Wrongfully accused awarded $31k over child pr0n 

Wrongfully accused awarded $31k over child pr0n

In Hackers - By Nicole Kobie, 5 April 2011 10:34 AM
Police investigation caught innocent in its net.
ANZ trials iPhone swipe payment system 

ANZ trials iPhone swipe payment system

In Crypto - By Ry Crozier, 16 March 2011 2:27 PM
Teams with Visa.
School settles webcam spying allegations 

School settles webcam spying allegations

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 19 October 2010 9:53 AM
Pays out US$610,000.
Google offers US$8.5 million settlement in legal case over Buzz 

Google offers US$8.5 million settlement in legal case over Buzz

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 7 September 2010 3:30 PM
Follows widespread criticism from privacy groups.
German man fined for poor Wi-Fi security 

German man fined for poor Wi-Fi security

In Networks - By Iain Thomson, 17 May 2010 9:37 AM
Not using a network password costs $164.
Guilty verdict in case of rogue network admin 

Guilty verdict in case of rogue network admin

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 29 April 2010 5:29 PM
Could face up to five years in prison.
School laptop spying case inspires new law 

School laptop spying case inspires new law

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 19 April 2010 9:09 AM
Court filings show thousands of images taken of students.
FBI investigating school spycam case 

FBI investigating school spycam case

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 25 February 2010 8:40 AM
MacBook webcam scandal escalates.
US government data trawling exposed 

US government data trawling exposed

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 12 November 2009 12:07 PM
Indymedia case shows embarrassing levels of snooping.
Google privacy trial begins tomorrow in Italy 

Google privacy trial begins tomorrow in Italy

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 23 June 2009 9:44 AM
The trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data will begin later today in Italy.
Judge denies five-month gag in transit hack case 

Judge denies five-month gag in transit hack case

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 21 August 2008 10:30 AM
A US federal judge has lifted a temporary injunction that denied three college students from presenting their subway payment hack research at the recent Defcon show.
Qantas defends online security amidst child pornography case 

Qantas defends online security amidst child pornography case

In Web/client - By Ashley Clark, 19 May 2008 2:55 PM
Qantas claims it provides "more than adequate" online security even though a man was found guilty of having accessed child pornography in its Melbourne Airport lounge last year.
Sentencing in DuPont insider theft case delayed again 

Sentencing in DuPont insider theft case delayed again

In Hackers - By Jim Carr, 27 July 2007 10:11 AM
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has once again postponed the sentencing of the former DuPont scientist who admitted he stole US$400 million in intellectual property from the ...
Judge grants Amero new trial in school-porn case 

Judge grants Amero new trial in school-porn case

In Hackers - By Frank Washkuch, 7 June 2007 10:04 AM
Julie Amero, the Connecticut former substitute teacher convicted of allowing students to view pornography on a classroom PC, was granted a new trial today.
Sentencing of teacher in 'porn or spyware' case postponed  

Sentencing of teacher in 'porn or spyware' case postponed

In Hackers - By Frank Washkuch, 21 May 2007 3:40 AM
The sentencing of Julie Amero, the Connecticut substitute teacher convicted of exposing seventh-grade students to pornographic images — pictures that she and a number of ...
Poll: IT professionals divided over McKinnon case 

Poll: IT professionals divided over McKinnon case

In Hackers - By Fiona Raisbeck, 11 April 2007 9:57 AM
Less than half of IT professionals believe that if found guilty alleged hacker Gary McKinnon should be sent to a US prison, a recent poll suggests.
Sentencing in Connecticut teacher's 'porn or spyware' case pushed back 

Sentencing in Connecticut teacher's 'porn or spyware' case pushed back

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 29 March 2007 10:08 AM
The former Connecticut substitute middle-school teacher who faces up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of exposing her students to pop-up pornography has had her ...
Charges dropped in HP spy scandal case 

Charges dropped in HP spy scandal case

In Hackers - By Fiona Raisbeck, 16 March 2007 1:59 AM
A Californian court has dropped criminal charges against the former chairwoman of HP, Patricia Dunn, closing a chapter in the IT giant's spy scandal case.
New twist in HP spy scandal case 

