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Swedish police warn of tampered credit card terminalsOpen in New Window
"Swedish police are unraveling a scheme where criminals stole credit card details by tampering with a point-of-sale terminals at a Toys R Us store in Malmö." read more »
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Raids net police £1m in pirate game and movie discsOpen in New Window
"UK police have raided a factory in the West Midlands where pirate films, games and music – with an estimated street value of £1m – were produced." read more »
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Jacqui promotes police handheldsOpen in New Window
"Home secretary Jacqui Smith has told Parliament that she wants police forces to introduce handheld devices quickly and to increase collaboration on IT." read more »
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Police: sibs hacked PC, used GPS to track—and maybe kill—fatherOpen in New Window
"Parents have generally been granted permission to monitor their children's location through GPS tracking, but what happens when the younger generation turns the tables, and then doesn't like what read more »
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Pair arrested over leaked BNP listOpen in New Window
Cade Metz posts on The Register that "Welsh police have arrested two Nottinghamshire people over last month's leak of the BNP membership list to the internet. According to The Guardian, the police read more »
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Crime and Punishment 2.0: fighting criminals with the 'NetOpen in New Window
Nate Anderson looks at some new ways law enforcement is using internet technology to fight criminals. read more »
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Australian police warn that racing games breed bad driversOpen in New Window
"Following a recent spike in the rates of revoked licenses amongst younger drivers, Australian police have fingered racing games as the source of "irresponsible" driving." read more »
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German cyberplods raid Pirate Party on Skype Trojan mole huntOpen in New Window
Writes John Leyden, "Bavarian cops have searched the office of a spokesman for the German Pirate Party (Piratenpartei Deutschland) hunting for a mole who leaked information on plans to develop a Tro read more »
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