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July 15, 2004 · The Guardian
Police arrest 45 over child porn

Police in Greater Manchester yesterday arrested 45 people suspected of downloading pornographic images of children from the internet. The arrests followed…

July 14, 2004 · Silicon.com
Five million emails take down website...

An aggrieved teenager, sacked from his £120-per-week job, has taken revenge on his bosses by bombarding them with five million emails, effectively crippling…

July 14, 2004 · Crime Library
JonBenet Ramsey - Exclusive Interview With Stephen Singular

Stephen Singular is a highly regarded journalist and freelance writer. Apart from his book Presumed Guilty -- An Investigation into the JonBenet Ramsey Case,…

July 14, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crimes in Ukraine

According to the Information Technologies Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, 6% of total computer crimes were registered in 2001, 36%…

July 13, 2004 · News Today
SMS spoofing - new lingo in cybercrime

'You have flunked'. The SMS was enough to unnerve not only Ram, an engineering student, but also his entire family. But the panic was soon found to be…

July 13, 2004 · Interfax
Chinese hackers advertise made-to-order virus service

Rising, one of China's leading anti-virus software firms, recently discovered that Chinese hackers had opened a new website offering a made-to-order virus…

July 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Alleged hacker is Microsoft insider

A man charged with hacking into search system company AltaVista's computer networks about two years ago is now employed by Microsoft Corp, reportedly working…

July 13, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime: expert's opinion

Development of scientific progress related to introduction of modern information technologies led to appearance of new kinds of crimes as illegal infringement…

July 12, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Nebraska man arrested and charged with the manufacture of child pornography

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning announced the arrest of Jeffery D. Meyers, a 36 year old foster parent. Meyers has been charged on ten counts including…

July 12, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russia is going to outlaw spam

More than 99% of all websites linked in spam messages are based in China, South Korea, the US, Russia and Brazil, a new survey of Commtouch, a company engaged…

July 10, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
South Korea to create unit fighting cybercrime

South Korean National Police Department will create a new unit of computer anti-terror by the end of this year. Police management came to the necessity of such…

July 9, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spam on the rise

Today spam is about 70% of all emails in the world. These data are given by American company MessageLab involved in developing of program-filters. The volume…

July 8, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Sexual abuse online

According to Washington ProFile, every fifth under age user of the Internet runs the risk of online sexual abuse. These statistics are given in the report of…

July 7, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Great Britain: A new law on cybercrime is being elaborated

The threats facing Britain's Internet-enabled companies and consumers are so great that new laws are needed to fight the problem, and fix the mistakes made by…

July 6, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
San Jose Police Seek Help in Identifying Perp

Robert Martin Brown, a 50 year old Newark man, was arrested by the San Jose police on suspicion of sending sexually graphic material over the Internet to an…

July 5, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Russian police rounds up an organized criminal group

July 28, 2004 officers of Russian cyber police (Department K of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) nipped in the bud activities of a big organized criminal…

July 5, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spanish police: beware of lottery scam

Spanish police investigates a global scale lottery scam. It was organized by several criminal groups based most likely in Madrid, Spain. Scammers created…

July 4, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Enforcement is key to fighting cybercrime

The publication of a review of Britain's cybercrime laws by an influential group of MPs and peers this week has been welcomed by the IT industry. Broad…

July 3, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Computer crime laws need updating

An influential group of MPs has put forward suggested reforms to the UK cyber laws, to take account of 21st Century computer crime. The All-Party Internet…

July 2, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Supreme Court Says Porn Law Likely Violates First Amendment

**Source [Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108851802560750205,00.html) (subscription) and Associated Press ** WASHINGTON -- The Supreme…

July 1, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
FBI opens new computer crime lab

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The FBI opened a new lab Tuesday dedicated to detecting computer-related crimes and training federal, state and local police to catch…

June 30, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Last week's most famous Russian hacker

Dmitri Androsov, a student of Chelyabinsk, Russia, became the most famous Russian hacker of the last week due to 16 thousand of indecent phrases that he sent…

June 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
A Russian Hacker Stole $15 Thousand

A hacker of Leninogorsk, Russia managed to illegally withdraw 15,000 of American dollars from accounts of foreigners and co-citizens. All victims visited a…

June 29, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Authors of the last viruses are Russians

The authors of the last malicious action to spread computer viruses exploiting earlier unknown flaw in the Internet browser are people of Archangelsk, Russia.…

June 28, 2004 · AME Info
Middle East not immune to cyber-crime, security experts warn

According to AME Info, investment in fighting cyber-crime remains critically low, and a general ignorance of its consequences is leaving businesses across the…

June 28, 2004 · The Advertiser
E-mail comes under attack

*Spam, fraud, viruses assault Internet's 'killer' application...* USA Today For years, consumers and corporations raved about e-mail's potential. Now they're…

June 28, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
"Reporters Without Borders": Free Internet in Ukraine

An International legal organization "Reporters without borders" announced a report on obstacles to the free flow of information online -- "Internet Under…

June 26, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
US Congress against spyware

A bill that outlaws spy software that secretly monitors Web activities is advancing towards a vote by the US House of Representatives A congressional panel…

June 25, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Spam again

US police officers arrested an AOL employee and charged him with conspiracy in a plot to flood AOL subscribers with spam. Federal prosecutors say that Jason…

June 24, 2004 · Computer Crime Research Center
Child Pornography on the Internet--What to do?

If you are a parent of a child between the ages of 10-17 it is likely that your child is receiving unsolicited pornographic images. These are typically sent by…