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December 25, 2004 · Mlive.com
Hacker gets 9-year term in Lowe's case

A Hamburg Township man was sentenced in North Carolina last week to nine years in federal prison for hacking into the Lowe's stores computer system and trying…

December 24, 2004 · Sify News
Trisha's complaint makes police alert on cyber crime

Police have intensified vigil against cyber crimes in the city following allegations by film actress Trisha Krishnan that websites were allegedly hosting…

December 24, 2004 · Zwire.Com
Redirected to jail?

Malicious software, or malware, can steal credit card information, record sensitive password information and redirect you to Web sites you never intended to…

December 23, 2004 · EcommerceTimes
Experts Say India's Cyber Law is Outdated

**Cyber law expert Pavan Duggal feels India's Information Technology Act of 2000 is completely outdated and not fit to deal with cyber crimes. He said that the…

December 22, 2004 · CNN Money
Judge questions anti-spam law

**Judge halts guilty plea by ex-AOL employee who sold e-mail addresses, questions new anti-spam law.** ***NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has refused to…

December 22, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet gets out of hand

‘Internet gets out of hand like a “Hundred-Headed Hydra”, Government have to develop public policy in the Internet Community’ – Alexander Socolov Minister of…

December 21, 2004 · eMediaWire
Cybersecurity 4 Terrorism

***Computers and networks essentially run the operations of most business in the country. Most computer systems, computer software and networks were not…

December 20, 2004 · The Washington Times
ebay's India chief arrested in porno case

New Delhi, India, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Indian police Friday arrested a top boss of an Indian subsidiary of the Internet auction house eBay for allegedly Web…

December 20, 2004 · WebIndia123.com
Cyber crime takes Bhubaneswar by storm

Obscene mails seems to be the order of the day in Bhubaneswar, for now a prestigious management institute has lodged a cyber crime complaint with the police.…

December 18, 2004 · SFGate.com
Prison memoir takes holy war into cyberspace

Jakarta, Indonesia -- After Imam Samudra was charged with engineering the devastating Bali nightclub bombings two years ago, he taunted his police accusers in…

December 17, 2004 · The Union Leader
State launches battle against cyber crimes

CONCORD — The state is launching a cyber crime-fighting initiative to help law enforcement get ahead of computer-based crimes — whether it be detecting…

December 17, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hacker raised the wages for himself and for colleagues

A hacker having illegally accessed to the database of the one large Russian company in Tyumen has raised wages for himself and for several drivers of the…

December 16, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Lowe's hacker sentenced to nine years

***Mich. man tried to steal customers' credit card information*** CHARLOTTE, N.C. - One of three Michigan men who hacked into the national computer system of…

December 16, 2004 · THE TIMES OF INDIA
40% of Capital's cyber crime targets women

NEW DELHI: As the Delhi Police investigate an increasing number of cyber crimes, investigators are realising that almost half the cases reported have women at…

December 15, 2004 · Silicon.com
Home Office calls for cybercrime shakeup

The government has warned that police and law makers need to step up their efforts to fight crime on the internet. A Home Office report called The Future of…

December 15, 2004 · Continuity Central
Cyber-crime: how to fight back

As our reliance on computers and e-communication grows, so do the opportunities for cyber-criminals. Although organisations are now recognising the problem and…

December 15, 2004 · 123bharath.com
Man downloads child porn to spoil boss' career!

A Sydney judge has reduced the jail sentence of a former employee of a leading childcare provider, Communicare, after accepting the man's defence that he…

December 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber crime statistics in Russian Federation

According to domestic experts, high-tech crime will become the most developed criminal sphere among the transnational organized criminality. Cyber crime will…

December 13, 2004 · Donga.com
A Struggle of 18 Days with 280,000 Text Messages

“I am very proud that I played a role in creating a new social mood that allows those who did their best to be treated and evaluated properly.” As the chief of…

December 12, 2004 · 13Wvec.Com
Deputy faces possession of child porn charges

A Virginia Beach sheriff's deputy faces charges of possession of child pornography. Police said Deputy Alfred Cope had child porn on his home computer. Police…

December 12, 2004 · KOTV
Officials Issue Warning About Internet Fraud And Fake Money Orders

There's a word of warning out about a fraud scheme sweeping across the Internet. It could cost you hundreds of dollars, and land you in federal prison. The…

December 11, 2004 · TheChamplainchannel
N.H. Focuses On Computer Crime

NASHUA, N.H. -- New Hampshire is stepping up its fight against computer criminals. Speaking Thursday at a conference on white-collar crime, Attorney General…

December 11, 2004 · NEWS.com.au
Action needed on cyber security

THE US government is falling short in cyber security efforts and should take immediate steps to protect the country's technological resources, an industry…

December 10, 2004 · Local Tech Wire
FBI Cyber Crimes Agent To Give Seminar at Peak 10

CHARLOTTE Doris Gardner, an agent with the FBI�s computer crime and infrastructure protection squad, will talk about how to fight computer intrusion crime in a…

December 10, 2004 · Washington Post
Ex-U.S. Cyber Security Chief Sees Curb on Phishing

A former White House Web security chief predicted on Wednesday that technology companies and law enforcers could soon stamp out most Internet "phishing" scams…

December 10, 2004 · The Sudbury Town Crier
Cracking down on online fraud

Something seemed awfully "phishy" about an e-mail state Rep. David Linsky discovered in his inbox two months ago. The e-mail, purportedly from Citizens Bank,…

December 9, 2004 · The Winchester Star
Federal Trial Set In Child Porn Case

A Gore man accused of creating an Internet child pornography group and distributing sexual images of three children now has a federal trial date. Samuel Lewis…

December 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Carders by Phone

Credit cards number thieves phone the victims and feign Visa staff and ask to specify information on the credit card with the alleged purpose of checking…

December 8, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine Parliament Backs Changes to End Poll Crisis

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament approved on Wednesday a series of laws and constitutional changes aimed at resolving the post-election crisis which has…

December 8, 2004 · NEWS.com.au
Cybercrime remains a hard nut to crack

THE internet may not be the haven it seems for hi-tech crime, an Australian criminologist believes. Australian Institute of Criminology director Dr Russell…