The Chinese military hacked into a Pentagon computer network in June in the most successful cyber attack on the US defence department, say American officials.
The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of a computer system serving the office of Robert Gates, defence secretary, but declined to say who it believed was behind the attack.
Current and former [...]

BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s interior minister on Friday defended a proposal to use “Trojan horse” software to search potential suspects’ hard drives without their knowledge, calling it a tough but necessary measure against terrorism.
Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble wants to include the measure in a broader security law being considered by conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition [...]

For the second year in a row, Angela Merkel, the first woman to become chancellor of Germany, ranks No. 1 on the list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. She continued to impress the world with her cool leadership at two back-to-back summits. First, she stuck to her principles, getting G-8 leaders to agree [...]