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Notorious spammer Robert Soloway  will get his day in court next month when his criminal trial kicks off in Seattle. read more »
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http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2008/04/murdochBy Kim Zetter Wired.com04.21.08Did a Rupert Murdoch company go too far and hire hackers to sabotage rivals and gain the top spot in the global pay-TV war?This is the question a jury will be facing in a spectacular five-year-old civil lawsuit that is finally being tried this month in California but which has, oddly, received little notice from U.S. media.The case involves a colorful cast of characters that includes former intelligence agents, Canadian T read more »
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/hacker-in-murdo.htmlBy Kim Zetter Threat LevelWired.comApril 25, 2008An American hacker who is at the core of a piracy trial against a Rupert Murdoch subsidiary, testified this week that he created pirating software for the company but did not use it to sabotage the company's rivals.Earlier this week I laid out the case against NDS Group, a UK-Israeli firm and a majority-owned subsidiary of Murdoch's News Corporation. The company is accused of reverse-engineering ac read more »
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Mobile e-mail and calendar vendor Visto has chalked up one legal win as it heads toward a patent-infringement trial against Research In Motion that is set to begin on Monday. read more »
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British national Gary McKinnon is accused of hacking into NASA and Pentagon systems while looking for evidence of UFOs. McKinnon was charged in 2002 with illegally accessing Pentagon, U.S. Army, Navy and NASA systems, and causing $700,000 worth of damage in the biggest military hack of all time. - LONDON (Reuters) - A British computer expert lost his appeal onWednesday against extradition to the United States where he is accusedof quot;the biggest military hack of all time quot; and could face up to read more »
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Time-out for computer forensicsThe trial of the student accused of breaking into the email account of Sarah Palin in the run-up to the US presidential election has been pushed back to next May.… read more »
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