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    Fugitive hacker indicted for running VoIP scam 19/02/2009 10:05:00

    Just days after his apprehension in Mexico following two years on the run from law enforcement authorities, an alleged hacker was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for hacking into the computer networks of VoIP service providers.
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    What the Web knows about you 28/01/2009 08:12:00

    She had me at hello ... or just about. Our conversation had barely started when privacy activist Betty Ostergren interrupted me to say that she had found my full name, address, Social Security number and a digital image of my signature on the Web.
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    US gov't increasing efforts to fight ID theft, report says 22/10/2008 10:40:00

    The U.S. government has taken several steps to combat identity theft during the past two years, including increased prosecutions of criminals and decreased use of Social Security numbers to identify constituents, according to a report released Tuesday.
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    Palin hacking charge flawed, lawyers say 09/10/2008 08:28:00

    David Kernell is facing five years in prison for allegedly hacking into Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account, but lawyers watching the case say that the felony charge against him is a bit of a stretch.
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    Eleven charged in massive ID theft scheme 06/08/2008 09:26:12

    Eleven people have been charged or indicted in a massive identity theft and computer fraud scheme involving some of the largest data breaches in recent U.S. history, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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    ACLU, EFF sue US gov't over mobile phone tracking 03/07/2008 08:37:23

    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are asking a federal court to order the US Department of Justice to turn over records about the agency's tracking of mobile phone users.
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    Hacker pleads guilty to attacking anti-phishing group 11/06/2008 11:41:51

    A Fairfield, California, hacker has pleaded guilty to launching a Valentine's Day 2007 computer attack that nearly knocked an anti-phishing Web site offline.
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    Criminal negligence: The sorry state of US law enforcement data sharing 27/05/2008 08:01:54

    Nearly seven years after 9/11, information-sharing problems that hobble law enforcement are just beginning to be solved.
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    The darker side of Webmail 29/04/2008 10:02:55

    Web-based e-mail is booming. Services such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail are convenient, accessible and, best of all, free. Many of us have come to rely on them without giving it a second thought.
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    Former FBI, CIA employee pleads guilty to computer crime 14/11/2007 08:44:02

    A former employee of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently obtaining US citizenship and accessing a US government computer system to unlawfully find information about her relatives and the Islamic organization Hizballah.
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    US gov't e-mail snafu exposes addresses of whistle-blowers 06/11/2007 08:22:17

    The House Committee on the Judiciary last week apologized to would-be government whistle-blowers for accidentally exposing their e-mail addresses to other individuals who, like them, had used a committee Web site to secretly submit tips about alleged abuses at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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