Man Said to Be Charged by U.S. in Federal Government Computer Data TheftNews from Bloomberg: U.S. Treasury Department software used to track federal collections and payments was stolen by a government contractor’s employee who worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, federal prosecutors said. Bo Zhang, 32, who worked for an unidentified technology [...]
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Seven charged in US$ 62-million Dell insider trading caseNews from Financial Post: By Basil Katz NEW YORK – Seven people were charged with a scheme to reap nearly US$ 62-million in illegal profits on trades on Dell Inc. shares, the latest salvo in a sweeping probe of suspicious trading at hedge funds. The FBI in [...]
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Arizona man charged with hacking into Sony Pictures’ computer systemNews from Washington Post: Arizona college student charged with hacking into Sony Pictures’ computer system By Associated Press, LOS ANGELES — An Arizona college student was arrested and charged Thursday in a breach of computers at Sony Pictures Entertainment early this summer where more than 37,000 [...]
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Three charged in tablet computer thefts News from Newsday (subscription): Newsday > Long Island > Nassau Content Preview Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full accessNot a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here Email…………… continues on Newsday (subscription) … Read the full article . Related News: Intelligent Computer Solutions? 4000PRO Product Line Now Offers [...]
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Former Harvard Ethics Student Charged With Hacking MIT Computer News from ABC News: A Harvard University student has been charged with hacking into Massachusetts Institute of Technology computers and stealing more than 4 million scholarly articles, book reviews and other content from an academic database. The federal indictment alleges that Aaron Swartz, 24, of Cambridge, [...]
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Computer firm charged with bilking Philly of $ 1.2 million News from Newsworks.org: A New Jersey-based computer contractor is accused of ripping off the city of Philadelphia by billing for more than a million dollars worth of services he never provided. Barry Jones, the principal owner of Mara Management Services, is accused of submitting phony [...]
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