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Eye For An Eye? Obama’s Grandma Threatened By Al-Qaeda Written by NewsOne Staff on May 12, 2011 11:29 am

Posted by Dan WebNutritionist/Motivator on May 15, 2011 at 2:31pm

 

 

alg_sarah_hussein_obama-300x223.jpgIt seems that Al Qaeda is so mad at President Obama ordering the killing of Osama bin Laden that they are threatening to kill his grandmother in Kenya.

The home of Sarah Obama has been under round-the-clock security according to ABC News.

“We received reports of plans to attack the home of Mama Sarah Obama, and we immediately put in place adequate security measures,” local police chief Stephen Cheteka told the African Review, a Kenyan paper.

Al Qaeda has battled with several U.S. backed governments in the past, mostly Somalia.

Extracted from newsone.com
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Eavesdrop and identity fraud threat to three billion mobile phone users

Posted by Jane Okinedo on December 29, 2009 at 9:27pm
Billions could have their mobile phone calls intercepted and recorded after computer hackers cracked the secret code used to protect 80 per cent of the world’s users. The code was posted on the internet by German scientist Karsten Nohl, who said he organised the breach to demonstrate the weakness of mobiles’ security measures.He claims an eavesdropper could be listening to calls within 15 minutes with just a laptop and two network cards.There are now fears that half the world’s population could be left vulnerable to crime including identity fraud.Nohl said: ‘We have given up hope that network operators will move to improve security on their own, but we are hoping that with this added attention, there will be increased demand from customers for them to do this.‘This vulnerability should have been fixed 15 years ago. People should now try it out at home and see how vulnerable their calls are.’The code, called A5/1, was devised by the GSM Association 22 years ago and is used by more than three billion people in 212 countries.It prevents calls being intercepted by forcing mobile phones and base stations to rapidly change frequencies. 3G phones are not affected as they are protected by a different code.Nohl and a team of experts took five months to unravel the complicated mathematical sequence – known as an algorithm – used to encrypt calls.Last night the GSM Association played down the risks to customers.Security director James Moran said: ‘We are concerned but we don’t believe it will result in widespread eavesdropping tomorrow, or next week or next month.'The reality is that a practical attack is beyond the capabilities of the vast majority of people.’But if he is wrong, mobile operators could be forced into expensive upgrades to base stations.
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