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October 13, 2004 · The Salt Lake Tribune
EBay laptop swindler gets 4 years in prison

What federal prosecutors called the nation's marquee Internet fraud case concluded Tuesday with the sentencing of eBay laptop swindler John P. Leary to more…

October 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Korean Cyber Crime Unit Trains Foreign Experts

Police officers from other countries are coming to Korea to learn about the country’s advanced cyber crime investigation techniques. A French delegation…

October 13, 2004 · Business.scotsman.com
Industry warned to tackle cyber crime

NDUSTRY must get to grips with the increasing threat posed by hi-tech crime or face potentially disastrous consequences, according to the director of a leading…

October 12, 2004 · Mid Day
Australia rocked by child porn scandal

Sydney: A worldwide crackdown on child pornography has led Australian police to investigate 700 people in this country, whose arrest is imminent. The police…

October 12, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Mass raid upon hackers in Russia

Volgograd, Russian Federation. -- Officers of Russian Ministry on Internal Affairs Department “K” realized operation that resulted to search 40 suspected…

October 11, 2004 · Aljazeera.Net
Gulf Arabs agree to boost security

Gulf Arab states say they have agreed to boost cooperation against al-Qaida, drug trafficking and money laundering in the oil-rich region. The six nations of…

October 11, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
North Korea has a special military squad of hacker-experts

“North Korea has a special military squad of hacker-experts, it works on gathering information about South” – General Son Yun Kyn said in his feature about…

October 9, 2004 · THE AGE
Web of shame

**Australia's biggest investigation into online child pornography is far from over. Who downloads these images and why do they do it? Ian Munro and Catharine…

October 9, 2004 · ZDNet UK
NISCC wins gong for its fight against cybercrime

**SANS conference: The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre was rewarded today for its efforts in government leadership in the war against…

October 8, 2004 · El Paso News
Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

dentity theft is on the rise in El Paso, according to Detective Hayes of the El Paso Police Department's Financial Crimes division. There are over 100 new…

October 8, 2004 · e-Week
U.S. House Passes Anti-Spyware Bill

WASHINGTON–The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make spyware illegal–and provide stiff sanctions for anyone…

October 7, 2004 · Hernando Today
Paramedic accused of soliciting Internet sex

BEVERLY HILLS - A 40-year-old Citrus County Emergency Medical Services paramedic was arrested Tuesday when he was accused of soliciting sex to undercover…

October 7, 2004 · NEWS.com.au
Huge child-porn library seized

POLICE believe they have seized the country's biggest child pornography library after 350,000 images of young girls were allegedly discovered at the suburban…

October 7, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Hacker attempted to steal $ 1'000'000 from account of Custom House.

Zaporozhye, Ukraine – Hacker was arrested when accessed to computer system of “AVAL Bank” and tried to steal about 5’000’000 Ukraine Hrivnas (about $…

October 6, 2004 · The Australian
Child porn: principal investigated

A CATHOLIC school principal from a Victorian seaside town has been stood down as police investigate allegations he accessed child pornography on the Internet.…

October 6, 2004 · Associated Press
Child porn producer sentenced to more than 50 years

A man convicted of producing child pornography for distribution over the Internet was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison. Robert Earl Smith, 53, of…

October 6, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Students Arrested For Illegal Internet Access And Information Theft

Three first-year students from Baranovichi (Brest Region, Byelorussia) and graduating pupil of local gymnasia were using illegal Internet access having a…

October 5, 2004 · TheDAILY
Program trains cybercrime fighters

The UW, Highline Community College (HCC) and Seattle University are teaming up to offer a joint computer forensics program, aided by a $270,000 grant from the…

October 5, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Florida deputy shoots, kills child pornography suspect

John Stanley Lewis, 54, died at his home where detectives had gone shortly after 6 a.m. to arrest him on a warrant of 30 counts of child pornography. RIVERVIEW…

October 4, 2004 · Channel News Asia
North Korea ready to launch cyber war: report

SEOUL: North Korea has trained more than 500 computer hackers capable of launching cyber warfare against the United States, South Korea's defense ministry…

October 4, 2004 · The Sunday Mail
Plan to stop access to child porn sites

THE Queensland State Government will consider a plan to block pedophiles accessing child pornography on their home computers. A Queensland academic says the…

October 3, 2004 · Mooresville/Decatur Times
Citizens Bank warns of fraud emails "phishing" for victims

MORGAN COUNTY – Citizens Bank, Mooresville would like to inform the public about the fraudulent e-mails in circulation using a Citizens Bank name and logo…

October 3, 2004 · The Register
India mulls tough ID rules for cybercafés

Internet cafés in parts of India face closure if new regulations forcing them to provide police with names and addresses of all their customers are introduced.…

October 3, 2004 · EDP24
Dereham firms help tackle computer crime

The business community in a Norfolk town is helping police tackle computer crimes such as child pornography and online fraud. Detectives from Dereham CID are…

October 1, 2004 · CNN.com
Pornography raids net hundreds

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Hundreds more people face arrest in Australia one day after police arrested more than 190 in a massive crackdown on child…

October 1, 2004 · Mlive.com
Residents fall for Internet scam

A money-wiring scam linked to Russian bank accounts is striking unwary Internet users in mid-Michigan, the FBI says. The bureau's Mid-Michigan Area Computer…

October 1, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crimes in Russia

In Russia these are the following sentences on computer crime related cases: Article 272. Unauthorized access to computer information 1. Unauthorized access to…

October 1, 2004 · ABC12.com
Internet check scam

Mid Michigan – The local office of the FBI is warning consumers about an Internet scam. At least three people in the Tri-Cities area are out thousands of…

September 30, 2004 · Mlive.com
FBI warns residents of Internet scams

FBI agents in Bay City are urging residents to watch out for telephone or mail scams that have bilked local people out of thousands of dollars. The FBI's…

September 30, 2004 · ABC Canberra
Police, teachers charged in child porn bust

One-hundred-and-fifty people, including police officers and teachers, have been arrested in what the Federal Police (AFP) describe as Australia's biggest…