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September 15, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child porn on new computer?

A man says he bought a computer for his son only to find kiddie porn on the hard drove. The computer came from the Sam's Club on Aurora Avenue in North…

September 15, 2004 · Tri-Valley Herald
Lodi fire captain arrested on rape, child porn charges

LOCKEFORD -- A Lodi Fire Department captain was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of forcible rape and possessing child pornography, the San Joaquin…

September 15, 2004 · swissinfo
Conference turns up heat on cyber criminals

***The fight against cyber terrorism, child pornography and racism on the internet is topping the agenda at an international conference in Strasbourg.*** Swiss…

September 15, 2004 · MercoPress
Brazil is Hackers Favourite

Brazil is home to eight out of 10 of the world's hackers, said federal police at the conference. In Brazil, the amount of money lost in internet financial…

September 15, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Sasser creator hangs on conviction

Sven Jaschan, the supposed author of the Sasser virus and several variants of the Netsky virus, was charged last week by German police, but the informant who…

September 14, 2004 · Gainesvilletimes.com
Reports of Internet fraud on rise in area

The Hall County Sheriff's Office has been receiving many complaints about "phishing" and other types of e-mail and Internet fraud. Phishing is a high-tech scam…

September 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine: Security Service disclosed an unauthorized access to police data base

Officers of counterintelligence information security unit of the Counterintelligence department and their colleagues of the regional Security Service…

September 14, 2004 · China Daily
Wu vows to ensure criminal justice

Top legislator Wu Bangguo Monday pledged to work more closely with other countries to ensure international criminal justice and better protect human rights.…

September 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Linux developers insist on high level security

Nine of ten companies developing Linux claim that their systems have never been infected by a virus, while four of five companies assert that their systems…

September 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Teacher Charged with Child Pornography

On the cusp of the school year’s start, shock and disbelief were two of the sentiments expressed by one colleague of Monmouth Regional High School math teacher…

September 11, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia: 80% of software is illegal

Russia: the situation with the pirated software in Russia become settled, director of Non-commercial Software Products Suppliers Partnership Dmitri Sokolov…

September 10, 2004 · allAfrica.com
Computer Crime Against Kids Escalates

Less than 4% of rape cases are successfully prosecuted, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has told a discussion on computer crime against children in…

September 10, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Porn prevention on the Net

The Internet has appeared to be a convenient means of communication between paedophiles. Computer technologies open up wide opportunities for perverts to look…

September 10, 2004 · MercuryNews.com
S.J. man arrested in child porn case

A San Jose man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of soliciting thousands of dollars worth of child pornography and secretly video recording a young…

September 9, 2004 · Marco Island Sun Times
Local woman's dreams of wealth dashed by fraud

Sabrina Mount is a 25-year-old single mother of three daughters ages 6, 5 and 4. Before her old computer crashed, one of her jobs as a mystery shopper took her…

September 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
A hacker nabbed

The Blagoveschensk regional court (Russia) should start hearings on the creation, utilization and distribution of malicious software criminal case. Police…

September 8, 2004 · United States Department of Justice
John Ashcroft's Remarks on Operation Web Snare

Every day, more than half a billion people around the world log on to the Internet to buy and sell goods, to exchange ideas, and to communicate promising…

September 8, 2004 · ZDNet UK
A porn trap to steer clear of

For two years, an immigrant has been trying to get me to tell his story -- one in which he was fired from his job, sent to jail, permanently saddled with a sex…

September 8, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
One can get 15 years jail for hacking

Microsoft was forced to spend 1bn of US dollars on protection of their Windows operation systems from hackers, viruses and "phishers". The global software…

September 7, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Aspects of the suppression of cybercrime

Criminological projection is a process of well-founded learning of future state, level, dynamics and structure of criminality due to examination of tendencies…

September 6, 2004 · Pretoria News
Internet the new frontier in war on terror

The Internet is being used as one of the world's biggest instruments of mass destruction and South Africa is not immune. This, says Israeli University Internet…

September 6, 2004 · IDG.com.sg
Zambia set to pass cybercrime law

An Internet crime bill in Zambia, which includes provisions that could see convicted hackers facing sentences of up to 25 years in jail, has caused some…

September 6, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Australia to catch network paedophiles

Australian police acting as part of an international "cyber cop" network will be able to track down paedophiles who use the Internet to "groom" or lure…

September 4, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crimes: international prospects

Computer crimes are distant. So, according to the information provided by law enforcement of the Republic of Belarus, they initiated 11 criminal cases against…

September 2, 2004 · The New York Time
26 Hostages Released at Russian School, but Standoff Goes On

BESLAN, Russia, Sept. 2 – Heavily armed fighters who seized a school here in southern Russia released more than two dozen hostages, including women with young…

September 2, 2004 · CBC.ca
Tech threats: the new front in the War on Terror

There's little doubt nowadays that the 21st century is shaping up to be a very unstable era in human history. Non-state actors like al-Qaeda are stepping up…

September 2, 2004 · EDP24
Dereham firms help tackle computer crime

According to EDP24, the business community in a Norfolk town is helping police tackle computer crimes such as child pornography and online fraud. Detectives…

September 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Crime unit helps parents battle Internet predators

**This article reminds me of a [quote](http://www.watchright.com/testimonials.html) by Jimmy Doyle, “The Internet is just like the real world. There are bad…

September 2, 2004 · THE STAR
Attackers seize Russian school

BESLAN, Russia–Attackers wearing suicide-bomb belts stormed an elementary school, seizing hundreds of hostages, many of them children, on the first day back to…

September 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cybercrime is not limited by boundaries

Computer crimes more and more assume transnational, organized and group character. Transnational character of computer crimes poses a certain social threat - a…