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The British government says it will consider new medical evidence before approving the extradition of a computer hacker wanted in the U.S. on charges of breaking into military computers.
A British man accused of hacking into American military computers has failed in his latest bid to avoid extradition to the U.S., his lawyer said Friday.
A computer hacker who was once a federal informant and was a driving force behind one of the largest cases of identity theft in U.S. history pleaded guilty Friday in a deal with prosecutors that will send him to prison for up to 25 years.
A computer hacker accused of masterminding one of the largest cases of identity theft in U.S. history agreed Friday to plead guilty and serve up to 25 years in federal prison for his crimes.
The American Civil Liberties Union has written a letter in support of an autistic British man fighting to avoid extradition to the United States to face trial for hacking into military computers.
Nestled near a row of sultry, silvery-green palm trees and a 205-foot-long infinity pool, room 1508 at the National Hotel on South Beach is a portrait of Art Deco luxury. It is also where, on May 7, 2008, federal agents seized two computers, $22,000 in cash and a Glock 9 gun from a man known on the Internet as "soupnazi."
This week's indictment of a hacker believed responsible for the biggest retail-store data breaches in U.S. history doesn't necessarily make shoppers safer from having their credit card numbers plundered.
A former government informant known online as "soupnazi" stole information from 130 million credit and debit card accounts in what federal prosecutors are calling the largest case of identity theft yet.
A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, except operates between computers and Web sites they trust.
The race to build a "smarter" electrical grid could have a dark side. Security experts are starting to show the dangers of equipping homes and businesses with new meters that enable two-way communication with utilities.
Britain's High Court on Friday rejected an autistic British man's bid to avoid extradition to the United States to face trial for hacking into military computers.
A piece of anti-theft software built into many laptops at the factory opens a serious security hole, according to research presented Thursday.
Getting a text message is akin to someone sliding a piece of mail under your door: You may not have asked for it, you can't stop its delivery and you have to deal with it whether you want to or not.
Prosecutors failed to consider the human rights argument against forcing an autistic British man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers to stand trial in the United States, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.
A British man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers is asking a court to halt his extradition to the United States.
State officials still don't know the extent to which a hacker compromised Virginia's prescription drug monitoring system.
A teenage hacker from New Zealand who helped a criminal network to infiltrate more than 1 million computers worldwide and skim millions of dollars from bank accounts has been hired as a cyber-security consultant by the country's second-largest telecommunications company.
A New Zealand teenager who helped a crime gang hack into more than 1 million computers worldwide and skim millions of dollars from bank accounts has a new job as a security consultant for a telecom company.
A former contractor who worked at an American military base in Iraq is accused of hacking into teenage girls' computers in the U.S., coercing many of them into giving him revealing photos, authorities said Tuesday.
A Los Angeles computer security consultant has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for using malicious software that turned thousands of computers into "zombies" so he could steal private information.
British prosecutors said Thursday they would not bring criminal charges against a London man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers. The decision is a blow to Gary McKinnon's attempts to avoid extradition to the United States.
A British court ruled Friday that a man who hacked into U.S. military computers can seek a new hearing in his battle to avoid extradition.
A British man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers is offering to plead guilty to a criminal charge in Britain to avoid extradition to the United States, his lawyer said Monday.
A Romanian computer programmer who hacked into computers used by the U.S. Navy, the Department of Energy and NASA has been convicted on Romanian charges and ordered to pay thousands in damages.
The European Court of Human Rights has cleared the way for the extradition of a British man who allegedly hacked into secret U.S. military computers, his lawyer said Thursday.
Advanced AntivirusHackers have shown that they can plant their malware even on mainstream sites--proving that you need antivirus protection now more than ever. We lab-tested eleven top security programs to find the best guardians for your PC.
Hadley CRU hacked with release of hundreds of docs and emailsI've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline.
Cyber vandal hits police website A computer hacker protesting over terror deaths in Pakistan has attacked the website of Durham Police, forcing it to temporarily close. The cyber vandal wrote: "Ur security sucks UK police this is my revenge against u.
