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Three charged in online brokerage scam

March 13, 2007 Feds indict three Indian nationals for allegedly hacking into online brokerage accounts and using the proceeds to manipulate stocks. TAGS: online brokerage, Computer Fraud, count, Hong Kong, identity theft, hacking, U.S.

Police blotter: Texas student guilty in SSN hack

February 2, 2007 Former UT computer science student appeals conviction for writing program to guess Social Security numbers. TAGS: restitution, Police Blotter, Computer Fraud, Java program, conviction, computer science, social security number, Texas, student, Social Security, Java, password, database

Bug hunters face online-apps dilemma

April 13, 2007 Security holes in online applications may go unreported because well-intended hackers don't want to risk going to jail. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Web application, dilemma, hacker, chief technology officer, law, security company, Web 2.0, vulnerability, security, professor, bug, PC

Data breach bills resurface in Congress

February 7, 2007 Two bills take different approaches toward the tricky concept of how to regulate what happens if a company has a data leak. TAGS: security breach, Computer Fraud, Patrick Leahy, breach, bill, proposal, senator, agency, security

Police blotter: Ex-employee faces suit over file deletion

March 10, 2006 International Airport Centers sues former employee, saying use of secure file deletion utility violates hacking laws. Court agrees. TAGS: Police Blotter, Richard Posner, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, authorization, transmission, hacking, deletion, acquisition, open source, Apple Mac OS X, laptop computer
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