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Arrests made over 'Half-Life 2' code theft
News Valve chief executive Gabe Newell said in a statement that arrests were made in several countries. The agency told GameSpot, a News.com sister site, only that it had made some arrests in the case. Game developer Valve Software announced on Thursday...
[June 11, 2004, 8:35]
Three UK arrests in global piracy crackdown
News Officers from Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) made three arrests on Thursday as part of an international crackdown on Internet software piracy. The UK arrests were part of a global action dubbed "Operation Fastlink" that involved a...
[April 23, 2004, 12:45]
US arrests 130 people for online fraud
News Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Tim Muris announced the arrests on Friday, and said that more than $17m (£10.4m) was seized.
[May 19, 2003, 9:57]
UK arrests in virus investigation
News Two UK men -- a 19-year-old electrician and an unemployed 21-year-old -- are being interviewed today by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). The move follows the execution of search warrants this morning in County Durham.
[February 6, 2003, 15:32]
News Burst: Massive paedophile operation leads to arrests
News DCI Bob McLachlan, head of the Met's Paedophile Unit, explained that the arrests were the result of an intelligence-led operation targeted at stemming the distribution of child pornography via the Net.
[January 17, 2001, 12:54]
Massive paedophile operation leads to arrests
News DCI Bob McLachlan, head of the Met's Paedophile Unit, explained that Wednesday's arrests were the result of an intelligence-led operation targeted at stemming the distribution of child pornography via the Net.
[January 17, 2001, 13:28]
Arrests made in offshoring theft case
News Police have arrested former employees of an Indian call centre that handles US customer accounts for allegedly stealing consumers' funds. The suspected gang members arrested by police in Pune included three ex-workers of Mphasis BPO.
[April 11, 2005, 9:20]
Police target chatrooms in latest paedophile arrests
News Officers explained that the large number of arrests showed that the police were committed to apprehending those who possess and distribute indecent images of children. British police arrested more than 70 people and seized computer equipment on...
[April 24, 2002, 11:23]
Arrests made in offshoring theft case
Talkback Such guys have to be severly punished and brought before the media. This sure is a disgrace to my nation, India. Any employee getting into an organization should be checked of his past and his background, in my opinion.
[May 4, 2005, 6:21]
FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect
Talkback I WORK FOR THE STATE OF CA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SECTION AND THIS VIRUS HAD US OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 2 STRAIGHT DAYS, CAUSING EMPLOYEES STRESS AND CLMT'S STRESS.
[September 2, 2003, 13:39]
FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect
News Federal law enforcement officials confirmed on Friday that they have arrested a suspect in the MSBlast worm attack that compromised hundreds of thousands of computers earlier this month. US Attorney John McKay of Seattle said 18-year-old Jeffrey...
[September 1, 2003, 8:45]
Arrests made over £350,000 router theft
News Five men have been arrested over the theft of thousands of D-Link routers, police have revealed. A lorry containing over 7,000 wireless router kits, worth in excess of £350,000, was stolen from a Kent trading estate last month, where it was parked...
[October 13, 2006, 17:45]
Bluetooth arrests heart problems
News A freshly patented Bluetooth application could see cardiac patients being monitored through their mobile phones, but not until 2002. It won't be the first wireless device to monitor heartbeat patterns of cardiac disease sufferers, but "expensive...
[January 24, 2001, 8:32]
Commercial child porn ring bust leads to 100 arrests
News The arrest of 100 people subscribing to the largest commercial child pornography ring ever discovered in the United States has called into question the assumption that Internet paedophilia is a non-profit-making activity.
[August 9, 2001, 13:00]
Who's watching you online?
News Two weeks, two arrests. In both cases, law enforcement subpoenaed the Internet service providers involved, collecting personal information that led to the arrests. By any measure, law enforcement has been doing well in their pursuit of cyber...
[April 19, 1999, 14:04]
FBI helps China crack software-counterfeiting ring
News China's Public Security Bureau, acting with the FBI, have made a number of raids and arrests in the past couple of weeks with the aim of cracking an alleged software-counterfeiting ring. The exact number of arrests and the names of the suspects in...
[July 24, 2007, 14:04]
Yahoo's founder responds to China criticism
News Yahoo executives feel "horrible" about political arrests of Internet users in China but believe it's better to operate in that market and cooperate with authorities than not be there at all, Yahoo co-founder
[March 9, 2006, 15:35]
High-tech cops hit back against ISP claims
Talkback Since Operation Ore has to date netted only 1 solitary actual child abuser out of 3500 arrests, cost about £35 million pounds to regional police forces, on top of tying the NCIS in knots, perhaps not the 'best' targetted police activity of recent...
[April 5, 2004, 20:07]
Police smash DarkMarket cybercrime ring
News The arrests of people involved in the DarkMarket forum have followed a two-year, international police operation in the UK, US, Germany and Turkey. Soca's work with City of London Police and Greater Manchester Police resulted in 11 UK arrests this...
[October 17, 2008, 13:26]
Sometimes it's hard to be a blogger
Blog As part of research for the World Information Access Project, academics from the university tracked reports of blogger arrests since 2003. They found that the majority of the 64 bloggers had been arrested in Asia and the Middle East, while there...
[June 18, 2008, 11:19]
