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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.
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    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.
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    Heartland moves to encrypted payment system 21/01/2010 07:01:00

    Responding to its widely reported and massive data breach that took place a year ago, Heartland Payment Systems will be moving to an end-to-end encryption system for payment transactions, according to Chairman and CEO Robert Carr.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    'Godfather of Spam' sentenced to four years in prison 25/11/2009 08:10:00

    One of the most notorious U.S.-based spammers was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for a scheme that used spam to manipulate stock prices in order to make a profit.
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    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.
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    Eighth person charged with passport snooping 10/11/2009 07:59:00

    An eighth person who has worked for the U.S. Department of State has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing numerous electronic passport files that are supposed to be confidential, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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    Former CEO charged with cyber attack on firm 02/11/2009 08:11:00

    Khalid Shaikh, former CEO of YouSendIt, has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of mail fraud after allegedly launching four denial-of-service (DOS) attacks against the company's servers, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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    Virginia man gets prison time for online threats 02/10/2009 07:24:00

    An Oakwood, Virginia, man who used a social-networking Web site to make threats of school shootings throughout the country has been sentenced to four years in a federal prison.
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