News tagged with cyber crime

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Google data gathering was not a crime: NZealand

New Zealand police said Thursday that Google did not commit a criminal offence when it collected data from wireless networks for its "Street View" mapping service.

Technology / Business

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Thailand blocks access to WikiLeaks website

Thai authorities have used their emergency powers to block domestic access to the WikiLeaks whistleblower website on security grounds, a government official said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Slovene police, FBI hail ties in cyber crime probe

(AP) -- An FBI official said Friday a two-year-long multinational investigation led them to nab a 23-year-old Slovenian, who allegedly created a malicious software code that infected 12 million computers worldwide.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NATO's cyber-brains gaze at the future of war

Behind the walls of a high-security lab, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's top cyber-minds are trying to predict the evolution of conflict in an Internet-dependent world.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 24, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Report: FBI probes hacker attack on Citigroup

(AP) -- 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.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests

(AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 14

Girls' violence on the rise

The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US senators call for cybersecurity czar

Two US senators introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at creating a powerful national cybersecurity advisor who would report directly to the president.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mahalo vouches for criminal hacker in its midst

The founder of young Internet search engine Mahalo explained on Thursday how a convicted hacker wound up a cherished member of their team.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russia's hackers pose growing global threat

Not long ago, the simple, anonymous thrill of exposing chinks in American software was enough of a payoff for a Russian hacker.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2


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