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July 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
A Ukrainian child porn ring exposed

Ukrainian police has stopped the activity of a criminal group taking porn pictures and movies of more that 500 girls between 8 and 16 years old in the likeness…

July 29, 2004 · Seattlepi.com
Law enforcement tackling computer crime

RICHMOND, Va. -- Federal and state law enforcement agencies are joining forces to combat computer crimes, officials announced. The Cyber-Crime Strike Force…

July 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian hacker blackmailed gambling companies

A criminal case related to the article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was instigated under control of General Prosecutor Office, Russian…

July 28, 2004 · Ireland On-Line
Bank issues warning of internet fraud scam

Internet banking customers were warned tonight about a fraudulent scheme to steal their credit card details. Allied Irish Bank said two of its clients had…

July 28, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child porn: The troubled past of James Perry

**This story about James Perry is particularly troubling. Perry was sentenced in Madison, Wisconsin to 180 years in prison, a life term. On one videotape,…

July 27, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
A Russian response to Osama Bin Laden virus

Friday, a virus purporting to show images of Osama bin Laden's suicide has popped up on the Internet, designed to entice recipients to open a file that…

July 27, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Al Qaeda in cyber space: threats of cyberterrorism

Terrorism, as a display of utmost extremism, is based on various disagreements (national, transnational) in politics, economy, religious or criminal grounds…

July 27, 2004 · TechNewsWorld
Hacker's Osama bin Laden Hoax Terrorizes Computers

***A hacker apparently sprinkled thousands of newsgroups with rumors of bin Laden's death, saying CNN reporters found the terrorist leader hanged, and included…

July 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
From Robert Morris through Osama Bin Laden

There's yet another way to distribute network viruses developed by hackers. The Internet users receive infected letters with an invitation to watch the photo…

July 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Serial rapist-paedophile placed videos of his rapes on the Net

The investigation is almost finished and the case is now being prepared to be brought to the court involving a 36-year old rapist called "Pulya" (rus. Bullet).…

July 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Your Opinion: Should Your Internet Service Provider Block Child Pornography Websites?

**[Should Your Internet Service Provider Block Child Pornography Websites?](http://blog.watchright.com/?itemid=184)** **By Robert T DeMarco** [British…

July 26, 2004 · Hawaii news
Waianae man sentenced to month in jail for Internet crime

HONOLULU (AP) - A Waianae man was sentenced to one month in jail and five years on probation for using the Internet to try and arrange a sexual encounter with…

July 24, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Piracy passions

More than 36% of software installed in computers worldwide are pirated, it gave the piracy revenues of $29 billion of dollars in 2003, a survey conducted by…

July 23, 2004 · TimesDispatch.com
New Virginia strike force to prosecute cybercrime

Federal, state and local law-enforcement authorities are linking up in a new operation that will investigate and prosecute child pornography, fraud and other…

July 23, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Cyber blackmailers are nabbed in Russia

In a result of joint operation of British The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) and their Russian colleagues main members of Russian criminal group involved…

July 22, 2004 · The Moscow Times.com
Internet Extortion Foiled

Hard-pressed police forces have scored a significant victory in the battle against Internet crime by smashing a Russian extortion racket preying on British…

July 22, 2004 · The Inquirer
Microsoft to help FBI track cybercrime phelons down

A CYBER FORENSIC organisation founded by the FBI and universities is to receive a grant in $46,000 from Microsoft and a loan of a software analyst to…

July 22, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Man forced to plead guilty to possessing child porn

We write and publish stories on child porn. We speak about monsters that abuse children having sex with them, making, selling their images, videos and etc. The…

July 21, 2004 · the c|net News.com
The new face of cybercrime

You once could explain away Internet attacks as destruction for destruction's sake. But many of the juvenile delinquents of the 1990s have since graduated from…

July 21, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
PHRACK #62 has been released !

**2004/07/13 - world best known online hacker's magazine presents :** #62 Contents: Introduction (.txt) *Phrack Staff* Loopback (.txt) *Phrack Staff* Linenoise…

July 21, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
British Telecom Technology Blocks Online Pornography

**British Telecom says it has blocked 250,000 attempts to access hardcore child pornography sites -- some 10,000 a day -- since it went online with new…

July 21, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Odessa carders are still under investigation

Plastic cards market grows ever-increasingly. Average pace of increase is 20-22% annually. The boom appeared after banks launched so-called salary projects…

July 20, 2004 · The Age
Cyberterrorism: fear factor

For two months during 2000 he pumped hundreds of thousands of litres of raw sewage into public waterways north of Maroochydore. Engineer Vitek Boden, who had…

July 20, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
New breed of cyber criminals

WWW became a field of rapidly growing e-business, a sphere of industrial sales and purchases, an international market ground where huge money circulates. The…

July 19, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Ukraine to protect children from porn

Yesterday, the Ministry for Family, Children and Youth Affairs of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Union of Young People Deputies (UUYPD) in the frames of project for…

July 17, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Patriot Act used to investigate and convict couple in child pornography case

In his remarks to Congress, Attorney General John Ashcroft detailed how the Patriot Act was used to investigate a child pornography case. In his testimony…

July 16, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian piracy inflicts $1 billion damage

As it is well-known, a problem of intellectual property rights protection is the sticking point between Russia and the US. This pointed question was discussed…

July 16, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Problems of Combating Computer Crimes and Cyber Terrorism

New opportunities offered by the Internet transformed many legal forms of activity and through cutting down terms, simplified procedures of arranging deals and…

July 15, 2004 · mlive.com
Child porn case: city manager charged

BELDING -- Alison Pasch is sickened by allegations that Belding City Manager Mike Wood was looking at child pornography while he was supposed to be running the…

July 15, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Fighting cyberterrorism: expert's opinion

Alexei Chistyakov, Head of the World Anticriminal and Antiterrorist Forum in Ukraine, was interviewed by CCRC. "International terrorism is put as one of main…