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Hacking
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Sentencing Law and Policy
What sentence might victim Sarah Palin urge for her hacker?
Main May 9, 2010What sentence might victim Sarah Palin urge for her hacker? In this postfrom last weekend, I noted that there were lots of interesting and important computer crime…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Hacking Overtakes Theft and Loss as Leading Cause of Reported Security Breaches
A report issued by the Identity Theft Resource Center found that hackers took over the top spot as the leading cause of data security breaches in 2009.
The Right Coast
Good for Google Tom Smith
Well this is impressive. Of course, if Google really has been the target of sophisticated hacking from the ChiCom government, and would expect to continue to be so, it really…
Asset Search Blog
Using Foreign Computer Evidence Against An Accused Hacker
By Fred Abrams
Albert Gonzalez was arrested in the Southern District of Florida on May 8, 2008 pursuant to this warrant: Click On The Arrest Warrant To Enlarge It The arrest arose out…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Hacking Indictment – How Many Times Can You Indict The Same Person
By Ellen Podgor
DOJ issued a press release concerning an indictment of an individual charged with "conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and [allegedly] stealing data relating…
Litigation & Trial
“Busting the Multipass Erasure Myth” — Don’t Forget Encryption And Hacking Myths, Too
Craig Ball tells it how it is: Ambling along the back roads of listservs and blogs, I often come upon a flea-bitten claim that, "Top notch computer forensic examiners have…
Asset Search Blog
Asset Search News Roundup: September 20, 2008
By Fred Abrams
The hacking of vice presidential candidate Governor Palin's e-mail account at Yahoo, is examined by this "Asset Search News Roundup". Based on the Washington Post's "Hacker impersonated Palin, stole e-mail…
The Right Coast
You hackers have a nice day now Tom Smith
Some wise hackers decided to hack into Gov. Palin's email account. Not a great idea. She's not just a hockey mom. She's a hockey mom who is now under the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Teen Hacker Could Get 38-Year Sentence for Fixing Grades”
Main June 20, 2008"Teen Hacker Could Get 38-Year Sentence for Fixing Grades"The headline of this post is the headline of this article from the E-Commerce Times. Here is start of…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Can Information From Hacking Be The Basis Of A Securities Violation?
By Ellen Podgor
The second circuit has a fascinating securities case that has old laws meeting new technology. And the question will be whether the text of the statute ought to be stretched…