10 years ago - The Times
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Mitts investigation report: National Information Security Agency to be set up
Usernames and passwords belonging to the 20,000 users of the government IT system were copied by hackers on September 4.
It was probable that the attack was made through the system at Malta’s Embassy in Cairo, Communications Minister Austin Gatt told Parliament yesterday.
Making a statement on the investigations which had taken place at Mitts, Dr Gatt said that the National Information Security Agency would be set up in the coming days.
It would be separate but complementary to the Malta IT Agency and the Malta Communications Authority in the sector of information security.
Referring to the breach, Dr Gatt said there was no proof that any e-mail account had been penetrated.
He said American experts were commissioned to establish whether information had been copied.
They had concluded that the computer system at the Maltese embassy in Cairo was infected with malware which was permitting connection between the government network and the internet.
25 years ago - The Times
Friday, October 15, 1993
Call for Malta’s EC application to be discussed
A rapporteur on Malta to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security of the European Parliament said that it appeared that the EC Commission was aiming to start negotiations on Malta’s EC membership after 1996.
Speaking on Wednesday at a meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security, the rapporteur Signora Maria Luisa Cassanmagnago Cerretti stressed that Malta’s application should be discussed at a plenary session of the European Parliament as soon as possible.
Oil drilling ahead of schedule
Drilling of the well ‘Tama One’ is ahead of schedule and should be completed by the beginning of December.
Steven Flodder, president of Amoco Mediterranean, said yesterday they started drilling on September 24 and there had been no serious problems.
The current cost of drilling is running at a staggering $70 per minute or $100,000 a day. The company has already spent $3.2 million in the first 20 days of drilling.
50 years ago - Times of Malta
Tuesday, October 15, 1968
Special film shows for children
To help in the fundraising campaign for the Christmas Party for Needy Children Fund, the Malta United Film Corporation Ltd, with the help of exhibitors, is organising about 40 special matinee film shows all over Malta and Gozo.
These film shows will be held in the morning or early afternoons on Sundays or public holidays. The first shows took place yesterday.
This series of shows will extend up to December. The films to be shown will include such favourites as Pack up your Trouble with Laurel and Hardy; Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (Kirk Morris and Richard Lloyd); Golden Arrow (Tab Hunter and Rosanna Podesta); Plainsman (Don Murray and Guy Stockwell); and Secret Invasion (Henry Silva and Stewart Granger).
Welsh comedian visiting island for sixth time
The Welsh comedian, broadcaster and TV personality Wyn Calvin is paying a return visit to Malta this week where, as well as renewing acquaintance with old friends, he is discovering parts of Malta, Gozo and Comino which he has not visited on any of his five trips to Malta.