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Hacker gets a year in prison for Sony attack  19 April 2013  Print E-mail
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Source: Sydney Morning Herald - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Government A hacker who pleaded guilty to taking part in an extensive computer breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment has been sentenced to a year in prison, followed by home detention, US federal prosecutors said.
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Hacking the Law: Fights Over Cyber-Security and a Silicon Valley Divide  18 April 2013  Print E-mail
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Source: SF Weekly - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Government To some, hacker Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer is a cause celebré. To others, he's a famous douchebag. To many, he's a polarizing figure in a debate that's roiled Silicon Valley, pitting established tech companies against rogue innovators.
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LulzSec Hackers Plead Guilty To CIA, Sony Attacks  11 April 2013  Print E-mail
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Source: Information Week - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Government Three men admit in London courtroom they launched distributed denial of service attacks and defacements that targeted a variety of websites.
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Spanish Linux users launch legal challenge to Microsoft’s secure boot  01 April 2013  Print E-mail
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Source: InfoSecurity Magazine - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Government Hispalinux, a Spanish association representing Linux users and developers, has filed an EU complaint against Windows 8’s UEFI Secure Boot, calling it “a de facto technological jail for computer booting systems.”
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Infamous Hacker Weev Sentenced to 41 Months in Jail for AT&T ‘Hack’  19 March 2013  Print E-mail
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Source: BetaBeat - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Government He'll also have to pay AT&T $73,000 in damages. Andrew Auernheimer, better known by his pseudonym “weev,” was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for exploiting an AT&T security flaw that allowed him to collect and publish the email addresses of 114,000 AT&T iPad owners.
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