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FBI on trial for warrantless Stingray mobile spying
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2013-03-29 10:42
In an Arizona court case, the FBI has been forced to defend its use of a phony cellphone tower dubbed Stingray that it's using to analyse mobile phone traffic and identify suspects.
The Stingray system came to light in the case of Daniel David Rigmaiden, who stands accused of reaping millions of dollars from filing phony tax returns on the basis of identity theft. The FBI were able to catch Rigmaiden in 2008 by tracking down the 3G card he was using as a modem, but it didn't disclose that the Stingray had been used in this process without a warrant.
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Victim of $440K wire fraud can't blame bank for loss, judge rules
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-03-27 07:00
A federal court in Missouri has rejected an escrow firm's attempt to blame its bank for a $440,000 cyberheist in March 2010.
In a ruling last week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri held that Choice Escrow and Land Title LLC had essentially failed to follow its bank's recommended security procedures and therefore had only itself to blame for the loss.
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Teenager Charged With Distributing Child Pornography After Hacking Phones
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-03-26 08:25
A US teenager has been arrested and charged with hacking into the phones of at least eight children and posting naked images to child pornography sites.
Michael William Cook, 17, of Acworth, Georgia was arrested on eight counts of cruelty to children and one count of sexually exploiting children. According to Cobb County Police Sgt. Dana Pierce, Cook was arrested at Harrison High School and is accused of posting photos of his victims, one of whom is as young as 14, to child pornography websites between November 2012 and January 2013.
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HP to Seek $4 Billion in Damages From Oracle Over Itanium
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-03-25 05:51
Hewlett-Packard and Oracle are beginning to outline the arguments they’ll be presenting next month when a jury trial starts in the second phase of their court dispute over Intel’s Itanium platform.
In a hearing earlier this month, HP officials indicated they planned to seek damages from Oracle of $4 billion or more, saying the software giant damaged its high-end server business when Oracle officials announced in 2011 that the company would no longer support the Itanium platform, saying that Intel was planning to end the chip line.
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Jury rules Cisco owes $70 million for patent fraud
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-03-25 05:47
On Friday evening, a jury ruled that Cisco owes patent licenser XpertUniverse Inc $70 million in damages for obtaining patented technology in a fraudulent manner, Reuters reported. The jury ruled that Cisco owed an additional $34,000 for violating two XpertUniverse patents, as well.
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