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Online crime up in 2003
Complaints logged by a federal clearinghouse rose sixty percent over last year. 2003-12-24 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7714 Chats led to Acxiom hacker bust An IRC log on another hacker's computer led police to "Epitaph," a Cincinnati man who downloaded records on millions of consumers. 2003-12-19 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7697 Secret Service airbrushes aerial photos The White House and other government buildings get the Photoshop treatment when the agency tinkers with publicly-funded overhead images of Washington D.C. 2003-12-17 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7671 Will VoIP be wiretap-ready? Widespread consumer Internet telephony could come with an easy-to-use government surveillance capability. 2003-12-12 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7650 FTC investigates PetCo.com security hole A young programmer's discovery of a massive vulnerability at an e-commerce site leads to a federal consumer privacy probe... again. 2003-12-05 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7581 Heckenkamp Challenges Computer Ban Accused eBay hacker has been banned from the Internet for years without being convicted of a crime. 2003-12-03 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7576 Nachi worm infected Diebold ATMs Windows-based cash machines suffer from the same security holes as servers and desktops. 2003-11-24 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7517 Exploit Code on Trial Security researchers and vendors ponder the ethics of releasing proof-of-concept code for software vulnerabilities. 2003-11-23 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7511 New charges in Lowe's wi-fi hacks One hacker allegedly confesses, two inform on a third, and prosecutors put a new defendant in the car. 2003-11-21 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7507 Court limits in-car FBI spying An appeals court overturns a decision that allowed the FBI to transform a luxury car's navigation system into an eavesdropping device. 2003-11-19 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7491 |
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