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MIT Never Sought a Federal Prosecution of Aaron Swartz
Aug 2, 2013The Massachusetts Institute of Technology never sought a federal prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the programming prodigy who was charged with stealing millions of academic papers from an online archive at MIT, according to a report by the ...
Tags: software, Computer Products
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ISO Enhanced Its Cyber Liability Insurance Product to Introduce New Insurance Policies
Aug 2, 2013Insurance Services Office (ISO), a provider of actuarial and underwriting information, has enhanced its cyber liability insurance (e-commerce) product to introduce new insurance policies for firms with a media liability exposure. The new ...
Tags: Cyber Liability Insurance, ISO
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Computer Fraud Penalties Will Be Revamped by Aaron's Law
Jun 20, 2013Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would prevent the Department of Justice from prosecuting people for violating terms of service for Web-based products, website notices or employment agreements under the Computer Fraud and ...
Tags: Computer Fraud, Aaron's Law, CFAA
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Jeremy Hammond Pleaded Guilty to The Charges and Now Faces 10 Years in Jail
May 30, 2013Jeremy Hammond, the hacker accused of breaking into global foreign-intelligence company Stratfor's systems and stealing information later posted to Wikileaks, has pleaded guilty to the charges and now faces 10 years in jail. Caught in ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Google's Android Operating System Have Filed an Amended Version of an Earlier Lawsuit
May 20, 2013Several users of devices running Google's Android operating system have filed an amended version of an earlier lawsuit accusing the company of illegally collecting, and allowing others to collect, extensive amounts of mobile user data ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
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A Federal Court Has Modified a Protective Order
May 16, 2013A federal court has modified a protective order to allow disclosure of the court records of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, but ruled that names and other personal identifying information of those involved in his arrest and prosecution ...
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An Algerian Man Accused of Virus Has Been Extradited to Face Criminal Charges
May 7, 2013An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and distribute the SpyEye computer virus has been extradited from Thailand to the U.S. to face criminal charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Hamza Bendelladj, also known as Bx1, ...
Tags: SpyEye Virus, Computer Products
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Algerian Sought in Connection with The SpyEye Computer Virus Is Designed
May 7, 2013An Algerian sought in connection with the "SpyEye" computer virus designed to steal financial and personal information was extradited by Thailand to the United States to face charges, officials said Friday. The US Justice Department said ...
Tags: Computer Products, Algerian Man
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A Federal Court Granted Class Action Status to a Lawsuit Accusing comScore
Apr 4, 2013A federal court in Chicago this week granted class action status to a lawsuit accusing comScore, one of the Internet's largest user tracking firms, of secretly collecting and selling Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The U.S Government and Two Other Entities Involved in Investigations
Apr 3, 2013The U.S government and two other entities involved in investigations leading to the indictment of the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz have asked a federal court in Boston to redact the names of people involved in the case from documents ...
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Attorney General Eric Holder Defended The Role of The Prosecution
Mar 11, 2013U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder defended the role of the prosecution in the case of the late Internet activist and innovator Aaron Swartz, stating that "there was never an intention for him to go to jail for longer than a three, four, ...
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U.S. Lawmakers Pledged to Rewrite an Antihacking Law
Feb 6, 2013Online activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide in January U.S. lawmakers recently pledged to rewrite an antihacking law as hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn the death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz. ...
Tags: US, Politicians, Hacking Law
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The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Has Been Criticized
Jan 21, 2013U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said Wednesday that prosecutors recognized that there was no evidence against Internet activist Aaron Swartz that warranted severe punishment. The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts has been criticized for her ...
Tags: Attorney Carmen M.Ortiz, Internet activist, Aaron Swartz
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AMD Accused Four Former Employees of Stealing 100,000 Confidential Files
Jan 17, 2013AMD has accused four former employees of stealing 100,000 confidential files before leaving to work for rival chip manufacturer Nvidia, filing a suit described in the case document as "an extraordinary case of secret transfer [,] ...
Tags: AMD, confidential files, chip
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A Draft Bill to Exclude Terms of Service Violations From The CFAA
Jan 15, 2013A draft bill to exclude terms of service violations from the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The proposed amendment to the anti-hacking law comes in the wake of the suicide on ...
Tags: Computer Fraud Law Amendment, policy, Computer Products, Computer