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No charges in Palin hacker investigation

Dan Kaplan September 24, 2008

A federal grand jury has failed to return an indictment against the University of Tennessee student accused of hacking into vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's webmail account.
 

Cybercrime bill passes House, awaits Bush signature

Dan Kaplan September 19, 2008

The president's signature is the only thing standing in the way of a rare event: an IT-security related bill becoming law.
 

Report: 60 percent of businesses hit by cybercrime

Sue Marquette Poremba September 18, 2008

A recent U.S. Department of Justice survey indicates that the majority of American businesses have detected one or more cyberattacks.
 

Hacker answered personal questions to steal Palin password

Dan Kaplan September 18, 2008

The hacker who exposed portions of GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email got her password by claiming to have "forgotten" it.
 

Palin's personal email account hacked, contents leaked

Dan Kaplan September 17, 2008

A hacker group broke into the email account for GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
 

Anti-spam law struck down as unconstitutional

Chuck Miller September 12, 2008

In a unanimous ruling, the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down one of the country's first anti-spam laws.
 

U.S. intellectual property protection goes worldwide

Sue Marquette Poremba September 11, 2008

Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate aimed at reducing intellectual property theft around the world.
 

Attack code released for SCADA software vulnerability

Dan Kaplan September 08, 2008

A security researcher has developed an exploit for a SCADA vulnerability announced earlier this summer.
 

Unauthorized web servers connected to IRS network

Sue Marquette Poremba September 05, 2008

The Internal Revenue Service found 1,811 unauthorized web servers connected to its network.
 

"Hit Man" spam returns, FBI warns

Sue Marquette Poremba August 29, 2008

The "Hit Man" email scam has resurfaced this summer with a new twist.
 
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