The threat posed by cyber-terrorism has been overhyped and the net is unlikely to become a launch pad for terror attacks. That was the conclusion of a panel of security and technology experts brought …
Saudi Student Accused of Ties to Sheiks
A judge ruled Wednesday that a Saudi student who prosecutors say has ties to two radical sheiks will remain in custody while he awaits trial on visa fraud charges. Sami Omar Al-Hussayen is accused of …
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Pakistani 18-year-old Pleads Guilty to Hacking Web Sites for Eglin Air Force Base, Sandia Labs
A hacker who breached the computer network at Sandia National Laboratories and posted an anti-Israeli message on the Eglin Air Force Base Web site pleaded guilty to computer and credit card fraud …
Cyber Crime Bleeds India: CBI Director
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director P. C. Sharma has said cyber crime and organised corruption had assumed serious proportions, but pledged to combat the twin threats firmly. "Cyber crimes …
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FBI: Computer Seized Had 9-11 Target Pics
Photographs in a computer used by a Saudi student arrested for alleged visa violations include shots of the World Trade Center before and after the 2001 terrorism attacks, an FBI agent testified …
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Crime and Punishment: A Case is Being Made Out Now Against the Current Computer Abuse Laws.
The argument is that these are seriously flawed, and that greater penalties may actually quell legitimate research activities. CRIME is everywhere, so also computers. When they both join hands, there …
Terror Suspect's Photos Cited
The FBI has discovered photographs of the World Trade Center towers taken before and after they were destroyed in a computer used by a Saudi doctoral student arrested in Idaho last month. Sami Omar …
Lawyers ask feds for more evidence in terrorist trial
Defense lawyers in the terrorism trial that starts next Tuesday here asked the government to turn over evidence connected to its star witness. Lawyers for four men accused of conspiring to provide …
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Better Records Make Alexandria Tops in Identity Theft
For the second consecutive year, the number of identity-theft cases assigned to Alexandria police officers grew significantly -- from 78 in 2001 to 114 last year -- and the city continues to have the …
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Betting on Private Data Search
A CIA-backed Las Vegas firm is pitching a new technology that it says could address many of the privacy problems brought on by the government's ever-growing need for information in the war on …