Source: CNet News
A federal judge has ruled that law enforcement officials went too far when they tried to use evidence gathered by a known hacker to convict someone of possessing child pornography.
The decision, handed down earlier this month, is believed to be the first to say that hacking into an Internet-connected home PC without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
Source: REUTERS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors charged a British man on Tuesday with hacking into nearly 100 government and private-sector computers, disrupting military operations and causing $900,000 in damage over the course of a year.
Source: IDG.co.nz
A Dutch appeals court has upheld the conviction of the 22-year-old man who created and unleashed the Anna Kournikova email worm last year.
Jan de Wit of Sneek, Netherlands, was sentenced to 150 hours of community service by the appeals court in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, for creating and sending out the email worm. The verdict is identical to the one handed down by the Leeuwarden district court in September last year.
Source: Europe CNN
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The Internet industry has dealt a blow to Britain's tough anti-terrorism legislation by refusing to reveal personal cyber-data to police.
It has turned down a request from Home Secretary David Blunkett to allow police and intelligence officers to access the personal records of their customers on request without the approval of a judge.
NT OBJECTives, Inc. announced that their Fire & Water Toolkit release has been delayed due to a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) filed on behalf of Foundstone, Inc. (see TRO.pdf). In his declaration to support the TRO, Stuart McClure states, "The public would be harmed by the potential misuse of these technologies by hackers and cyberterrorists" (See Declaration.pdf, page 8, section 36).
Source: Hindustan Times
News Corp shares surged as speculation mounted it would revive a bid for US satellite broadcaster DirecTV after US regulators blocked a rival offer from EchoStar.
News Corp chief executive and chairman Rupert Murdoch told the company's annual general meeting this week that he was keeping his options open on a new bid for DirecTV.
Source: Washington Post
Former Enron Corp. executive Andrew S. Fastow surrendered to the FBI in Houston yesterday to face charges that he masterminded a complex web of fraudulent deals that drove the company into bankruptcy while improperly pocketing more than $31 million.
Enron's onetime chief financial officer joined the recent parade of corporate officials facing criminal charges as he walked, grim-faced and handcuffed, into the federal courthouse for a bail hearing.
Source: CNN.com
A court in Yakima, Washington is taking Lady Justice digital by allowing drivers to e-mail their excuses or explanations instead of appearing in court.
Other courts allow attorneys to file briefs online. And many counties let offenders pay traffic fines on the Web. But Yakima County is believed to be the first court in the country to let defendants plead their cases via e-mail.
Source: Vnunet
A UK hacker has received an 18-month prison sentence for corporate sabotage.
Stephen Carey, a 28-year-old computer engineer from Eastbourne, Sussex, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months by Hove Crown Court for hacking into a firm's database and modifying information.
