Plane safe? Hacker case points to deeper cyber issues

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans BY JEREMY WAGSTAFF, Reuters Security researcher Chris Roberts made headlines last month when he was hauled off a plane in New York by the FBI and accused of hacking into flight controls via his underseat entertainment unit. Other security researchers say…

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Uber delays criminal test case in Victoria

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Controversial ride sharing service Uber claims its drivers were entrapped into committing a crime, in a legal move that will frustrate regulators and further delay a closely watched test case. Victorian Taxi Services Commissioner Graeme Samuel is pushing ahead with criminal charges against…

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Freelance journalist gets 5 years in link-posting, threats case Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/freelance-journalist-barrett-brown-link-posting-threats-case-114511.html#ixzz3Q2IGKnHm

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Freelance journalist and activist Barrett Brown was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison Thursday on charges of threatening an FBI agent and obstructing a federal investigation into his reporting on the anarchist hacking collective Anonymous. Prosecutors had asked for a…

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Pirate Bay founder guilty in historic hacker case

Pirate Bay founder Gottrid Svartholm Warg and his 21-year-old Danish co-defendant JLT have been found guilty by a Danish court of mounting the most serious computer hack in the country’s history. The court said that the unauthorised access to CSC’s […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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Bulgarian hacker on the run for 10 years will spend next 30 months in prison in N.J. cybercrime case

After a decade on the run, a Bulgarian national tied to a worldwide cybercrime ring responsible for racking up millions in unauthorized bank charges was sentenced today to 30 months in prison. Aleksi Kolarov, 32, who pleaded guilty to identify […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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eBay Files Motion in Data Breach Case

Online auction company eBay has filed a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit against it for an alleged data breach, claiming the plaintiff failed to state a claim. “Plaintiff brings this putative class action seeking to capitalize on a […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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