Facebook says it was hacked

Facebook said on Friday it had been the target of an unidentified hacker group, but it found no evidence that user data was compromised.

"Last month, Facebook security discovered that our systems had been targeted in a sophisticated attack," the company said in a blog post posted on Friday afternoon, just before the three-day Presidents Day weekend. "The attack occurred when a handful of employees visited a mobile developer website that was compromised."

Google to open retail shops, Report

Google has made an indelible mark on the world wide web with its offerings and services, and now it may be making its foray into the real world with retail chains. Citing an extremely reliable source, technology blog 9to5google has said that the internet search giant will enter the retail business by opening its first-ever outlets in the US. 

The report claims that Google "is in the process of building stand-alone retail stores in the U.S. and hopes to have the first flagship Google Stores open for the holidays in major metropolitan areas." The holiday season in the US starts from November and lasts till mid-January. 

Cyberattacks against media increasing, Rights group

 Cyberattacks against journalists and media organisations around the world have increased over the past few years as criminal hackers provide a cheap and easy way of censoring the press, a media rights group said on Thursday. 

The Committee to Protect Journalists said media cyberattacks, such as those that recently occurred at The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, were simply part of a growing global trend. 

H 1B visas, US Congress introduces immigration bill

Targeting highly skilled talents from India and China, a bi-partisan group of US lawmakers have introduced a new bill in the Congress to create more than 125,000 new visas to attract global talents to America.

The bill called Startup 3.0 proposes to help increase America's access to talent by creating a new set of conditional visas for 75,000 immigrant entrepreneurs and 50,000 foreign STEM (Science technology, engineering and math) graduate students. 

Email hacking, How to minimise risk

People can follow some simple steps to minimize the risk of getting their personal information hacked, a New Zealand-based security has said.

According to Paul Matthews, chief executive of the Institute of IT Professionals, one should always log out from the account after checking emails, instead of just closing the browser window.