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Teenage GhostMarket kingpin sentenced to jail

...of some £15m. "The GhostMarket crime forum was used by thousands of computer criminals and fraudsters operating worldwide," detective inspector Colin Wetherill told reporters at... Read more

3 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

2000 Roundup: Cybercrime goes global

...calls for a unifying policy that would close off "hacker havens" for computer criminals. It has not, however, been plain sailing for these plans. Draft... Read more

26 December, 2000 by Will Knight

G8 nations team up to fight cyber-crime

...Japan and Italy -- agree the importance of co-operation, particularly in tracing computer criminals across international borders. "The ability to locate and identify Internet criminals... Read more

18 May, 2000 by Jerome Thorel and Will Knight

Boots condemns site hack

Hacker 'manifesto' posted on site defends computer criminals' place in society Read more

10 January, 2001 by Will Knight

Organised e-crime targets students for recruitment

...the root causes of computer security issues is funding. According to Simmonds, computer criminals are in a far more lucrative trade than security professionals, and... Read more

20 June, 2008 by Tom Espiner

A new approach to cybercrime

...this, it should be encouraged. Putting the consultants to work alongside the computer criminals would at least even up the balance of power between the... Read more

28 October, 2005 by Leader

Italian hackers: Business or leisure?

...and the US governments have passed legislation increasing potential jail time for computer criminals. In an interview conducted before the arrests, an individual claiming to... Read more

5 August, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Online banking: Anatomy of a hacking

...software to meet their specific needs. Bank mergers also create opportunities for computer criminals. Although the pace of mega-mergers in the banking industry has... Read more

6 May, 2002 by Sandeep Junnarkar

Hacking threat goes mobile

...computing will provide the next hot spot for hackers, virus writers and computer criminals. While demonstrating the first generation of security tools for mobile devices... Read more

25 April, 2001 by Will Knight

High-Tech Crime Unit snubs Infosec

...computer investigations company, said the creation of the NHTCU will help combat computer criminals. "It is commendable," he said. "The crime squads are getting their... Read more

25 April, 2001 by Will Knight

Microsoft pirates face ten years in jail

Three UK computer criminals were sentenced to a total of ten years in prison this... Read more

9 April, 2001 by Will Knight

FBI in panic over 'new' hacking tool

...last week about an alarming new tool soon to be available to computer criminals. But the tool's author has promised not to publish it... Read more

19 March, 2001 by Bob Sullivan

Hackers steal one million credit cards

...that they don't want to buy online anymore." The Eastern European computer criminals are thought to have relied on well-known weaknesses in Microsoft... Read more

9 March, 2001 by Will Knight

News Burst: East European hackers steal 1m credit cards

...the FBI's SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Institute. These professional computer criminals are thought to have relied on well-known weaknesses in Microsoft... Read more

9 March, 2001 by Will Knight

Police crack down on US Net fraud ring

...entering their PayPal account information into a Web site set up by computer criminals. About 175 people fell for that part of the scam, according... Read more

21 February, 2001 by Bob Sullivan

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