Four cuffed over Web site vandalism

Spanish police have arrested four people from a hacking crew blamed for defacing the Web sites of the main two political parties in Spain, writes The Register.

As well as allegedly adding a red fist to the site of PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Espa~nol) and PP (Partido Popular), the hackers also sprayed digital graffiti on the Web site of TV gossip show S'alvame.

The miscreants took advantage of either system or configuration errors before modifying content on targeted sites, according to Spanish security firm Panda.

The games industry says it has been "let down" by the government, following its decision not to award tax breaks, reports The BBC.

The premise, giving the sector 20% tax relief, had been floated by the Labour government before the last election.

But the culture minister, Ed Vaizey, told delegates at the video game Develop Conference, in Brighton, the case "had not been made".

According to a key speaker at a data protection roundtable, there are just as many data breaches that go under the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) radar as are discovered, says Computing.co.uk.

The roundtable was hosted by security firm Sophos, with guests from Lloyd's Banking Group, Vodafone and Everything, Everywhere, and law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW).

Stewart Room, partner at the Privacy and Information Law Group of FFW, explained that when many businesses become aware of a data leak, they will carry out a risk assessment with their lawyers.

Former security company Finjan has filed a lawsuit against five companies, McAfee, Symantec, Webroot Software, Websense and Sophos, claiming they are in violation of its patents, reveals CNet.

Finjan is asking for financial damages and an injunction to stop the five security companies from selling software allegedly tied to the patents.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in US District Court for the District of Delaware, targets two patents.