News tagged with internet crime
Computer Scientists Help Police Apprehend Internet Child Pornographers
Thanks to powerful new software developed by University of Massachusetts Amherst computer scientists Brian Levine and Marc Liberatore, state law enforcement officers across the country including the Massachusetts State Police ...
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Aug 03, 2010 |
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More Internet predators are challenging agents
(AP) -- Eric Szatkowski is a Wisconsin Justice Department special agent, but on that Sunday afternoon he entered an online chat room as a 14-year-old boy. He claimed he was into weightlifting, AC/DC and muscle magazines. ...
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Swedish Internet firm to delete user data
Swedish telecom supplier Tele2 said Monday it will delete information allowing their customers to be identified, a move police argue could make the hunt for Internet pirates "impossible."
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Minn. man suspected of encouraging suicides
(AP) -- A nurse who authorities say got his kicks by visiting Internet suicide chat rooms and encouraging depressed people to kill themselves is under investigation in at least two deaths and could face criminal ...
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Chinese police shut down hacker training business
(AP) -- Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Google, Facebook fight Indian criminal case
Google and Facebook on Monday fought in the Delhi High Court to quash criminal charges that they are responsible for obscene online content.
Jan 16, 2012 |
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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.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Internet fraud losses doubled last year
(AP) -- The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI.
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Child porn, ID theft drive record cyber crime in Japan
Internet crime in Japan jumped to a new record last year, led by ID theft and database attacks, child pornography posts and copyright violations, the national police agency said Thursday.
Mar 04, 2010 |
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US, Russia begin talks on cyberspace security: report
The United States has begun talks with Russia and a UN arms control committee about strengthening Internet security and limiting military use of cyberspace, The New York Times reported.
Dec 13, 2009 |
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Salesman: Hackers use Chinese company's servers
(AP) -- A Chinese man cited by a U.S. security firm as being linked to cyberspying on Western oil companies said Friday his company rents server space to hundreds of hackers. ...
Feb 11, 2011 |
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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.
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Reports of Internet crime jump 33 percent
(AP) -- Reports of Internet-based crime jumped 33 percent in 2008, according to a group that monitors web-based fraud.
Mar 30, 2009 |
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For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life
(AP) -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker. For most people, that word means something malicious - shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains ...
Feb 05, 2012 |
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Davos call for global action against cybercrime
International action to snuff out cybercrime is desperately needed, officials and business leaders said here, warning that criminals move at Internet speed while countries drag their feet.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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