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  • iPad hackers' chats were turned in by secret source

    The US Government's case against two men charged with hacking into AT&T's website to steal e-mail addresses from about 120,000 iPad users got a boost last year when a confidential source handed over 150 pages of chat logs between the two and other members of their hacking group.

    Written by Robert McMillan19 Jan. 11 13:03
  • Report: DOJ prepares challenge to Google's ITA acquisition

    The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing documents for an antitrust challenge of Google's planned acquisition of travel software maker ITA Software, according to reports from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal.

    Written by Grant Gross14 Jan. 11 07:57
  • OpenBSD chief believes contractor tried to write backdoors

    The lead developer of the OpenBSD operating system says that he believes that a government contracting firm that contributed code to his project "was probably contracted to write backdoors," which would grant secret access to encrypted communications.

    Written by Robert McMillan22 Dec. 10 11:38
  • US gov't worker pleads guilty to accessing student files

    A former employee of the U.S. Department of Education has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing confidential loan files of several hundred college students on an agency database, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

    Written by Grant Gross15 Dec. 10 09:03
  • Ex-Comverse CEO to forfeit $46M in backdating scandal

    The former CEO of networking software company Comverse Technology has agreed to forfeit US$46 million to help cover shareholder lawsuits against the company he founded.

    Written by Robert McMillan24 Nov. 10 09:09
  • Woman helped sell fake chips to US military

    A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she helped her employer sell counterfeit computer chips for use by the U.S. military

    Written by Robert McMillan23 Nov. 10 20:17
  • Sarah Palin hacker Kernell gets one-year sentence

    The former college student who guessed his way into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account during the 2008 U.S. presidential election was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Friday.

    Written by Robert McMillan13 Nov. 10 06:30
  • Three indicted for fixing prices of color display tubes

    A grand jury in San Francisco has indicted three former executives from two manufacturers of color display tubes (CDTs) for charges related to an alleged global conspiracy to fix prices of the tubes used in computer monitors and other products.

    Written by Grant Gross11 Nov. 10 02:20
  • IT worker gets prison after stealing data for online surveys

    A former IT staffer has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for stealing sensitive information belonging to his co-workers and using the data to make money filling out online health surveys.

    Written by Robert McMillan29 Oct. 10 11:23
  • Feds hit Zeus group, but the brains remain overseas

    U.S. authorities dealt a significant blow to the most successful computer crime organization this week, but it's unclear whether the masterminds behind the Zeus malware will ever be brought to justice.

    Written by Robert McMillan01 Oct. 10 08:56
  • Man gets 10 years for VoIP hacking

    A Venezuelan man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for stealing and then reselling more than 10 million minutes of Internet phone service.

    Written by Robert McMillan25 Sept. 10 05:34
  • Comcast hackers get 18 months in prison

    Two hackers convicted of defacing Comcast's website two years ago were sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.

    Written by Robert McMillan25 Sept. 10 09:58
  • Report: DOJ nears deal with tech firms on staff poaching

    The U.S. Department of Justice is nearing a settlement with technology vendors including Apple, Google and others over an investigation of their hiring practices, according to a report.

    Written by Peter Sayer17 Sept. 10 22:13
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