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Tsunami charity Web site escapes attack
News A man has been arrested for attempting to hack into the DEC.org.uk tsunami charity relief site. The Metropolitan Police were notified after the attempted hack was discovered on New Year's Eve and blocked by BT, which hosts the secure payment area...
[January 24, 2005, 8:45]
Tsunami 'hacker' finds new job in security scene
News When Daniel Cuthbert was convicted last month of gaining unauthorised access to a Tsunami fund-raising Web site, many people — including the trial judge — suspected his career in the IT industry was over.
[November 11, 2005, 12:45]
Tsunami 'hacker' conviction worries experts
News He admitted attempted to access the Web site, which was collecting donations for victims of last year's tsunami. In evidence it was shown that he had attempted to access the tsunami donations site on two occasions and the site's security systems...
[October 7, 2005, 15:40]
Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
News A computer consultant has been convicted of gaining unauthorised access to a Web site collecting donations for victims of last year's tsunami, even though the judge hearing the case accepted that he meant to cause no harm.
[October 6, 2005, 16:10]
BT engineers assist tsunami relief effort
News As technology companies rallied to support the relief effort following the Indian Ocean tsunami, seven BT engineers flew to Indonesia on Tuesday to help restore telecommunication services in one of the worst-hit regions.
[January 4, 2005, 14:00]
Portal Solution Accelerates Global Relief Agency's Response to Asian Tsunami
White Papers CRS responded quickly to the devastating South Asian tsunami of 2004, but the disaster's unprecedented scale required new tools for managing the relief effort. The Tsunami Relief Portal, developed with Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003...
[October 13, 2006, 0:00]
Tsunami Web site 'hacking' trial delayed
News The trial involving the alleged hacking of a charity Web site set up to raise funds for victims of December's Asian tsunami disaster has been delayed yet again while witness reports are compiled by computer forensics experts.
[May 18, 2005, 11:30]
Tsunami tragedy: World turns to the Web
News In the aftermath of the devastating South-East Asian tsunami, the Web has been a vital tool both for charities and for individuals seeking information on missing family and friends. Many charities are accepting online donations to help fund their...
[December 30, 2004, 11:10]
Man arrested for tsunami email scam
News A man has been released on bail after being charged with stealing donations for tsunami relief. Twenty-four-year-old Matthew Schmieder, who is accused of sending emails purporting to be from a genuine aid organization, was arrested last week.
[January 18, 2005, 12:25]
Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
Talkback Here's a guy who has made a donation to the Tsunami appeal, and now has a criminal record. Going totally against the flow of the comments here, has anyone actually considered the ramifications of this decision?
[October 14, 2005, 12:13]
Tsunami 'hacker' is innocent, say readers
News Last Thursday's conviction of a computer security consultant for illegally accessing a Web site set up to aid victims of the Boxing Day Asian tsunami prompted a wide range of opinions from readers of ZDNet UK.
[October 10, 2005, 16:00]
A Tsunami-Focused Sea-Level Station Web Service
White Papers The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004 made it clear that information about sea-level stations that could be used to support detection and warning (such as location, collection and transmission capabilities, operator identification) are...
[November 25, 2008, 23:00]
2004 Tsunami Before & After
Downloads Features a collection of 14 Spectacular before and after photo SETs of the 2004 Tsunami, courtesy of Tony Demark. CLICK HERE to aid tsunami victims Photos are from Digital Globe.
[January 11, 2005, 6:00]
Indian Ocean Tsunami Detector
Downloads Mobile Tsunami Detector by Tea Vui Huang is a free mobile phone software for tsunami prediction. Using 2G/3G data connection, it queries, filters and analyses LIVE Earthquake readings from the United States Geological Surveys (USGS).
[December 24, 2005, 6:00]
Nigerian scammers 'exploit tsunami tragedy'
News Nigerian scammers appear to be trying to cash in on the public sympathy for the victims of the South-East Asian tsunami. Benjamin Ott, a member of an anti-scam forum, said Nigerian scammers have sent out emails that pretend to be from a Singaporean...
[January 4, 2005, 16:40]
Tsunami 'hacker' conviction worries experts
Talkback "Instead, Judge Purdy found Cuthbert guilty, because he had initially lied to the police about what he had done" That's called perjury! So now anyone who changes their story is now guilty of whatever trial they're in.
[October 7, 2005, 20:03]
Tsunami 'hacker' conviction worries experts
Talkback It sounds like the lawyer that represented him got him convicted. Would you throw a cop in jail for investigating a crime? If you see me laughing, you better have backups!
[October 7, 2005, 19:24]
Tsunami 'hacker' conviction worries experts
Talkback How is it that a free thinking society cannot voice their dissatisfaction constructively and effectively? I don't understand and I wish someone would explain it to my as if I'm a three year old. This seems to be a perfect case to illustrate the point.
[October 7, 2005, 19:18]
Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
Talkback The first person talks about connecting on common ports and that is not a crime. Do you know anything about hacking or about computers in general? Just because port 80/http is open on a webserver does not give me the right to exploit a...
[October 7, 2005, 18:42]
Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
Talkback "The only reason he did this is because he thought he was anonymous" what story are you reading? since when did he say this?
[October 7, 2005, 18:35]
