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Sacked IT admin sentenced for hacking ex-employerOpen in New Window
The telltale cursorA British IT admin was ordered to pay more than £3,000 and given a three-months jail sentence after being accused of hacking into his former employer's computer system so he could read more »
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Oil software exec pleads guilty to hacking chargesOpen in New Window
"A top manager at a US software developer has avoided jail after pleading guilty to lifting password-protected files from the website of a business rival." read more »
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Software executive sentenced for hackingOpen in New Window
Jay E. Leonard, 61, president of Platte River Associates, a company that builds software used in petroleum exploration, has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to stealing password-prot read more »
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Fifth man pleads guilty over Citibank ATM hack scamOpen in New Window
John Leyden writes about Aleksandar Aleksiev, 28, who pleaded guilty to a single count of device access fraud last week following his May 2008 arrest for hacking ATM codes to loot Citibank accounts. read more »
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Mumbai Attacks Show India's Technology ShortcomingsOpen in New Window
"Indian police are grappling with GPS, satellite phones and Google Earth images on the trail of the Mumbai attackers and finding themselves hobbled by technological inadequacy." read more »
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Gaining insight into security devices, SCADA networksOpen in New Window
"For Matthew Shoemaker, network/systems engineer at Georgia's Henry County Water and Sewage Authority (HCWSA) near Atlanta, the need to centralize data across intrusion detection systems (IDS) was read more »
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5 Must-Do Cyber Security Steps for ObamaOpen in New Window
"As President-Elect Barack Obama looks for ways to deal with a shattered economy and an ongoing war on terrorism, security experts are urging him to pay attention to something that has a big impact. read more »
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Mumbai terrorism, worm warning, holiday woeOpen in New Window
Nancy Weil with summaries of some of the weeks top stories. read more »
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