Topic
Hacking
183 published works
The Trademark Blog
“IPhone Hackers Could Face Legal Battle”
WaPo: "IPhone Hackers Could Face Legal Battle" "Unlocking the phone for one's own use, for instance to place calls with a different carrier, appears to be legal. But if it's…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Omaha, Nebraska?
By Ellen Podgor
A DOJ Press Release discusses the recent indictment on 23 counts of alleged hackers who are based in India. The release states that "[a] federal grand jury in Omaha, Neb.,…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC and DOJ Bring Computer Hacking Case
The SEC announced the filing of civil charges against three Indian nationals who participated in a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the prices of at least fourteen securities through the unauthorized…
LawSites
Man Sentenced for Hacking LexisNexis
Via Information Week comes this interesting item: A Massachusetts man was sentenced in Florida this week for hacking into the Accurint public-records database owned by LexisNexis. According to the U.S.…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Gets Emergency Relief in Market-Manipulation Scheme Involving Computer Hacking
The SEC announced that on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, it won an emergency court order freezing assets in a Latvian-based bank's trading account being used to conduct a hi-tech market…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Insider Trading Through Hacking Alleged
In an emergency federal court action filed on February 26 in S.D.N.Y., the SEC obtained a court order temporarily restraining Blue Bottle Limited, a Hong Kong company, and Matthew Charles…
Media Law Prof Blog
What Went Wrong With DVD Encryption
The Guardian examines how a lone hacker was able to doom the next generation of DVD encryption: AACS (Advanced Access Content System) and cost the movie industry millions in just…
The Trademark Blog
Hacking Santa
Via Slashdot, a hacker modifies a robot Santa.
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
International Hacking
By Ellen Podgor
USA for the District of Colorado announced in a press release here that an individual from "Caracas, Venezuela, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Walker D. Miller to intentionally…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Student Convicted in Computer Crime Case
By Ellen Podgor
A University of Texas student was convicted for computer hacking into his school's system. A press release for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas states:"After deliberating…