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January 3, 2005 · News & Star
Child porn pictures case

A MAN appeared in court on Christmas Eve accused of making more than 1,000 indecent pictures of children. David Wright, of Low Byer Park, Alston, appeared…

January 1, 2005 · Computer Crime Research Center
Happy New Year

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December 30, 2004 · Stars and Stripes
Vilseck soldier pleads guilty to steroid, child porn charges

A Vilseck, Germany-based soldier will serve one year in prison after pleading guilty to charges of possessing anabolic steroids and child pornography. Sgt.…

December 30, 2004 · Mich News Com
Cyber Crimefighters:Feds Fighting Cyber Crime

*[The writer represented the National Association of Chiefs of Police on a Government Accounting Office advisory panel which reviewed the FBI reorganization…

December 29, 2004 · Cities.ExpressIndia.Com
Cyber cafes open up to curb porn

Cyber cafe owners across the city are getting wiser to customers accessing pornographic sites and even at the cost of privacy, several of the cafes are taking…

December 29, 2004 · ABC News Online
Former diplomat cleared of child porn charges

A Thai court has cleared a former Australian diplomat of child pornography charges. Robert Scoble, 55, was on trial for distributing child pornography for…

December 28, 2004 · ZDNet India
Let's get our IT Act together

**The noise and colour of a brassband at an Indian wedding more or less describes the events of the last few days. There is a common saying that the law is an…

December 28, 2004 · THE TIMES OF INDIA
Cracking cyber crime: Delhi Police at a Net loss

With all the marvels of IT, a downside had to come along. Business organisations are busy updating their fire-proofing almost on a monthly basis, official…

December 27, 2004 · DenverPost.com
Phishers threaten e-commerce

It takes a lot of wrongdoing to mobilize the FBI, nine of the top 10 U.S. banks and corporations like Microsoft and America Online. All these organizations…

December 25, 2004 · The Timesonline.com
Internet scams on the rise

The increase in online shopping has meant more victims of Internet scams, according to the Indiana Crime Prevention Coalition's executive director Scott…

December 25, 2004 · Techtree.com
Technology Can't Stop Cyber Crime!

Here is a conversation with Capt. Raghu Raman, the CEO of Mahindra Special Services Group, and an expert on information security for nearly two decades.…

December 25, 2004 · Mlive.com
Hacker gets 9-year term in Lowe's case

A Hamburg Township man was sentenced in North Carolina last week to nine years in federal prison for hacking into the Lowe's stores computer system and trying…

December 24, 2004 · Sify News
Trisha's complaint makes police alert on cyber crime

Police have intensified vigil against cyber crimes in the city following allegations by film actress Trisha Krishnan that websites were allegedly hosting…

December 24, 2004 · Zwire.Com
Redirected to jail?

Malicious software, or malware, can steal credit card information, record sensitive password information and redirect you to Web sites you never intended to…

December 23, 2004 · EcommerceTimes
Experts Say India's Cyber Law is Outdated

**Cyber law expert Pavan Duggal feels India's Information Technology Act of 2000 is completely outdated and not fit to deal with cyber crimes. He said that the…

December 22, 2004 · CNN Money
Judge questions anti-spam law

**Judge halts guilty plea by ex-AOL employee who sold e-mail addresses, questions new anti-spam law.** ***NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has refused to…

December 22, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Internet gets out of hand

‘Internet gets out of hand like a “Hundred-Headed Hydra”, Government have to develop public policy in the Internet Community’ – Alexander Socolov Minister of…

December 21, 2004 · eMediaWire
Cybersecurity 4 Terrorism

***Computers and networks essentially run the operations of most business in the country. Most computer systems, computer software and networks were not…

December 20, 2004 · The Washington Times
ebay's India chief arrested in porno case

New Delhi, India, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Indian police Friday arrested a top boss of an Indian subsidiary of the Internet auction house eBay for allegedly Web…

December 20, 2004 · WebIndia123.com
Cyber crime takes Bhubaneswar by storm

Obscene mails seems to be the order of the day in Bhubaneswar, for now a prestigious management institute has lodged a cyber crime complaint with the police.…

December 18, 2004 · SFGate.com
Prison memoir takes holy war into cyberspace

Jakarta, Indonesia -- After Imam Samudra was charged with engineering the devastating Bali nightclub bombings two years ago, he taunted his police accusers in…

December 17, 2004 · The Union Leader
State launches battle against cyber crimes

CONCORD — The state is launching a cyber crime-fighting initiative to help law enforcement get ahead of computer-based crimes — whether it be detecting…

December 17, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hacker raised the wages for himself and for colleagues

A hacker having illegally accessed to the database of the one large Russian company in Tyumen has raised wages for himself and for several drivers of the…

December 16, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Lowe's hacker sentenced to nine years

***Mich. man tried to steal customers' credit card information*** CHARLOTTE, N.C. - One of three Michigan men who hacked into the national computer system of…

December 16, 2004 · THE TIMES OF INDIA
40% of Capital's cyber crime targets women

NEW DELHI: As the Delhi Police investigate an increasing number of cyber crimes, investigators are realising that almost half the cases reported have women at…

December 15, 2004 · Silicon.com
Home Office calls for cybercrime shakeup

The government has warned that police and law makers need to step up their efforts to fight crime on the internet. A Home Office report called The Future of…

December 15, 2004 · Continuity Central
Cyber-crime: how to fight back

As our reliance on computers and e-communication grows, so do the opportunities for cyber-criminals. Although organisations are now recognising the problem and…

December 15, 2004 · 123bharath.com
Man downloads child porn to spoil boss' career!

A Sydney judge has reduced the jail sentence of a former employee of a leading childcare provider, Communicare, after accepting the man's defence that he…

December 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber crime statistics in Russian Federation

According to domestic experts, high-tech crime will become the most developed criminal sphere among the transnational organized criminality. Cyber crime will…

December 13, 2004 · Donga.com
A Struggle of 18 Days with 280,000 Text Messages

“I am very proud that I played a role in creating a new social mood that allows those who did their best to be treated and evaluated properly.” As the chief of…