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Two related companies that offer to finance the purchase of PCs to consumers with poor credit ratings have agreed to pay up to $5 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint that they violated a federal lending law and sometimes failed to deliver the computers, the FTC said. read more »
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Double bluffThe ex-chief of a South Korea-based anti-virus firm has been charged with using bogus security warnings to shift anti-spyware software of questionable value.… read more »
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-03182008-1505477.htmlBy DANIELLE CAMILLIBurlington County TimesMarch 18, 2008A New Jersey grand jury indicted two Florida men today on charges that they hacked into an Evesham-based companys Web sites, causing nearly $900,000 in losses.Rory Edward Tringali, 36, and Matthew Justin Willner, 34, both of Miami Beach, were indicted on first-degree charges of computer criminal activity and conspiracy to commit computer criminal activity.They were also indicted on second read more »
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The company agrees to strengthen security measures on its computer network after hackers stole thousands of credit card numbers....Go beyond knowing technology and manage it Get a Master of Science in Technology Management online. Enroll with National University today. read more »
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Former co-owners of DeltaNet, a New Jersey computer service provider, have agreed to plead guilty to charges related to defrauding a government program designed to help schools and libraries in poor areas connect to the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. read more »
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The former owner of three Kansas computer services vendors and his mother have been indicted on charges related to defrauding a government program designed to help schools and libraries in poor areas connect to the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice said. read more »
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two current and two former officers of semiconductor vendor Broadcom for their alleged participation in a supposed five-year scheme to backdate stock options granted to almost all of the company's employees. read more »
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A 23-year-old Oregon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he used identity theft to set up bogus accounts on eBay, where he sold counterfeit software with a retail value of more than $1 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said. read more »
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Glitch or breach?Vulture Central is keeping its eyes peeled for some sort of PayPal glitch or security breach, following reader reports their accounts were debited overnight to pay for Skype services they never ordered.… read more »
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Bottled bomb convictions a dudThree of eight British men accused of plotting to blow up seven trans-Atlantic airliners using liquid explosives were convicted today of conspiracy to commit murder.… read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:43:27 -0500 (CDT)http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/11/ot-carleton-080911.htmlCBC NewsSeptember 11, 2008A Carleton University student is facing criminal charges, accused of stealing user names, passwords, financial information and other data from 32 other students to expose security flaws in the university's student card system.Mansour Moufid, 20, is charged with mischief to data and unauthorized use of a computer, Ottawa police read more »
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