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Student faces extradition to US for hosting links

...entered a plea in the case. The site was taken offline by US authorities as part of 'Operation In Our Sites' which began in June... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Ben Woods

US authorities file charges over prototype iPhone theft

Prosecutors in California have filed charges against two men who obtained a prototype of the iPhone 4 and then passed it on to a technology publication Read more

11 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh and Greg Sandoval

US authorities charge 37 people in Zeus Trojan crime ring

Law enforcement agencies in the US have arrested members of an international crime ring that is accused of using the Zeus Trojan to raid bank accounts Read more

1 October, 2010 by Elinor Mills

FBI quietly sets up surveillance tech unit

US authorities have created a secretive surveillance unit that is working on inventing... Read more

23 May, 2012 by Declan McCullagh

Passenger data accord breaches rights, say Greens

...agreement for airlines to automatically transfer European personal passenger data to the US authorities breaches fundamental European human rights, a study commissioned by Green MEPs... Read more

14 March, 2012

US indicts Romanian over NASA climate change hack

US authorities have charged a Romanian hacker with causing massive damage to NASA... Read more

9 February, 2012

Megaupload arrests and shutdown spark hack attacks

...US authorities have shut down file-sharing site Megaupload and arrested its proprietors... Read more

20 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Passenger data pact is 'too broad' says watchdog

A draft data agreement that allows US authorities to hold European citizens' airline passenger data for up to 15... Read more

13 December, 2011

Alcatel-Lucent pays $137m to settle bribery case

...Alcatel-Lucent has agreed to pay a fine levied by US authorities to settle charges of bribery in Asia and Latin America. The... Read more

31 December, 2010 by Vivian Yeo

Google and Verizon offer net neutrality proposal

...applications or services over those of rivals, according to proposals submitted to US authorities by web giant Google and telecoms provider Verizon. The suggestions were... Read more

10 August, 2010 by David Meyer

US shuts down online drugs site routed via Tor

...store that used the Tor Project to cover its tracks, according to US authorities Read more

17 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

Huawei plugs away in US despite cold shoulder

The Chinese firm, blocked by US authorities from bidding on a large government contract, has acknowledged it faces... Read more

4 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

US orders defendant to decrypt laptop

US authorities' attempts to have a woman accused of fraud hand over her... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Hacker turns in source of US military airstrike video leak

Hacker Adrian Lamo has given US authorities the name of a US Army intelligence analyst, saying more leaks... Read more

8 June, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Google warns DNSChanger victims via search results

...fake online ads and videos, has been around for years. Last November US authorities revealed the existence of a four-million-strong botnet that had... Read more

23 May, 2012

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