Stories about: FBI

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    DOJ charges two programmers with aiding Madoff scheme 16/11/2009 08:11:00

    Two computer programmers who worked for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities were arrested Friday and charged in connection with the multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme run by their former boss.
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    How to DDOS a US federal wiretap 12/11/2009 12:40:00

    Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they've discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the U.S.
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    Intel antitrust, 'Net bug, coding error 07/11/2009 08:16:00

    New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed federal antitrust charges against Intel this week, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission expected to follow suit. Security problems yet again snagged a lot of IT headline attention, including news about yet another flaw affecting Facebook and MySpace users. To mix things up, we've got IT angles to Beatles music and the Boston Celtics in there, too.
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    SAS CEO unfazed by IBM analytics challenge 29/10/2009 08:22:00

    If SAS Institute CEO Jim Goodnight is feeling pressured by IBM's recent US$1.2 billion purchase of rival predictive analytics vendor SPSS, he's not showing it.
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    Experts see forecast worsen for cybercrime 22/10/2009 08:25:00

    Law enforcement agencies can count a few recent victories against cybercriminals, but agents say the battle against them isn't getting any easier.
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    Scientist who found water on moon arrested for espionage 21/10/2009 07:17:00

    A scientist who once worked on the Star Wars missile defense project and is credited with discovering the presence of water on the moon is being accused by federal prosecutors of attempting to sell top secret information to a foreign intelligence agency.
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    Husband, wife team arrested for allegedly stealing US$23M from Cisco 16/10/2009 06:20:00

    Federal authorities arrested a husband and wife team for allegedly stealing US$23 million from Cisco in a scheme that had the network giant shipping replacement parts to fake businesses in eight states. The scheme reportedly defrauded Cisco's SMARTnet program. 
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    Analysis: Phishing arrests highlight massive problem 09/10/2009 21:31:00

    The massive phishing scam broken up by US federal authorities this week is only a hint at what many say is an insidious and growing problem on the Internet.
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    Citing cybercrime, FBI director doesn't bank online 08/10/2009 06:15:00

    The head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has stopped banking online after nearly falling for a phishing attempt.
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    Facebook CAPTCHA no match for spyware attack 02/10/2009 01:33:00

    Hackers have found a way to create automated Facebook pages and are using them to spread spyware to unsuspecting users, says antivirus and Internet security firm AVG Technologies.
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    Express Scripts: 700,000 notified after extortion 01/10/2009 05:47:00

    Nearly one year after being hacked by computer extortionists, pharmacy benefits management company Express Scripts now says hundreds of thousands of members may have had their information breached because of the incident.
 
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