Calling themselves the 414 Gang after their area code, the culprits embarked on a nine-day spree, hitting 60 computing systems before being caught by the FBI.

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Like most malware attacks, there are clues as to its origin - however security experts warn that any calling cards found within the attack's code could in fact be an attempt to throw investigators off the real scent.

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President Barack Obama said on Monday that his new deficit reduction plan counted on higher taxes for millionaires and billionaires and a major overhaul to the tax code, something the Republicans have been calling for all year.

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Last year he launched a petition on the No 10 website calling on the government to make a posthumous apology to World War II code-breaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing for his treatment by the authorities for being gay.

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"He said he was calling from Miranshah in North Waziristan and the telephone number used to make the call carried an area code common to the Waziristan tribal area and Bannu, the adjoining district in the North West Frontier Province, " the paper said.

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Britain's Financial Services Authority may have watered down its pay code after bankers whinged about losing talent, but it has been using moral suasion to good effect, calling bosses to express its displeasure at the re-emergence of guaranteed bonuses.

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