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Legal reprieve for Russian MP3 site?

March 7, 2005 Moscow prosecutors decline to charge popular site AllofMP3, which offers songs for just pennies online. TAGS: Moscow, prosecutor, AllofMP3.com, spokeswoman, song, music, MP3

Dutch police nab suspected 'bot herders'

October 7, 2005 The three suspects allegedly hijacked more than 100,000 computers worldwide and connected those in a botnet. TAGS: prosecutor, suspect, bot, police, malicious code, McAfee Inc., hacking, antivirus software, trojan horse, virus, PC

E-tracking through your cell phone

February 13, 2006 Against a law, prosecutors aim to track suspects' locations through cell phones, CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says. TAGS: surveillance, Judge, cell phone, prosecutor, location, law

Russian prosecutors seek jail time for Allofmp3.com owner

July 24, 2007 A month after music site shuts down, authorities seek three-year sentence and $590,000 in restitution in massive copyright infringement case. TAGS: AllofMP3.com, Russia, prosecutor, owner

Police blotter: Patriot Act e-mail spying approved

February 10, 2006 Federal judge OKs prosecutors' Patriot Act request for e-mail surveillance without any evidence of wrongdoing by the target. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Police Blotter, prosecutor, electronic communication, surveillance, request, language, evidence, e-mail, monitoring, analysis

Banks take on debit-card theft

March 17, 2006 Banks offer programs to alert customers to potential fraud as concerns over debit-card theft build. TAGS: theft, OfficeMax Inc., debit card, fraud, bank, prosecutor

Microsoft lags in antitrust compliance, U.S. says

January 24, 2006 Prosecutors say it has "fallen significantly behind" in meeting certain obligations under its antitrust deal. TAGS: antitrust, technical committee, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, prosecutor, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

MP3s for pennies? Russian cops say no

February 22, 2005 Russian music site, long a thorn in music industry's side, finally gets targeted by law enforcement. TAGS: AllofMP3.com, prosecutor, penny, investigation, license, Russia, song, MP3

Police Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messages

February 25, 2008 Court doesn't agree with armed-robbery defendants, who say police need a judge-signed court order to obtain archived text messages. TAGS: text message, Police Blotter, subpoena, defendant, prosecutor, count, evidence, attorney, message, U.S.

AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prison

January 16, 2007 Found guilty by a jury, a California man faces time in federal prison for sending out e-mail scams and related crimes. TAGS: prosecutor, jury, CAN-SPAM Act, phishing, prison, America Online Inc., credit card, attorney, billing, Time Warner Inc., California, U.S., Microsoft Office, e-mail

Police blotter: Child porn in Web cache OK

November 24, 2006 In this week's installment, court reverses conviction of man who viewed illegal porn but didn't know it was saved in his Web cache. TAGS: conviction, Police Blotter, defendant, Pennsylvania, cache, possession, evidence, prosecutor, image, law, Web browser, situation, hard drive

FAQ: Wi-Fi mooching and the law

July 8, 2005 Is it legal to use another's network without asking? Is it OK to share your own network? It's not always clear. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, IEEE 802.1X, law, Wi-Fi, prosecutor, representative, wireless network, DSL, professor, monitoring, Verizon Communications

Three convictions in Net piracy sweeps

March 9, 2005 Software pirates plead guilty, face up to 10 years in prison, in largest multinational Net piracy investigation to date. TAGS: piracy, prosecutor, men, intellectual property, attorney

Police blotter: Child porn blamed on computer virus

November 3, 2006 In this week's installment, a former eighth-grade teacher blames a virus when police discover computer images of child porn. TAGS: Police Blotter, computer virus, Georgia, prosecutor, police, teacher, malware, image, virus

Another suspected NASA hacker indicted

December 1, 2006 Romanian charged with breaking into U.S. government systems faces up to 54 years in federal prison if convicted. TAGS: Romania, prosecutor, hacking, hacker, attorney, U.S.

Florida man charged in botnet attack on Akamai

October 24, 2006 Prosecutors allege he used an e-mail worm to create a network of hijacked PCs that swamped the victim's servers. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., e-mail worm, Florida, prosecutor, denial of service, server, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Identity thief gets 14 years

January 12, 2005 The scam Philip Cummings took part in cost people, businesses and financial institutions at least $50 million, prosecutors say. TAGS: computer help desk, financial company, prosecutor, U.S.

Police Blotter: Justice Dept.'s warrantless eavesdropping rejected

September 26, 2007 Federal judge denies Justice Department's request to record parts of phone calls sans a wiretap order, concluding it violates the 4th Amendment. TAGS: Police Blotter, prosecutor, telephone call, Judge, government, phone line, request, order, New York, opinion

Prosecutor: Debit card crime ring busted

March 14, 2006 Authorities link 14 people to credit and debit card information that a prosecutor says was stolen from OfficeMax and other businesses. TAGS: debit card, OfficeMax Inc., prosecutor, sheriff, hack, arrest, cash, investigation, credit card, bank, security
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