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August 29, 2008 Hacker gets into FEMA phone system

The FBI is investigating more than $12,000 in calls made when a hacker broke into the Federal Emergency Management Agency's phone system. The hacker made...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/29.08.2008/3544/

August 29, 2008 Hackers attack Iraq's vulnerable computers

Ahmed Khathem, the head of Iraq's newly formed cybercrimes division, sits in a borrowed office, at a borrowed desk, working on a laptop borrowed from one of...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/29.08.2008/3543/

August 29, 2008 British hacker Gary McKinnon in final appeal to Home Secretary over extradition

A UFO enthusiast who hacked into top-secret US military computers appealed to the Home Secretary yesterday to stop his extradition after losing a legal...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/29.08.2008/3542/

August 28, 2008 Cenzic Q2 Trend Report Reveals Attacks on Web Sites Continue as Cyberwarfare Moves Mainstream

Cenzic Inc., the leading provider of application security vulnerability assessment and risk management solutions, today released its report revealing the...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.08.2008/3541/


August 28, 2008 Feds indict 2 men in separate child porno cases

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A federal grand jury has returned indictments against two Alabama men for receiving and distributing child pornography. Federal...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.08.2008/3540/

August 28, 2008 HC allows porn convict access to computer in jail

CHENNAI: He may have been convicted of a cybercrime and trafficking in women, but he cannot be denied the use of a computer in prison to give vent to his...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.08.2008/3539/

August 27, 2008 Azerbaijan to hold a seminar regarding Convention on Cybercrime

Baku. İlhama İsabalayeva - APA-ECONOMICS. Azerbaijan will host a seminar on its joining the Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime....

http://www.crime-research.org/news/27.08.2008/3538/

August 27, 2008 The challenge of cyber crime

The current revolution in ICT across the globe has brought a lot of blessings to humanity and the way people live and do business have taken them far away...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/27.08.2008/3537/

August 25, 2008 Cafes yet to follow guidelines to combat cyber crime in Siliguri

Days after three children were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at Shantipara in Siliguri, weeks after the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/25.08.2008/3536/

August 25, 2008 Indian hacker alleged brain behind biggest cyber-heist

LONDON: An unknown Indian hacker is being charged with the greatest cyber-heist in history for allegedly helping a criminal gang steal identities of an...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/25.08.2008/3535/

August 25, 2008 Hackers breach Best Western in data heist

Hackers have broken into the corporate databases for best Western Hotels and may have stolen the names, addresses and credit card information of every...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/25.08.2008/3534/

August 25, 2008 Cafes yet to follow guidelines to combat cyber crime in Siliguri

SILIGURI, Aug.24: Days after three children were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at Shantipara in Siliguri, weeks after the...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/25.08.2008/3533/

August 24, 2008 Thousands of cyber attacks each day on key utilities

Computer networks controlling electricity supplies, telecommunications and banking are being attacked thousands of times a day in a new cyberwar against...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/24.08.2008/3532/

August 24, 2008 Revealed: 8 million victims in the world's biggest cyber heist

EXCLUSIVE: Sunday Herald uncovers theft of data from every guest in 1300 Best Western Hotels in past 12 months By Iain S Bruce AN INTERNATIONAL criminal...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/24.08.2008/3531/

August 23, 2008 Phreaker calls buddies overseas on U.S. government dime

Someone broke into a U.S. Homeland Security Department phone system and made 400 calls to the Middle East and Asia, racking up $12,000 in long-distance...

http://www.crime-research.org/news/23.08.2008/3528/