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Encryption foils Internet child porn prosecutions
News In the 14 countries that were invited to participate in Operation Cathedral -- the international police investigation into the Wonderland Club -- many prosecutions failed because police computer experts were unable to crack the encryption codes...
[August 3, 2001, 14:10]
Encryption foils Internet child porn prosecutions
Talkback I would like to send you some links to publications about my criminal case. I worked for Mitsubishi Electric Automation in Vernon Hills, IL, USA. My case are getting public attention now as an example of miscarriage of justice.
[March 15, 2005, 0:41]
Encryption foils Internet child porn prosecutions
Talkback As an émigré outside the UK/EU, so presumably beyond the jurisdiction of UK authority, I feel sufficiently emboldened to express opinion without feeling I will be subject to an unannounced visit from the UK Morals Police or a snap Inland Revenue...
[February 22, 2005, 3:26]
MPs: Firms should take fight to cybercriminals
News UK companies should get more support when bringing private prosecutions against suspected cybercriminals, according to the All Party Internet Group (APIG). One key recommendation is that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) should set out a...
[June 30, 2004, 15:15]
Nasa hacker: I'm safe until prosecution decision
News Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has said he is 'safe' until the director of public prosecutions makes a decision about whether to prosecute him in the UK. At the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday, McKinnon told ZDNet UK that home secretary Jacqui Smith...
[January 21, 2009, 11:03]
Soca's cybercops convict 21 in three years
News In response to a written parliamentary question this week, UK home secretary Alan Johnson said from April 2006 until March 2009, the e-crime unit of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was involved in 22 prosecutions and 21 convictions.
[July 16, 2009, 10:18]
UK law failing to nail spammers
News The spokesperson added that no prosecutions are imminent either. According to Richard Allan MP, Liberal Democrat member for Sheffield Hallam, the absence of any British prosecutions against spammers is a sign that UK ISPs have been doing a good job...
[December 13, 2004, 17:10]
Exclusive: UK hackers have an easy life
News I had a very positive response from the press.it makes are real difference to the number of successful prosecutions there are over here. The cost for the police and the judicial system prevent prosecutions.
[July 7, 1999, 16:35]
US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers
News In an interview, Malcolm would not say when prosecutions would begin. But, Malcolm said, criminal prosecutions can be much more effective in intimidating file-swappers who have little assets at risk in a civil suit.
[August 21, 2002, 7:51]
A Year Ago: Exclusive: UK hackers have an easy life
News I had a very positive response from the press.it makes are real difference to the number of successful prosecutions there are over here. The cost for the police and the judicial system prevent prosecutions.
[July 7, 2000, 7:01]
The Big Interview: Jerry Fishenden
News Microsoft has launched successful prosecutions against a number of spammers, but for trademark infringement and damage to reputation, instead of the act of sending spam. I'd like to see more of the companies affected by spam, such as Google and...
[January 24, 2007, 15:14]
DMCA case verdict: Not guilty
News But he cautioned that the acquittal did not mean software developers should consider themselves immune from future criminal prosecutions under the law. Lawyers not involved in the case said the ElcomSoft verdict boded ill for future criminal...
[December 18, 2002, 8:08]
Computer Misuse Act stands the test of time
News Definition of "computer" and other terms: the report concludes that the (intentional) absence from the CMA of definitions of terms like "computer", "data" or "program" has not caused difficulty in bringing prosecutions, and on the contrary makes...
[July 1, 2004, 16:00]
Government struggles to prosecute spammers
News We can and do take prosecutions across the wide remit for which we are responsible. The DTI claimed that enforcement actions by the ICO against UK spammers had been effective alone, without having to pursue prosecutions.
[December 6, 2006, 9:46]
Deadline set for Nasa-hacker prosecution decision
News On 23 December Todner sent a letter to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer to say McKinnon would plead guilty if tried in the UK under the Computer Misuse Act (CMA). The Crown Prosecution Service will give a decision in the next...
[January 15, 2009, 15:39]
Nasa hacker's mother appeals for UK trial
News Speaking to ZDNet UK, Gary McKinnon's mother Janis Sharp calls on the director of public prosecutions to try her son in the UK. If extradited to the US, McKinnon faces up to 70 years in prison for hacking into US government systems.
[January 19, 2009, 12:49]
State Attorney General's Office Uses New Technology to Improve Constituent Service
White Papers The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General manages a broad range of law and public safety responsibilities, including conducting criminal investigations and prosecutions, handling civil litigation on behalf of Commonwealth agencies, and...
[February 9, 2008, 0:17]
US investigates 'anti-terrorist' data retention
News Gonzales and FBI director Robert Mueller privately met with representatives of AOL, Comcast, Google, Microsoft and Verizon last week and said that ISP - and perhaps search engines - must retain data for two years to help with anti-terrorism...
[May 31, 2006, 9:15]
McKinnon extradition on hold until February
News Late last December, McKinnon sent a confession to Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), in the hope he might be tried in the UK under the Computer Misuse Act, rather than in the US.
[January 20, 2009, 10:58]
Trojan horse found responsible for child porn
Talkback At last the Trojan defence is stopping police prosecutions in their tracks. Check the definition of "witchhunt". Essentially a suspect is considered guilty until proved innocent; compelled to try to prove a negative.
[November 28, 2004, 5:50]
