

T-Mobile says that it's identified the file that hackers published on the Full Disclosure list over the weekend.

Here's an unusual explanation for a virus infection: A blackout caused it

Not do be outdone by the U.S. Government Printing Office, which recently published a "highly confidential" list of U.S. Nuclear sites the Canadian government had a nuclear leak of its own this week.