News tagged with fraud
Yahoo! accuses Facebook of patent infringement (Update)
Yahoo! filed suit against Facebook in a California court on Monday accusing the social networking giant of infringing on 10 patents held by the Internet pioneer.
Mar 12, 2012 |
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China web firms vow to curb 'harmful' information
The heads of China's largest Internet and technology firms have vowed to stop the "spread of harmful information" on the web after attending a three-day government workshop, state media said Sunday.
Nov 06, 2011 |
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Cyber-fraud tops $93 billion a year in Latin America
Fraud in online commerce and theft of confidential data, known as phishing, at banks in Latin America together top 93 billion dollars in yearly losses, an IT conference heard Wednesday.
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Cybercrime networks impacted 1M computer users
(AP) -- Law enforcement officers in the U.S. and seven other nations have seized dozens of computers, servers and bank accounts in an international probe of cybercrime rings responsible for $74 million in losses to more ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Professor's algorithms unlock Van Gogh mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell electrical engineering professor is helping art historians do a little detective work by using computing algorithms to identify which of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings came from the ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Internet sleuths get new way to report stolen data
(AP) -- A new program being spearheaded by Microsoft Corp. is designed to provide a trusted way for researchers to report stolen credit card numbers and other data they've found in the dark corners of the Internet.
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Polish bank claims Europe's first biometric cash point
Poland's cooperative BPS SA bank claimed Tuesday to be the first in Europe to install a biometric cash point allowing its clients to use their fingertips rather than a bank card to withdraw money.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 11, 2010 |
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Privacy concerns could limit benefits from real-time data analysis, researcher says
Society will be unable to take full advantage of real-time data analysis technologies that might improve health, reduce traffic congestion and give scientists new insights into human behavior until it resolves questions about ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Failing the sniff test: Researchers find new way to spot fraud
Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Google acquires Web security firm reCAPTCHA
(PhysOrg.com) -- Google announced on Wednesday that it has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that produces the squiggly words used by websites to guard against spam and fraud.
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Lessons from Schon -- the worst physics fraudster?
How did a 31-year-old physicist working at Bell Labs in New Jersey, US, get away with possibly the worst case of physics research fraud known? From claims to have made the world's first organic electrical laser to the fictional ...
May 05, 2009 |
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Private equity firms win battle for bankrupt Polaroid
Bankrupt Polaroid Corp. has been bought by a pair of private equity firms after a judge threw out the acquisition of the iconic inventor of instant photography by another investor.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Probe into faked studies rocks medical community
A trail-blazing anesthesiologist, whose research shaped pain-relief for millions around the world, has been fabricating data for more than a decade, a hospital where he once practiced claimed Saturday.
Mar 15, 2009 |
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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.
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Former Yahoo! executive charged with insider trading
US regulators announced that a former Yahoo! executive has agreed to plead guilty in an insider trading scheme that involved leaking word of the Internet search giant's pact with Microsoft.
May 22, 2012 |
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Fraud
In the broadest sense, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and is also a civil law violation. Many hoaxes are fraudulent, although those not made for personal gain are not technically frauds. Defrauding people of money is presumably the most common type of fraud, but there have also been many fraudulent "discoveries" in art, archaeology, and science.
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