E-Mail Scam Hacks Accounts, Uses Personal InfoBALTIMORE -- Officials are warning consumers of yet another Internet scam in which hackers get into thousands of Microsoft e-mail accounts and used personal information to get to their victims.
Man banished from PayPal for showing how to hack PayPalPayPal suspended the account of a white-hat hacker on Tuesday, a day after someone used his research into website authentication to publish a counterfeit certificate for the online payment processor.
Penis hacker freed A 78-year-old man who hacked a love rival's penis off has been freed.
Computer hacker faces courtAN alleged computer hacker accused of unleashing a virus on thousands of bank accounts worldwide from Adelaide has faced court for the first time today.
http://scrawlbug.com/2009/08/28/elance-security-failure-again/Elance Security Failure -- since July, Elance has had two massive flaws in their site that has resulted in user compromised user info...
Swedish Hacker Builds Sudoku-Solving Lego RobotRealizing Sudoku is incredibly boring, Swedish hacker Hans Andersson created a robot from a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to solve the number puzzles for him.
This has been reported to be mass emailed = "spammed" over the internet.
The British and Irish Legal Information Institute have published the text of the two combined Judicial Review Judgments made against Gary McKinnon which were handed down on Friday 31st July 2009British and Irish Legal Information Institute publishes judicial review of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Secretary of State for Home Affairs decisions to grant extradition to the US of Gary McKinnon. Gary suffers from Asperger syndrome. Is the US Military so insec …
Hacker's mum hits out at Home SecretaryThe mother of computer hacker Gary McKinnon today criticised the Home Secretary for linking her son to the September 11 terror attacks and the deaths of nearly 3,000 US citizens.
Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAdobe's Shockwave Player contains a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of Windows computers, according to a warning from the software maker.
Pranksters allegedly hack Berlin stadium's billboard Is it hacker coup or grand fraud? A video on the internet shows three people apparently hacking into the massive electronic billboard outside Berlin's new O2 World stadium to advertise for a party.
Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Accused Palin Hacker Says Stolen E-Mails Were Public RecordA surprise legal maneuver by the defense in the Sarah Palin hacking case could undermine key charges carrying the stiffest potential penalties.
Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project -- the Defense Department's costliest weapons program ever -- according to current and former government officials familiar with the attacks.
China Denies Connection With Cyber-Spying NetworkThe Chinese government has denied having any relationship with "a malware-based cyber espionage network" called GhostNet, an operation revealed Sunday by a Toronto-based research team.
Telstra offshoot hires teen hacker 'Akill'TelstraClear, Telstra's New Zealand subsidiary, has hired one of the worlds best known hackers - a teenager known as "Akill".
'Smart Grid' may be vulnerable to hackersWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Is it really so smart to forge ahead with the high technology, digitally based electricity distribution and transmission system known as the "Smart Grid"? Tests have shown that a hacker can break into the system, and cybersecurity experts said a massive blacko …
Hacking Digital Fingerprints: MD5 cracked!Sensitive online documents, such as certificates that vouch for banking sites, bear "digital fingerprints" that identify them without revealing their contents. The fingerprints are produced from the documents' contents by algorithms that are supposed to be irreversible.
Hackers Struggle with Browser CompatibilityIt turns out that one of the biggest issues they had was browser compatibility. Yestrumskas told me that the two had working code running on Safari, but that, as he tested it and made a few tweaks, for an unexplained reason the attack just stopped working.
Foreign hacker accessed UF student, employee recordsA foreign hacker gained access to a University of Florida computer system containing the personal information of more than 97,200 students, faculty and staff, UF announced Thursday.
Mac AttackingFans of Apple computers often boast about superior security. But as Macs have gained in popularity over the past few years, this has brought much more attention from hackers.
DailyTech - Ex Fannie Mae Contractor Indicted for Computer IntrusionThe moral of the story don't let a techy have unsupervised access if you know your about to fire them.
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