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Aussie World of Warcraft player charged with abduction

Aussie World of Warcraft player charged with abduction

When the online world intrudes on the real world.
Iain Thomson Jul 9 2007 6:41AM Strategy
NSW man charged with child pornography offences

NSW man charged with child pornography offences

The Australian Federal Police has arrested a NSW man for online child pornography offences.
Staff Writers Jun 15 2007 2:07PM Networking
BenQ executives charged with money laundering

BenQ executives charged with money laundering

Company 'shocked' as chairman and president face serious charges.
Simon Burns May 10 2007 3:01PM Hardware
Indian trio charged with hacking, pump-and-dump stock scam

Indian trio charged with hacking, pump-and-dump stock scam

Three Indian men have been arrested on the suspicion of hacking into US brokerage accounts to boost the value of their shares, the US Justice Department (DOJ) said yesterday.
Fiona Raisbeck Mar 14 2007 7:26AM Security
Los Angeles city employees charged with hacking traffic lights

Los Angeles city employees charged with hacking traffic lights

Two Los Angeles municipal traffic engineers were arraigned and charged with hacking city systems to disable traffic lights, all in connection with a labour dispute.
Ericka Chickowski Jan 9 2007 6:32PM Security
Singapore man faces 180 years in prison

Singapore man faces 180 years in prison

A Singaporean hacker has been charged with posting a fake July 2005 bomb threat on a technology website and 60 counts of illegally accessing a wireless network.
Frank Washkuch Jan 9 2007 5:57PM Security
Class president charged with changing grades

Class president charged with changing grades

In a textbook case of insider misuse of password access, the senior class president of a Florida high school was arrested this week and charged with a felony for grade-tampering.
Frank Washkuch Dec 14 2006 5:32PM Security
Singapore teen charged with stealing wireless internet access

Singapore teen charged with stealing wireless internet access

A teenager in Singapore has been charged with the rare crime of accessing the web via someone else's wireless connection.
Frank Washkuch Nov 13 2006 9:40PM Security
Bot herder charged in Akamai attack

Bot herder charged in Akamai attack

Florida man faces up to two years in jail.
Robert Jaques Oct 26 2006 9:55AM Security
Database spam thief charged

Database spam thief charged

A man faces 55 years in jail for stealing database to sell on to spammers.
Tom Young Jul 26 2006 12:42PM Security
Man charged over medical college database theft

Man charged over medical college database theft

A 46-year-old man has been charged with stealing the membership database held at the American College of Physicians (ACP) in Philadelphia.
René Millman Jul 25 2006 12:31PM Security
Report: Former Red Cross worker with access to 1M SSNs charged with ID theft

Report: Former Red Cross worker with access to 1M SSNs charged with ID theft

A former employee with the American Red Cross’ St. Louis chapter – who had access to the Social Security numbers of 1 million people – has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Frank Washkuch May 24 2006 8:40PM Security
NSW man charged over child porn

NSW man charged over child porn

A man will appear in court next month over child pornography charges, following a search and seizure of photo albums and computer hard drives from a house in Newcastle.
Staff Writers Apr 29 2005 11:28AM Oddware
Tsunami hacker charged

Tsunami hacker charged

A man has been charge over an alleged attempt to hack into the website co-ordinating relief for victims of the recent tsunami disaster.
René Millman Feb 11 2005 1:31PM Security
Randex author charged

Randex author charged

A 16-year-old virus writer was given a six-month suspended sentence at the South Cheshire juvenile court in Crewe last Thursday for releasing a worm that infected computers and turned them into spam relays.
David Quainton Dec 21 2004 5:30PM Security
Florida man charged in huge database break-in

Florida man charged in huge database break-in

A federal grand jury indicted a 45-year-old Florida man in connection with a scheme to steal a huge amount of personal information from a database belonging to Acxiom.
Marcia Savage Jul 23 2004 6:56PM Security
Israeli teenager charged with US police system hacking

Israeli teenager charged with US police system hacking

Israeli police have arrested a 19-year-old teenager on charges of hacking into a police computer system in Pennsylvania.
Steve Gold Mar 11 2004 2:39PM Security

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