WASHINGTON – The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The bank strenuously denied the report.

Almost three quarters of Internet users in the Middle East and North Africa region, about 70 per cent, believe that online activity has disrupted normal social activity to the extent that today's human relationships are now mostly 'virtual', according to a new study by Bayt.com in cooperation with research specialists YouGov Siraj. Exceeding the regional average, 74 per cent of Egypt's respondents believe that social activity is being sidelined by virtual contact, with just 14% disagreeing.

Last week, Mideast Communication Systems hosted a conference on McAfee DLP to help successful businesses discover the simplest approach to security risk management and learn why data loss prevention is key to any enterprise security risk management strategy. During the event, The Gazette caught up with Tareq Shabaka, MCS chief executive officer, and had the following interview.

Was the Nile ferry mishap the result of laxity?
 Yes
 No
 I don't know