Guantanamo hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown
The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats.
May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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Syrian hackers compromise FT blog, Twitter feeds
(AP)—A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly ...
May 17, 2013
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New Yorker launches online anonymous tip system
The New Yorker magazine on Wednesday unveiled a new online system for anonymous whistleblower tips, based on technology developed by the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz and a former hacker.
May 15, 2013
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Head of hacker-powered stock scam sent to prison
A US man was sent to prison on Monday for orchestrating a hacker-powered scam to pump up stock prices and then dump inflated shares, raking in millions of dollars.
May 13, 2013
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Article addresses constitutional issues with private government contractors
A University of Kansas law professor has co-authored an article about remedying constitutional violations perpetrated by privately employed government contractors on the heels of briefing the same issue in the U.S. Supreme ...
May 02, 2013
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MIT to release documents about activist Swartz (Update)
(AP)—The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Tuesday that the school will voluntarily release public documents related to the prosecution of free-information activist Aaron Swartz, who hanged ...
Mar 19, 2013
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Nordic prisons less crowded, less punitive, better staffed
Prisons in Sweden, Norway and Finland have a smaller average inmate population, bigger cells and broader access to social services than jails in English-speaking countries, a 10-year study has found.
Mar 19, 2013
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Women trafficked into crime in UK are imprisoned without support or protection
Research reveals extent of shortcomings in UK justice and immigration to adequately define and intervene in such cases.
Feb 08, 2013
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Aging cells lose their grip on DNA rogues
(Phys.org)—Transposable elements are mobile strands of DNA that insert themselves into chromosomes with mostly harmful consequences. Cells try to keep them locked down, but in a new study, Brown University ...
Jan 30, 2013
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War was a money-spinner for the rank-and-file soldier in the Late Middle Ages
Research by a University of Southampton historian has found that the practice of ransom was widespread among all soldiers during the Hundred Years War (1337 – 1453) and not, as generally thought, just the preserve of kings, ...
Jan 25, 2013
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Swedish music sales 'boosted by Spotify'
Music sales in Sweden rose last year thanks to the growing popularity of music streaming service Spotify, the country's music industry body said, offering hope to a sector battered by file-sharing.
Jan 18, 2013
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Hollywood hacker honed his skills for years
A Florida man is scheduled to be sentenced Monday for hacking into email accounts belonging to Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson.
Dec 17, 2012
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UC research examines advocacy by unions in the criminal justice sector
Research out of the University of Cincinnati seeks to measure economic and political policy impacts that unions associated with criminal justice systems – such as police, correctional officers and dispatchers unions – ...
Nov 14, 2012
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Two sentenced to US prison for copyright piracy
Two members of an Internet piracy group were sentenced to prison Friday on charges stemming from unauthorized online distribution of first-run films, officials said.
Nov 03, 2012
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NY judge gives poker money man jail for bank fraud
(AP)—A man who processed money illegally for three Internet poker companies whose U.S. operations eventually were shut down was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in prison by a judge who said he played a "catch me if ...
Oct 04, 2012
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