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Legislation needed to 'prevent DRM and patent abuses'
News Then, if you don't make your e-book accessible and someone hacks it, he wouldn't go to jail. An influential security researcher has urged members of parliament to tighten up the law to prevent technology and media companies from abusing patents and...
[February 3, 2006, 16:35]
CPS refuses Nasa-hacker UK prosecution
Blog If extradited to the US McKinnon faces a jail term of up to seventy years -- effectively a life sentence, as he is in his forties now. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided not to prosecute self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon in the UK.
[February 26, 2009, 12:53]
A Year Ago: Mitnick signs plea agreement
News A Web site dedicated to freeing Mitnick counts -- to the second -- the time he has spent in jail. Computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, whose exploits put him on the FBI's most-wanted list until agents nabbed him four years ago, has signed a plea...
[March 20, 2000, 6:26]
Anarchy in the USA
News If I knew it was going to be a year in jail, I probably would have taken it to trial. If they want to screw with me, they'll keep me at a federal jail. After that I was taken to jail and spent three nights there.
[August 14, 2003, 14:35]
Police arrest 'ILOVEYOU' suspect
News The law provides for a maximum punishment of 20 years in jail. The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) raided a house at No. Barangay 7, Bagong Housing Project, Zamora St. Pandacan, Manila in connection with the 'ILOVEYOU' virus.
[May 8, 2000, 12:22]
Schindler heads toward life post-Mitnick - Part2
News Schindler seems on the fence about future prospects for Petersen, who was recently released from jail and reportedly plans to run an Internet porn site. While Mitnick couldn't be reached for comment, Poulsen speaks with a guarded respect about the...
[October 4, 1999, 9:06]
Tomorrow is National Working from Home Day
Blog I assumed this was due to half of the BT staff at any one time working remotely, rather than them literally being crammed in like sardines, or prisoners in an overcrowded jail, 'sweating their assets'.
[May 14, 2008, 17:31]
McKinnon should be scared; so should America
Leader If extradited and convicted, McKinnon could be sentenced to up to 70 years in jail. "I am practically hung and quartered already" - Gary McKinnon, speaking in London on Wednesday as a UK judge decides he should be extradited to the US to face...
[May 10, 2006, 16:10]
Terry Waite speaks for Nasa hacker
Blog McKinnon has Asperger's Syndrome, a condition on the autistic spectrum, and faces up to seventy years in jail if extradited to the US and convicted under US anti-terrorism laws. The Pentagon should thank Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon for "exposing the...
[March 16, 2009, 15:20]
British hacker shines light on poor IT security
News If extradited and convicted, McKinnon could be sentenced to up to 70 years in jail. The British hacker facing extradition to the US on charges of hacking and causing damage to US defence sites has highlighted poor security as a major factor in his...
[July 13, 2005, 13:35]
'Buffalo Spammer' arrested for ID theft
News Carmack could face up to seven years in jail if convicted of forgery. New York state authorities have arrested the email marketer "Buffalo Spammer", in the state's first criminal case against a junk mailer.
[May 15, 2003, 9:17]
Immigration can cure skills shortage, says SAS chief
News It seems pretty clear to me, do you want to educate your children or do you want to put them in jail? Jim Goodnight, the outspoken chief executive officer of software giant SAS, has said the UK and US governments must open their borders to skilled...
[July 3, 2006, 14:55]
Reporters without Borders lean on Yahoo over China
News Since he's been in jail, he's caught pleurisy [inflamed lung membranes], because of doing hard labour. Yahoo's long-running defence of its Chinese operations, which have been criticised for close cooperation with the country's police agencies, took...
[April 13, 2006, 9:35]
Music pirate faces prison term
News Those who egregiously distribute music on the Internet should take note -- federal prosecution and jail time are real possibilities. The US Department of Justice said on Thursday that it had accepted a guilty plea in a criminal copyright case...
[August 22, 2003, 10:45]
Do video games make children violent?
News We shouldn't allow them [children] to go to stores and buy video games that teach them to do the very things we put people in jail for," he said. A key sequence in "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" requires the player to steal a police SWAT team tank...
[February 24, 2005, 11:10]
Home PCs fight bugs in anthrax quest
News One system administrator who put the anti-cancer system on many computers under his control at a state college in Georgia, US, was threatened with 30 years in jail for illegal use of the equipment: he agreed out of court to pay a small fine instead.
[January 22, 2002, 17:41]
MP slams Cabinet Office's email destruction
News If those companies are found to have destroyed data in connection with an audit trail, the chief executive of the firm can face a jail sentence. The chairman of the All Party Internet Group has slammed the Cabinet Office for deleting millions of...
[December 21, 2004, 15:55]
News Roundup: Are your kids safe online?
News Tue, 24 Oct Jail term for paedophile who tracked his victim online as parents ask why can't we trap these people? for the way in which it runs its instant messaging service and chatrooms. Is it safe to have your children using chatrooms or instant...
[November 13, 2000, 14:01]
Surveillance: Government plans e-surveillance - Part 2
News He argues that anyone with a grudge could send an incriminating, encrypted message, tip off the police and wait for their victim to go to jail after failing to produce decryption keys they never possessed.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Home Office wins Internet Villain award
News Failure to prove their innocence could result in a two-year jail sentence. It was a foregone conclusion, of course. Only the UK government could win the Internet Villain award at ISPCON Europe 2002 because the the "evil axis" of UK government...
[February 14, 2002, 13:12]
