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Boiler firm 'harassed' elderly people
2015-01-07 17:00:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A boiler insurance firm is fined by a regulator for 'harassing' elderly people with nuisance phone calls
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Twitter Gives Harassed Users a Little Ammo
2014-12-04 21:52:19| TechNewsWorld
Twitter has announced a revamp of its system for reporting abuse on its service. The new changes make it easier to report account impersonation, harassment of others on the service, and threats of harm to oneself or others, said Shreyas Doshi, Twitter's director of product management. The changes allow subscribers to report abuse of others, and simplify flagging tweets and accounts for review.
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Green activists Ecuador harassed by police on way climate summit
2014-12-04 00:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of Ecuadorian environmental activists travelling to the UN Climate Change conference in neighbouring Peru were stopped and harassed at least six times by police who eventually seized their bus, members of the group have told the Guardian. The activists claim that they have been obstructed because the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa wants to avoid potentially embarrassing protests at the climate conference over his plan to drill for oil in Yasuni, an Amazon reserve and one of the most...
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Tenant Beefs: More Troubles for Landlord Who Allegedly Harassed Tenants
2014-08-10 18:53:10| Real Estate - Topix.net
Hated landlord Steven Croman found himself in hot water recently when he came under investigation for using "illegal tactics" to harass rent-stabilized tenants.
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Retailers Harassed by Backoff Malware
2014-08-05 16:17:34| TechNewsWorld
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week sounded an alarm warning retailers of a family of malicious programs aimed at compromising point-of-sale systems. Attackers used such software last year in massive data breaches that nicked millions of consumer records at Target and Nieman Marcus. Variants of the Backoff family have turned up in at least three forensic investigations.
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