Payment card processors hacked in $45 million fraud
A vast debit card fraud scheme that allegedly netted $US45 million has been linked to the hacking of credit card processors in the US and India.
View ArticleFour former LulzSec members sentenced to prison in the UK
Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the group against corporate and government websites in 2011.
View ArticleAnonymous member pleads guilty to Stratfor hack
A former member of a band of hackers faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to a single computer hacking charge.
View ArticleUS charges eight with multimillion-dollar cybercrime
U.S. federal prosecutors charged eight people on Wednesday in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraud that siphoned money from hacked accounts at banks and financial institutions, laundered it and...
View ArticleFacebook, Microsoft disclose little on national security requests
Facebook and Microsoft each fielded thousands of requests for user data as part of law enforcement investigations from U.S. authorities in the second half of last year, they said late Friday.
View ArticleApple received thousands of data requests from US law enforcers
Apple received between 4000 and 5000 requests for customer data from US law enforcement between December 1 and May 31, according to the company.
View ArticleUS charges Edward Snowden with espionage, report says
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked information about U.S. government mass surveillance programs, has been charged by the U.S. with espionage, the Washington Post reported Friday.
View ArticleNSA leaker Snowden leaves Hong Kong reportedly for Russia
Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the country's surveillance programs, left Hong Kong Sunday to a third country.
View ArticleWikiLeaks slams US for pursuing Snowden
U.S. officials should be condemned for "bullying" other nations in their attempts to get them to turn over Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor, who leaked classified...
View ArticleAT&T iPad hacker files appeal over conviction, long sentence
A U.S. man prosecuted for exposing a weakness in how AT&T handled the personal data of its iPad users filed an appeal on Monday of his conviction and 41-month sentence.
View ArticleEU Parliament approves stricter penalties for cyber attacks
Cyber criminals will face tougher penalties across the European Union, under new rules adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday.
View ArticleDecryption orders could violate human rights, Dutch judiciary council says
A Dutch draft law that aims to introduce a decryption order that forces suspects to decrypt data on their computers could violate the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), said the Dutch Council...
View ArticleSEC charges Texas man with running Bitcoin Ponzi scheme
A Texas man was charged on Tuesday in U.S. federal court with allegedly running a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, allegedly siphoning the virtual currency from victims to pay for rent, food and gambling.
View ArticleBradley Manning's maximum sentence reduced by a third
The military judge overseeing the U.S. government's prosecution of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has reduced the maximum sentence he faces by a third, but even so it still could mean life in prison.
View Article'Western Express' credit-card fraud prosecution ends
The last member of a $US5 million global credit-card fraud ring was sentenced on Thursday in New York state court, ending an eight-year investigation and prosecution.
View ArticleBradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for classified document leaks
A military court judge has sentenced U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison on Wednesday on charges related to his leaking a large store of classified documents to Wikileaks, according to...
View ArticleManning attorney vows to fight on, urges Obama to issue pardon
Former Army Pfc. Bradley Manning may have been handed a 35-year prison sentence on Wednesday for leaking classified documents, but "his fight is not over" and he could be free much sooner, according to...
View ArticleFrench prosecutor starts preliminary inquiry into Prism privacy violations
Allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on French citizens with its Prism program have prompted the French public prosecutor to begin a preliminary inquiry, a court spokeswoman said...
View ArticleAustralian who boasted of hacking to plead not guilty to charges stemming...
A 17-year-old Australian who in February claimed to have breached networks at Microsoft and Sony will plead not guilty to charges stemming from a police raid on his home.
View ArticleYahoo: More than 12,000 US data requests led to disclosures more than 11,000...
Yahoo received 12,444 requests from the U.S. government for user data in the first half of this year, resulting in 11,402 instances of data disclosure, it said Friday in its first transparency report.
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