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Latest Computer Crime News

July 19, 2008 Ukraine Targeted by Russian Hackers

Following on from last year’s massive cyber attack on Estonia’s computer systems when Russian hackers, purportedly funded by the FSB (the modern...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.07.2008/3464/

July 18, 2008 Online shoppers getting security savvy

With rising levels of online fraud, internet shoppers are becoming increasingly savvy about checking for some kind of security before paying for their goods....

http://www.crime-research.org/news/18.07.2008/3463/

July 18, 2008 S.F. engineer pleads not guilty to cyber crime

SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco computer engineer has pleaded not guilty to charges of taking over a city computer network that stores payroll files,...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/18.07.2008/3462/

July 17, 2008 Chinese Red Cross hacker sent to jail

A Chinese man has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking into a Red Cross website set up to collect funds for the victims of the Sichuan...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/17.07.2008/3460/


July 17, 2008 Internet child porn more pervasive, accessible

An Internet safety expert said there’s insufficient funding for law enforcement officers who are attempting to track down child pornographers and...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/17.07.2008/3461/

July 16, 2008 Romanian Authorities Arrest 24 Suspects In Internet Crime Frauds

Romanian authorities Tuesday arrested 24 people suspected of defrauding foreign nationals of over EUR400,000 with computer crimes, including credit card...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.07.2008/3459/

July 16, 2008 esearchers Trace Structure of Cybercrime Gangs

The chain of command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a broad, well-organized endeavor....

http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.07.2008/3458/

July 16, 2008 Internet prowler caught with child porn

an Stuart Johnson was not deterred, even after being booted three times from the chat site. Using the Internet site Nexopia, the city man tried to solicit...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.07.2008/3457/

July 15, 2008 Conviction would harm hacker's prospects - judge

A young Whitianga computer hacker walked free from court today after a judge said a conviction would have harmed his prospects. Owen Thor Walker had...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.07.2008/3456/

July 15, 2008 Sentencing in cyber crime cast today

The Whitianga teenager at the centre of an international cyber crime ring will be sentenced in the High Court at Hamilton today. Eighteen-year-old Owen...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.07.2008/3455/

July 15, 2008 Woman reports losing thousands in Internet scam

LAKEPORT – Lakeport Police are asking area residents to be on their guard in the wake of a woman reporting that she lost thousands of dollars in an...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.07.2008/3454/

July 14, 2008 Wal-Mart supports local internet crime task force

Troy- The Internet Crime Task Force of the Troy Police Department recently received a new computer donated by Wal-Mart. Chief Jeff Taylor said, "The Troy...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/14.07.2008/3453/

July 14, 2008 IT experts: Revise computer crime law

KOMSAN TORTERMVASANA The Computer Association of Thailand may propose an amendment of the Computer Crime Law, saying the first year of enforcement was...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/14.07.2008/3452/

July 12, 2008 Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years for MySpace Cyberstalking

A Southern California man who already served federal time for hacking into Lexis-Nexis has begun a state prison term for allegedly using his skills to try...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/12.07.2008/3450/

July 11, 2008 Is the world ready to fight cybercrime?

Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/11.07.2008/3449/