New twist in HP spy scandal case

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 18 January 2007 11:29 AM
Californian prosecutors are expected to drop criminal charges against a private investigator involved in the HP boardroom spying scandal.
Pakistan makes arrests in ransom-hacking case 

Pakistan makes arrests in ransom-hacking case

In Hackers - By Ericka Chickowski, 12 December 2006 12:00 PM
Pakistani authorities last week made the country's first arrest in a "hacking-for-ransom" case.
FTC on board in spyware case against movie service 

FTC on board in spyware case against movie service

By Dan Kaplan, 16 August 2006 6:57 PM
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has joined the Washington state's Attorney General's Office in efforts to halt a movie download service that allegedly bombards customers ...
Washington AG targets Movieland.com in spyware case 

Washington AG targets Movieland.com in spyware case

By Ericka Chickowski, 15 August 2006 8:48 PM
Washington state's legal team announced that it is gunning for a movie download service that flooded consumers with spyware ads demanding payment for services they never signed ...
U.K. sees first online blackmail case 

U.K. sees first online blackmail case

By René Millman, 1 June 2006 4:13 PM
Police in Manchester are investigating the case of a Rochdale woman whose computer files had been encrypted by cybercriminals.
Washington state settles school spam case 

Washington state settles school spam case

By René Millman, 24 May 2006 12:25 PM
Washington state has settled a lawsuit with two Californian spammers accused of bombarding the Seattle School District and other organizations with junk email.
New York man settles with Washington State in spyware case 

New York man settles with Washington State in spyware case

By Dan Kaplan, 9 May 2006 10:07 PM
A New York man who allowed his name to be used as an alias in business conducted by a company accused of violating Washington state’s computer spyware law has reached a ...
Spitzer now on Sony's case 

Spitzer now on Sony's case

By Frank Washkuch, 30 November 2005 9:46 PM
New York state Attorney General Elliot Spitzer has added his 2 cents to the Sony-BMG Entertainment rootkit controversy, scolding retailers who still have CD-Roms containing the ...
Case Study - Safe as houses 

Case Study - Safe as houses

By Marcia Savage, 10 October 2005 7:07 PM
Bob Baucom, director of operations and technology at Consolidated Multiple Listing Service in Columbia, S.C., heard lots of horror stories from others in the real estate industry.
Pair arrested in Zotob worm case 

Pair arrested in Zotob worm case

By Marcia Savage, 26 August 2005 8:35 PM
Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two men suspected of creating and distributing the Zotob and Mytob worms.
Dictionary attack spam hits small business hard - case study 

Dictionary attack spam hits small business hard - case study

By David Quainton, 29 April 2005 5:15 PM
Small companies of less than ten users have been experiencing spam attacks of more than one and a half million mails a day.
Tsunami hacker case adjourned 

Tsunami hacker case adjourned

By René Millman, 8 April 2005 3:40 PM
An east London man accused of hacking into the website co-ordinating relief for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster will have to wait until 17 May before a date is set for ...
Judge dismisses female spam-fiend case 

Judge dismisses female spam-fiend case

By David Quainton, 3 March 2005 12:17 PM
A woman at the centre of the world’s biggest-ever spamming case has been cleared by a Virginian judge. Jessica DeGroot, a 28 year old from North Carolina, had her felony ...
Hacker pleads guilty in WebTV case 

Hacker pleads guilty in WebTV case

By René Millman, 15 February 2005 12:03 PM
A Louisianan has pleaded guilty to sending an email virus that caused WebTV users' computers to dial the 911 emergency service without their knowledge.
Symantec wins $3.2 million settlement in counterfeit case 

Symantec wins $3.2 million settlement in counterfeit case

By Marcia Savage, 21 June 2004 5:52 PM
Symantec on Monday said it won a $3.2 million judgment as part of a settlement against a company that sold counterfeit Symantec software.
New Zealand police issue charges in first computer hacking case 

New Zealand police issue charges in first computer hacking case

By Steve Gold, 19 March 2004 3:14 PM
New Zealand police are using a new law for the first time to charge a man for computer hacking.
Microsoft offers reward in MyDoom case 

Microsoft offers reward in MyDoom case

By Marcia Savage, 30 January 2004 6:14 PM
Microsoft Thursday said it will pay $250,000 for information resulting in the arrest and conviction for those responsible for the MyDoom.B worm, a variant of the original ...
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