Landmark Internet security legislation returns with 'kill switch' provision dropped and scales back the potential privacy incursions outlined in the original version.
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According to Barracuda Labs, the arrival of celebrities on Twitter attracted criminals to the service.
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The action is a response to eBay's temporary closure of Cryptome's PayPal account.
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At least 23 hackers associated with the PKK have been arrested in Turkey.
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Successful busts, such as the Mariposa botnet, require international and private sector cooperation, said FBI director Robert Mueller at RSA.
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Agents have been embedded with law enforcement in Estonia, the Netherlands and the Ukraine.
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Former pizza delivery man Renukanth Subramaniam is said to have joined the cybercrime forum on its first day of operation.
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Over 400 members of the British police have been disciplined or dismissed for misuse of computers.
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Stephen Watt, who wrote the sniffer program used in the TJX credit card heist, has also been ordered to pay $171.5 million in restitution.
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A former Seagate Technology employee says the company destroyed key evidence in a patient infringement lawsuit.
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Former White House official Melissa Hathaway says the U.S. needs cooperate with other countries in combating cybercrime.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Citibank was robbed of tens of millions of dollars in a cyberattack.
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