News Roundup by Corynne McSherry At the beginning of this year EFF identified a dozen important trends in law, technology and business that we thought would play a significant role in shaping digital rights in 2010, with a promise to revisit our predictions at the end of the year. Now,…
2G spectrum scam of Himalayan proportions: Jayalalithaa
Home Calcutta News.NetSunday 26th December, 2010 (IANS) The Rs.1.76 trillion 2G spectrum allocation scam perpetrated by former union communications minister A. Raja is of Himalayan proportions and there is no need for anybody to blow it more out of proportion, AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalithaa said Sunday. She claimed that…
11 Disaster Recovery
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Michigan man jailed for hacking into wife’s email
BY Nina Mandell DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sunday, December 26th 2010, 4:58 PM A Michigan man faces prison time for logging into a laptop at the couple’s home and reading her email. Thirty-three-year-old Leon Walker was charged with a felony after he accessed his wife Clara Walker‘s account and learned…
US mulling charges against Assange: Biden
Updated December 20, 2010 10:01:00 Possible charges flagged: US vice-president Joe Biden (Flickr: Pete Souza) US vice-president Joe Biden says the US Justice Department is exploring a legal pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. But Mr Biden stopped short of elaborating on just how the administration could act against the…
The "New Penitentiary Culture": US Designs for Colombian Jails
How the USAID, Federal Bureau of Prisons and the School of the Americas Have Impacted Colombia’s Prison System By James JordanSpecial to The Narco News Bulletin September 9, 2010 Amid much talk of human rights and improved conditions for those deprived of liberty, in March of 2000, the US ambassador and Colombia’s…
Hacker, 66, sentenced for breaking into row-office account
A 66-year-old man has been sentenced for hacking into the Lebanon County prothonotary/clerk of courts bank account and stealing more than $1,200. President Judge John C. Tylwalk sentenced Robert A. Delcarpio, no permanent address, to the nine months he had already served to two years in county prison and fined…
Sheriff’s department warns of ‘hitman’ e-mail scam
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has been investigating several complaints from citizens who report being threatened in an email, widely known as the “Hitman Scam.” The FBI first reported the Hitman Scam on their web site back in December 2006. It made the rounds for a few years and…
Owned and Exposed 2 – An unwanted Christmas gift for exploit
Many people around the world awoke on Christmas morning with anticipation of gifts under the tree. But that’s not the only thing that was waiting for some of them. A group of hackers known only as the creators of a newsletter called “Owned and Exposed” announced early on Christmas morning…
Dutch police arrest 16-year-old in Wikileak cyber attack probe
Dutch police arrest 16-year-old in Wikileaks cyber attack probe Thursday 09 December 2010 Dutch police have arrested a 16-year-old youth for hacking the Mastercard and Paypal websites, the public prosecution department said on Thursday evening. A number of websites, including those of international credit card companies and the Swedish prosecution…