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NEWS ABOUT: computer crime

computer crime stories: 3 news summaries

In Venezuela, Criminals, Police Turn to Facebook

Citizens fear gov. will crack down on social networking

Nov 16, 09 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Update your status at your own peril in Venezuela: A pair of university students burglarized their Facebook friends' homes after collecting info on what they owned and when they wouldn't be home. Theft and other crime facilitated by social networking sites are on the rise in Venezuela, and in a... More »

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(Newser) - Federal prosecutors indicted three hackers in Washington today for allegedly snagging more than 130 million credit card numbers from retail and financial organizations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Calling it the greatest US debit- and credit-card data theft ever, feds hit Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, and two accomplices... More »

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hacker • identity theft • credit card • TJX • 7 Eleven • federal indictment • Hannaford • T.J. Maxx • computer crime

(Newser) - US and UK law enforcement authorities are planning a preemptive strike on hackers to protect national security, reports the Guardian. The secret plans are triggered by skyrocketing computer crimes launched from China, Russia and North Korea believed to be state sponsored. The "strikeback" attacks will target hackers' computers,... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • CIA • hackers • cybercrime • hacking • computer • computer crime • preemptive strike

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