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Feds Charge Anonymous Spokesperson for Sharing Hacked Stratfor Credit Cards

10 December 2012

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Source: Wired - Posted by Dave Wreski
A Dallas grand jury has brought charges against Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown stemming from the 2011 hack of intelligence vendor Stratfor Global Intelligence.
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LulzSec hacker faces 30 years to life

28 November 2012

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Source: CSO Online - Posted by Dave Wreski
Jeremy Hammond is in really big trouble. Or, perhaps, the government is just trying to "scare the (expletive) out of him," in the words of Kevin Mitnick, formerly known as the world's "most-wanted hacker" and now a security consultant.
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Hacker found guilty of AT&T data breach

21 November 2012

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Source: TG Daily - Posted by Alex
A hacker has been convicted of the AT&T security breach in 2010 in which 120,000 iPad owners' email addresses were leaked. Andrew 'Weev' Auernheimer, 26, has been found guilty in the District Court in New Jersey of conspiracy to access a computer without authorization and fraud in connection with personal information. He'll be sentenced in February, and faces up to five years in prison on each count.
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Teenage Hacker ‘Cosmo the God’ Sentenced by California Court

12 November 2012

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Source: Wired - Posted by Dave Wreski
The 15-year-old UG Nazi hacker known as Cosmo* or Cosmo the God was sentenced in juvenile court on Wednesday in Long Beach, California. According to Cosmo, he pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in exchange for a probation, encompassing all the charges brought against him, which included charges based on credit card fraud, identity theft, bomb threats, and online impersonation.
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Warrantless Eavesdropping Before Supreme Court

29 October 2012

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Source: Wired - Posted by Dave Wreski
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments on whether it should halt a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications, a program that Congress eventually legalized in 2008.
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