U.S. Soldier Charged in AT&T Hack Searched “Can Hacking Be Treason”

A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty last week to leaking phone records for high-ranking U.S. government officials searched online for non-extradition countries and for an answer to the question "can hacking be treason?" prosecutors in the case said Wednesday. The government disclosed the detai...

16-Year-Old Boy Who Hacked Apple's Private Systems Gets No Jail Time

An Australian teenager who pleaded guilty to break into Apple's private systems multiple times over several months and download some 90GB of secure files has avoided conviction and will not serve time in prison. An Australian Children's Court has given the now 19-year-old adult defendant, who was...

Privacy Watchdogs Vow to Fight 'Dystopian' Rule 41

The Supreme Court is moving to expand the FBI’s hacking authority with Criminal Rule 41, an amendment to federal criminal procedures that makes it easier for the FBI to access computers remotely when their locations are unknown. Privacy watchdogs are blasting the proposed change saying it would...

'The Pirate Bay' Co-Founder Found Guilty in Denmark's Largest Hacking Case

The co-founder of The Pirate Bay torrent site Gottfrid Svartholm Warg Anakata and his 21-year-old Danish co-defendant have been found guilty by a Danish court of hacking into systems operated by American IT giant CSC and illegally downloading files. It was the biggest hacking case ever conducted ...

Jesse William McGraw , Clinic Hacker Gets 9 Year Sentence !

Jesse William McGraw , Clinic Hacker Gets 9 Year Sentence ! A former security guard at a Dallas medical office has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison in a hacking case that drew national attention because the hacker posted video of the crimes on YouTube. Jesse William McGraw was...

Spotlight On Woeful Web Security In iPad Hacking Case

If a Web site leaves sensitive data hanging out in the open, can you still be accused of hacking when you grab it? Turns out, the answer is “hell, yeah!” But lots of people still do it. OK – you’re walking down the street and you come upon this apple tree in some one’s front yard. It’s a lovely...