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Conn. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

2008-04-30 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A Woodbury, Conn., man is sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in Web sites selling unauthorized copies of movies, music and software
 
 
 
 
 
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U.S. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A Woodbury, Connecticut, man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for operating Web sites where users could download unauthorized copies of movies, music and software titles, the U.S. Department of Justice announced
 
 
 
 
 
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DBA who stole consumer data gets 57 months in prison, $4M bill

2008-07-16 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing the records of about 8.5 million consumers and selling them to data brokers
 
 
 
 
 
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DBA who stole consumer data gets 57 months in prison

2008-07-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0352c in Network World on Security
 
A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services Inc. who admitted last year that he stole the personal data of about 8.5 million consumers and sold the information to data brokers has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a federal judge
 
 
 
 
 
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Colorado 'Spam King' walks away from prison camp

2008-07-22 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Convicted penny-stock spammer Eddie Davidson walked away from a federal minimum-security prison camp in Colorado on Sunday, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday
 
 
 
 
 
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San Quentin visitor and volunteer information lost

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2008-03-31 11:14:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Prison Victims Volunteers and visitors Number Affected 3,500 Types of Data names, birth dates and driver's license numbers Breach Description A flash memory drive containing names, birth dates and driver's license numbers of more than 3,500 people who either volunteered or visited San Quentin State Prison in a group tour has been lost, a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Employee fraud at Tenet Healthcare affects 37,000

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2008-02-18 10:26:45 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...prison Evan] Only nine months in prison. In 2006, the average time it took victims to recover from identity theft was 607 hours He had passed a background check to get the Tenet job. Brooks was immediately fired when the company learned of his arrest What's challenging in this situation is there was an employee intent on committing fraud,"...
 
 
 
 
 
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Creating and Entrapping Terrorists

2008-03-05 06:25:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...prison In other cases, the use of informants has led the government to flirt with outright entrapment. In Brooklyn, a Guyanese immigrant and former cargo handler named Russell Defreitas was arrested last spring for plotting to blow up fuel tanks at JFK International Airport. In fact, before he encountered the might of the JTTF, Defreitas was...
 
 
 
 
 
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Our Inherent Capability for Evil

2008-04-16 06:40:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...prisoners or guards Zimbardo's volunteers were bright, liberal young men of good character, brimming with opposition to the Vietnam war and authority in general. All expressed a preference to be prisoners, a role they could relate to better. Yet within days the strong, rebellious "prisoners" had become depressed and hopeless. Two broke down...
 
 
 
 
 
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More On Non-lethal Weapons: Electrified Shieds

2008-05-13 15:12:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -