Furthermore, Windows is the preferred target for computer viruses.

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Earlier this month, Iain Lobban, the head of GCHQ, told a cyber security conference in London that a "significant" attempt was made to target the computer systems of the Foreign Office and other government departments over the summer.

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Intel's latest target: computer graphics.

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Members of the collective would often post a short Twitter message after a successful hack attack, providing a link to a Pastebin post which in turn contained details of the data they had copied from the target's computer servers.

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The new U.S. strategy also calls for a more aggressive diplomatic response to the theft of trade secrets, much of which is now done by infiltrating computer networks of target companies.

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The new U.S. strategy also calls for a more aggressive diplomatic response to the theft of trade secrets, much of which is now done by infiltrating computer networks of target companies but some is also still done by recruiting human spies.

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Emerging markets, where people may be more likely to watch video on their phones than on a desktop computer or even a TV, are a big target.

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Computer-database technology developed in the 1970s and 1980s gave advertisers the ability to target individual consumers with their message, bypassing newspapers entirely.

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