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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 284 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: spanish police cuff net fraud suspects comments Discuss  
Grifters grabbedSpanish police arrested 76 people nationwide on Sunday in what is being touted as the country's biggest ever investigation into internet fraud.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 283 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: police charge nanny agency hacking suspect comments Discuss  
In every job that must be done there is an element of funA former worker at a nanny agency has been charged with hacking offences.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 274 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn quebec police bust alleged hacker ring comments Discuss  
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=322372By Jan RavensbergenCanwest News Service February 20, 2008MONTREAL -- Quebec provincial police said Wednesday they have dismantled what they called the largest and most damaging computer-hacking network ever uncovered in Canada.During several action-packed early-morning hours Wednesday, provincial police and RCMP officers dismantled the latest hacking ring by successfully carrying out 17 lightning-fast raids in 12 towns small and large across Quebec, incl read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 270 days ago
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080223-120767/Police-say-computer-crimes-on-the-riseBy Alcuin PapaPhilippine Daily Inquirer02/23/2008MANILA -- Computer crimes reported to police are on the rise, the Philippine National Police said Saturday.According to a briefing paper on cyber crimes prepared by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, a total of 1,843 crimes involving computers were reported to police in 2007. This is more than three times the number of 527 reported in 20 read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 266 days ago
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http://www.thelocal.se/10170/20080229/The Local29 Feb 08Hackers accessed email accounts of about 40 members Swedens police force who had the accounts hosted by the Swedish Association of Computer Professionals (Datafreningen).Police dont believe the hackers acquired any information that would allow them to access any internal police records.The Association of Computer Professionals had its server hacked and information regarding members and email accounts was spread on an internet forum.The association has read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 259 days ago
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/06/ncyber106.xmlBy Philip JohnstonHome Affairs EditorTelegraph06/03/2008A new police unit to tackle ''cybercrime'' is to be proposed by the Conservatives.David Davis, the shadow home secretary, says a National Cybercrime Unit would be backed up by specialist prosecutors in order to obtain more convictions for offences such as internet violence, hacking and online fraud.The Tories would also appoint a minister in the Home Office to be directly res read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 259 days ago
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/06/2182021.htmABC NewsMarch 6, 2008The New South Wales Cabinet has approved new powers for police designed to help them track terrorist threats, fraudsters and paedophiles through computer networks.The proposed laws would allow police to search computers networked to those listed on a search warrant.Police could also seize computer hard drives and memory sticks for up to seven days.Police Minister David Campbell says police are currently only able to search comput read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 233 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn delhi police train officers combating cyber crime comments Discuss  
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200804011653.htmThe HinduApril 1, 2008New Delhi (PTI): With cyber crime emerging as a new area of challenge, Delhi Police on Tuesday launched an exercise to train its officers on ways to detect frauds and crack cases involving internet.A hundred officers of the force will be trained in the next few months on hardware, software and computer networking besides specialised training on cyber crime and computer forensics.The first batch of 50 officers, which include five read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 223 days ago
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'You only had to ask'Google is to give Brazilian police access to 3,261 private photo albums on social networking website Orkut, which may contain child pornography.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 205 days ago
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004379751_msftlaw29.htmlBy Benjamin J. RomanoSeattle Times technology reporterApril 29, 2008Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a USB "thumb drive" that was quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies last June. Microsoft General Counsel B read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 189 days ago
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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805160012.htmlDigital Chosun IlboMay 16, 2008Police on Thursday arrested an American who allegedly hacked the computer network of a Korean savings bank, disrupting its systems and attempting to blackmail it for money. It's the first time a domestic bank has been hacked, police said.The Korean National Police Agency's Cyber Terror Response Center on Thursday requested an arrest warrant for a 24-year-old American identified only as "J" on charge read more »
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