- Digital Rights/Piracy
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 13th, 2012
RIAA Welcomes Court’s Decision to Sentence Pirate to 15 Years in Prison
Over 10,000 disks containing movies and music have been found by investigators
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 10th, 2012
Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Cyberattacks on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
The DDOS attacks forced HKEx to suspend trading for some stocks
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 10th, 2012
UGNazi Hacker Cosmo the God Sentenced to Six Years Without Internet
He agreed to hand over all his online account login credentials
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 7th, 2012
Class-Action Lawsuits Filed Against Barnes & Noble After Security Breach
Affected customers are unhappy with the way the firm handled the incident
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 7th, 2012
FTC Responds to Wyndham’s Motion to Dismiss, Asks Court to Reject Arguments
The legal battle between the company and the US regulator continues
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 6th, 2012
UK Authorities Set to Decide NASA Hacker’s Fate in November
The MPS and the CPS will establish whether Garry McKinnon will be prosecuted in the UK
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 30th, 2012
![Student Accused of Hacking School Systems to Obtain a Girl’s Details [BBC]](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Student-Accused-of-Hacking-School-Systems-to-Obtain-a-Girl-s-Details-BBC-1.png "Student Accused of Hacking School Systems to Obtain a Girl’s Details [BBC]")
Student Accused of Hacking School Systems to Obtain a Girl’s Details [BBC]
He claims that he has been set up by someone who broke into his own computer
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 26th, 2012
Firms Warned About the Impact of Class Actions on the Cost of Data Breaches
Legal experts stress that courts are starting to allow more lawsuits to continue
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 25th, 2012
32-Year-Old Personal Banker Admits Participating in Bank Fraud Scheme
He helped fraudsters obtain the details of 7 Wachovia Bank customers
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 25th, 2012
Symantec Agrees to Refund Customers Improperly Charged for Product Renewal
Eligible users will receive $10 cash refunds or a subscription extension
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 24th, 2012
Judge Dismisses Class Action Hack Lawsuit Against Sony
In its privacy policy, the firm clearly states that security cannot be perfect
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 12th, 2012
LulzSec’s Raynaldo Rivera Admits Hacking Sony Pictures
He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause damage to a protected computer
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 9th, 2012
Turkish Prosecutor Wants 24-Year Prison Sentences for RedHack Hackers
10 members have been indicted, three of whom are already arrested
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 8th, 2012
Verizon Engineer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Running Fraud Scheme
He will also have to restitute millions of dollars to Cisco and Verizon Wireless
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 8th, 2012
Barrett Brown Officially Accused of Threatening FBI Officer
Everything he said in tweets and YouTube videos is used against him
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 5th, 2012
Operator of Celebrity Fan Sites to Pay $1M for Illegally Collecting Details of Children
The websites are RihannaNow.com, DemiLovatoFanClub.net, BeiberFever.com, SelenaGomez.com
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 5th, 2012
Russians Suspected of Illegally Exporting High-Tech Microelectronics from the US
The goods could be utilized to manufacture weapons and radar systems