Source: CNN.com
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that photos of convicted sex offenders may be posted on the Internet, a victory for states that use the Web to warn citizens about potential predators in their neighborhoods.
In a separate ruling, the court turned back a challenge from sex offenders who argued they deserved a chance to prove they aren't dangerous to avoid having their pictures and addresses put on the Internet.
Source: Security Focus
Norwegian teenager, Jon Lech Johansen, is to be tried again by an appeal court this summer despite being cleared of cyber piracy crimes earlier this year, his lawyer confirmed last Friday.
"DVD Jon" Johansen, 19, was acquitted on criminal charges this January relating to his involvement in creating and distributing a utility for playing back DVDs on his own computer.
Source: Palm Beach Post
A sixth-grader arrested two weeks ago for using his reading teacher's computer to change some grades won't be prosecuted as a felon, the state attorney's office said Thursday. Instead, he'll be routed through a diversionary program for first time, nonviolent offenders.
Source: New Zealand News
Well-known computer hacker Jodi "VeNoMoUs" Jones has pleaded guilty to hacking an internet service provider in yet another case that appears to have been handled smoothly by the 42-year-old Crimes Act.
Jones yesterday pleaded guilty in the Manukau District Court, before IT-literate Judge David Harvey, to a charge of wilful damage - hacking into the network of Web Internet, a small internet provider since bought by Maxnet.
Source: Security Focus
Norway's economic crime police appealed the acquittal of a teenager charged with digital burglary for creating and circulating online a program that cracks the security codes on DVDs Tuesday.
Jon Lech Johansen, 19, was found innocent of violating Norway's data break-in laws Jan. 7 in a ruling that gave prosecutors two weeks to decide whether to appeal the high profile case. That deadline expired Tuesday.
Source: Silicon Valley
Internet providers must agree to requests by the music industry to track down computer users who illegally download music, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a case that could dramatically increase online pirates' risk of being caught.
The decision by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates upheld the recording industry's power under a 1998 law to compel Internet providers to identify customers that illegally trade music or movies online.
Source: The Register
A fraudster was jailed for five years on Friday after been found guilty of involvement in a multi-million pound mobile phone VAT fraud scam.
Craig Jones, 32, of Hanley, Stoke-on Trent, attempted to defraud Customs of £3.5 million in duties from the sale of mobile phones worth an estimated £19 million, the Daily Mirror reports.
