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Quiz Of The Week: Tech Cops And Robbers

Try our quiz on the villains and victims of cyber space

11 years ago

John McAfee Returns To The US

After three weeks in the jungle and a week in prison, McAfee goes to Miami

12 years ago

Police Shutter 2,000 Fraudulent Shopping Sites

Fake e-commerce sites defrauded shoppers of millions of pounds ahead of Christmas buying season

13 years ago

Mac Hack Brings Laptops Home

Stolen Mackbooks recovered using a mixture of luck, technology and a little quick thinking

13 years ago

Security Firm Offers Facebook-Sitting Security Service

An Essex-based security firm is offering to post fake updates on Facebook and Twitter while clients are on holiday

13 years ago

Government Promises £63 Million To Fight Cyber Crime

Home secretary Theresa May has revealed planned spending on fighting Internet threats, before a report in Spring

14 years ago

US Government Calls For Identity Ecosystem

The Obama administration has outlined plans for a private sector-led identity system intended to reduce fraud

14 years ago

EU Criticises US ‘Lack Of Interest’ In Data Protection

Viviane Reding has highlighted a clash between US and European attitudes to data privacy regulation

14 years ago

Facebook Crimes Soar Over 100,000 In Five Years

Facebook is a hotbed of crime, linked to 100,000 calls to police in the UK, according to a report

14 years ago

ICO Demands Jail For Data Protection Offenders

The Information Commissioner's Office says prison sentences should be available for data protection offenders, but has yet to impose a…

14 years ago

Ex-Programmer Sentenced For Planting Logic Bomb

The code, inserted by a former employee, was designed to wipe out all data held by the US' federal mortgage…

14 years ago

US Cable Hackers Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison

Three hackers have been jailed for redirecting traffic from the website of cable operator Comcast

14 years ago

eBay Phishing Suspect Arrested In Romania

Law enforcement officials said the suspect launched two phishing attacks against eBay in 2009

14 years ago

VOIP Hacker Gets Ten Years In Jail

US authorities have for for the first time given a prison sentence to a man charged with hacking voice-over-IP

14 years ago

Man Jailed For Selling Fake Cisco Kit

A joint investigation by US federal agencies leads to the conviction of several individuals trading in counterfeit Cisco network hardware

15 years ago

Boy Sues Mother Over Facebook Harassment

A mother of a teenager boy is facing harassment charges over allegedly hacking her son's Facebook account

15 years ago