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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, count, Computer Fraud, 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, conviction, Java program, Computer Fraud, social security number, student, Social Security, Texas, computer science, 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, dilemma, Web application, Computer Fraud, hacker, Web 2.0, law, vulnerability, professor, security, security company, chief technology officer, 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, bill, breach, Patrick Leahy, proposal, senator, security

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, wireless network, prosecutor, DSL, Verizon Communications, professor, monitoring

Police blotter: Sysadmin loses e-intrusion case

January 13, 2006 Appeals court upholds sentence of former system administrator who deleted his colleague's account after losing his job. TAGS: Aventis, imprisonment, Police Blotter, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, conviction, computer security, evidence, Missouri, fine, computer system, system administrator, IBM Corp., 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: Richard Posner, Police Blotter, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, authorization, deletion, hacking, transmission, laptop computer, Apple Mac OS X, open source

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