Over the next decade, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan say they will invest $3 billion in a sweeping effort to cure all diseases in the lifetime of today’s... read more
Featured Slideshow
Law & Order
Judge: child porn evidence obtained via FBI’s Tor hack must be suppressed
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2016-09-22 00:29
A federal judge in Iowa has ordered the suppression of child pornography evidence derived from an invalid warrant. The warrant was issued as part of a controversial government-sanctioned operation to hack Tor users. Out of nearly 200 such cases nationwide that involve the Tor-hidden child porn site known as "Playpen," US District Judge Robert Pratt is just the third to make such a ruling.
Alleged KickassTorrents Owner Denied Access to U.S. Counsel
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-09-20 09:29
In July, Polish law enforcement officers arrested Artem Vaulin, the alleged founder of KickassTorrents, who’s been held in a local prison since.
Polish authorities acted on a criminal complaint from the U.S. Government, which accused him of criminal copyright infringement and money laundering.
Security expert jailed for 20 days for “political stunt”
Submitted by l33tdawg on Sun, 2016-09-11 23:41
A security researcher will be jailed for 20 days after hacking two websites belonging to the Florida state elections department.
David Levin, 31, of Estero, Florida was indicted on three hacking-related charges, pleaded guilty after turning himself in, in early May.
Hacker Guccifer, who targeted presidents and celebrities, gets 4 years in prison
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-09-02 01:24
Marcel Lehel Lazar, a 44-year-old Romanian, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for hacking high-profile figures including former Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.
Using his nickname Guccifer, he was credited with uncovering the existence of a private email server for former secretary of state and now Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Other victims included former Secretary of State Colin Powell and celebrities such as Robert Redford, Steve Martin and Nicole Kidman.
Judge tosses key claims in Monster lawsuit against Beats
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2016-09-01 00:17
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Fahey handed down a summary judgment dismissing claims that Monster and its CEO Noel Lee were duped out of a 5 percent share of the Beats by Dre brand, a move orchestrated through Beats' "sham" sale to HTC, the Associated Press reports.
