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LulzSec Hackers Sentenced In London

17 May 2013

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Source: Information Week - Posted by Anthony Pell
LulzSec Hacker "Topiary" famously tweeted: "You cannot arrest an idea." Perhaps not, but in the case of Topiary, revealed to be Jake Davis, now 20, you can be sentenced to 24 months in a "young offenders institute" for two counts of conspiracy to impair the operation of a computer, to be followed by a five-year serious crime prevention order that can restrict where he can travel and which jobs he'll be allowed to take.
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How a Career Con Man Led a Federal Sting That Cost Google $500 Million

15 May 2013

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Source: Wired - Posted by Pooja Shah
Whitaker began by explaining his business—how he started out selling HGH and steroids but eventually sent customers vegetable oil and protein powder instead. He also said that the Google employees he worked with knew that he was in Mexico, selling mainly to Americans in the US—and that they knew his business was illegal. Further, he stated, they helped him tailor his advertising to increase the number of clicks it received.
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Tough Times at Homeland Security

15 May 2013

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Source: NY Times - Posted by Pooja Shah
A new wave of cyberattacks is hitting American companies at a particularly vulnerable time for the Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency charged with fending them off.
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Fed offensive fueling hacker underground, report says

15 May 2013

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Source: CSO Online - Posted by Dave Wreski
The U.S. government is contributing to the Internet's underground economy by scooping up hacker tools to incorporate into offensive cyber weapons, a report from Reuters says.
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The US government might be the biggest hacker in the world

13 May 2013

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Source: RT - Posted by Dave Wreski
The United States government is investing tens of millions of dollars each year on offensive hacking operations in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the computers of its adversaries, Reuters reports.
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