Monday | 22 March, 2010
Stories by: Grant Gross
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US expert: Chinese gov't likely behind massive cyberattacks 11/03/2010 07:25:00
The Chinese government is likely behind recent cyberattacks on U.S. government Web sites and on U.S. companies in an apparent effort to quash criticism of the government there, an expert on U.S. and Chinese relations said Wednesday. - +
US lifts Iran, Sudan, Cuba Internet services export ban 09/03/2010 07:20:00
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has loosened controls on the export of Internet-based communication services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba, in an effort to spread free-speech freedoms to those countries, the agency said Monday. - +
Security expert: US would lose cyberwar 24/02/2010 08:19:00
The U.S. government, if confronted in a cyberwar today, would not come out on top, a former U.S. director of national intelligence said Tuesday. - +
Security experts wrestle with cyberattack scenario 17/02/2010 06:57:00
Imagine a scenario in which a downloadable application turns smartphones into network-clogging bots, causing U.S. mobile-phone networks to fail, and eventually spreads to the wired Internet. - +
Australian parliament Web site attacked 11/02/2010 05:32:00
The Australian Parliament's Web site was hit by an apparent denial-of-service attack Wednesday, two days after the hacking group Anonymous threatened attacks over the government's plan to filter Web content. - +
Indian pleads guilty in overseas stock hacking scheme 08/02/2010 07:50:00
An Indian national pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and aggravated identity-theft charges related to an international fraud scheme to hack into online brokerage accounts in the U.S. and use them to manipulate stock prices, the U.S. Department of Justice said. - +
Former CEO of BetOnSports.com sentenced to prison term 11/01/2010 07:50:00
The former director and CEO of BetOnSports.com, a large offshore sports-wagering business, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in running the illegal gambling operation. - +
US State Dept. worker sentenced for passport snooping 10/12/2009 05:38:00
An employee of the U.S. Department of State was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months of probation for illegally accessing more than 125 electronic passport application files, the U.S. Department of Justice said. - +
Two sentenced to prison for online money laundering 04/12/2009 08:01:00
Two Bulgarians have been sentenced for their roles in an online money-laundering scheme that collected about US$1.2 million from U.S. residents and sent it to a criminal group in Eastern Europe, the U.S. Department of Justice said. - +
DOJ charges two programmers with aiding Madoff scheme 16/11/2009 08:11:00
Two computer programmers who worked for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities were arrested Friday and charged in connection with the multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme run by their former boss. - +
Eight indicted for $9 million hack 11/11/2009 07:56:00
A U.S. grand jury in Atlanta has indicted eight people related to hacking into a computer network operated by credit-card processing vendor RBS WorldPlay and stealing US$9 million.
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