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• Hackers take over sentencing commission website

  January 26, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide. … 14

• Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a hacker to 10 years in prison on Monday after he broke into the personal online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera …

• Senate takes step toward banning stalking software

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A loophole that permits software companies to sell cyberstalking apps that operate secretly on cellphones could soon be closed by Congress. The software is popular among jealous …

• Senate legislation targets cyberstalking software

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — For around $50, a jealous wife or husband can download software that can continuously track the whereabouts of a spouse better than any private detective. It’s frighteningly … 1

• 10 arrested in international cybercrime ring

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten people have been arrested as part of an investigation into international cybercrime rings that steal millions of computer users’ credit card, bank account and other personal …

• US Attorney resigns during probe of online posts

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Attorney Jim Letten, whose successful prosecution of a former Louisiana governor and numerous other public officials won him bipartisan praise for more than a decade, …

• Ohio teen sentenced to life over Craigslist plot

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A teenager was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no chance for parole for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for …

• Ohio teen in Craigslist trial: I feared for life

  October 23, 2012 in Nation/World AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The teenage suspect in the slayings of three men lured by phony Craigslist job offers testified at his murder trial Tuesday that he went along only …

• Lone survivor testifies at Ohio Craigslist trial

  October 12, 2012 in Nation/World AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hoping to land a farm job and move close to his family, Scott Davis met his new boss and walked with him through the autumn-color woodlands …

• Ohio teen headed to trial in Craigslist killings

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A teenager is standing trial in Ohio charged in a deadly scheme to lure victims with phony Craigslist job offers. Jury selection began Tuesday morning in …

• Ohio teen headed to trial in Craigslist killings

  October 8, 2012 in Nation/World AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A teenager is headed to trial in Ohio charged in a deadly scheme to lure victims with phony Craigslist job offers. Jury selection is scheduled to …

• Man suspected of threats faces weapons charge

  September 19, 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rants, racist remarks and menacing words permeate the Internet these days, so why did police decide to arrest a Yale dropout for investigation of making online …

• Microsoft finds malware on new computers in China

  September 13, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — A customer in Shenzhen, China, took a new laptop out of its box and booted it up for the first time. But as the screen lit up, …

• Brit Fined For Hacking U.S. Military Computer

  March 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 A 19-year-old music student was fined $1,900 Friday for hacking into the U.S. Air Force computer system. Richard Pryce pleaded guilty to 12 offenses under Britain’s Computer Misuse Act and …

• Soldier A Computer Hacker, But Not Spy

  December 23, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A soldier accused of passing a secret computer code to a Chinese citizen was found innocent Sunday of espionage, the most serious charge he faced at his court-martial. But Pfc. …

• Judge Orders ‘Nerd’ To Abstain From Computer

  September 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A man described by his lawyer as “your basic computer nerd” was sentenced Thursday to five years without a PC for making fake immigration documents on a state computer while …