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Teenage Hacker ‘Cosmo the God’ Sentenced by California Court  12 November 2012 
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.
 
Warrantless Eavesdropping Before Supreme Court  29 October 2012 
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.
 
Hacker Attack Warnings Don’t Budge Opposing Sides on Cyber Bill  26 October 2012 
Source: Bloomberg News - Posted by Anthony Pell   
The White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce dug in to opposing positions on cybersecurity legislation yesterday as federal officials escalate warnings about hacker threats to the nation.
 
How the hacker bogeyman is coming to get you  16 October 2012 
Source: CNET - Posted by Dave Wreski   
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor." Pardon my sarong, but we've seen this movie before.
 
Supreme Court Terminates Warrantless Electronic Spying Case  10 October 2012 
Source: Wired - Posted by Anthony Pell   
The Supreme Court closed a 6-year-old chapter Tuesday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s bid to hold the nation’s telecoms liable for allegedly providing the National Security Agency with backdoors to eavesdrop, without warrants, on Americans’ electronic communications in violation of federal law.
 
A Dark Day for the Philippines as Government Passes Cybercrime Act  04 October 2012 
Source: EFF - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The government of the Philippines today has passed the troubling Cybercrime Prevention Act. The Act covers a range of offenses, but—as we wrote last month—is particularly problematic because of a libel provision that criminalizes anonymous online criticism.
 
Obama's exec order draft on cybersecurity stirs debate  14 September 2012 
Source: CSO Online - Posted by Anthony Pell   
President Obama's draft of an Executive Order (EO) to implement some of the provisions of the 2012 Cyber Security Act (CSA), which failed in the U.S. Senate earlier this month, has reignited the debate over government's role in cybersecurity.
 
A leader of hacker group Anonymous arrested in Texas  14 September 2012 
Source: Orlando Sentinal - Posted by Dave Wreski   
A self-professed leader of the computer hacker group Anonymous was arrested by authorities in Dallas, officials said on Thursday.
 
Second LulzSec Sony Hacker Suspect Arrested  29 August 2012 
Source: Information Week - Posted by Dave Wreski   
A second alleged member of LulzSec has been arrested on charges of having hacked the Sony Pictures website last year.
 
Homeland Security probes SSL flaw in RuggedCom gear securing critical infrastructure  24 August 2012 
Source: TechSpot - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating claims that a researcher has found a SSL vulnerability in Siemens’ RuggedCom network equipment. The security hole could reportedly be exploited by hackers to compromise the networks of critical infrastructure such as power plants.
 
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