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RSS arrestSoca socking it to the cyber criminals
News It led to the arrest of a UK group member and Soca intercepting 20,000 responses from victims of the scams, with the agency pledging to return money to anybody tricked by the con. The Serious Organised Crime Agency... [14 May 2009]
Satyam deal could spell trouble for BT
News Satyam has been looking for a buyer since March, following the arrest earlier this year of its founder and former chairman B Ramalinga Raju after he admitted the company's books had been inflated by nearly $1bn. [15 Apr 2009]
Microsoft puts $250,000 bounty on worm-creator's head
News Microsoft last week said it is offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for creating the Conficker internet worm that has infected millions of PCs. [16 Feb 2009]
Wireless Law Enforcement Information System Exploits the Strengths of Visual FoxPro
White Paper With a mounting backlog of arrest warrants numbering in the tens of thousands, officers struggling to access important information in a timely fashion, and dangerous fugitives slipping through the cracks, Lt. [04 Dec 2008]
Photos: Cops use tech to point the finger of suspicion
Photo As well as use with ANPR cameras, as seen here, Whitaker added that the mobile system is useful for reducing the chance of wrongful arrest, for identifying dead people, for use in unequipped rural police stations and... [24 Oct 2008]
€100m Pink Panther robbers snared by fingerprints
News Prints taken following an arrest in Monaco this month matched those of a suspected member of the Pink Panthers gang, which has been linked to 100 high-value armed robberies in more than 20 countries.silicon.com's A to Z... [22 Oct 2008]
Inbox: Antique computing, Segway protest and ID cards
Comment MP risks arrest for Segway use MP Lembit Opik braved arrest on Tuesday as he teetered along on a Segway at a cool 12mph outside the Houses of Parliament. And there were plenty of comments flowing in... [11 Sep 2008]
MP risks arrest for Segway use
News MP Lembit Opik braved arrest on Tuesday as he teetered along on a Segway at a cool 12mph outside the Houses of Parliament. Opik believes the fact his action went unpunished will inspire other Segway owners nationwide to... [09 Sep 2008]
The Insecurity of Test Data: The Unseen Crisis
White Paper Following his arrest in June 2006, the consultant admitted that he sold the information for approximately 70 of the insurance company's customers to another individual. When a large Midwestern US insurance company hired... [20 Mar 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News Despite wi-fi piggybacking hitting the headlines this year, the police said the arrest of a man for piggybacking on someone else's wi-fi-enabled broadband connection was not part of a wider crackdown. [13 Dec 2007]
Wi-fi piggybacking is OK, say silicon.com readers
News He added: "If I stick a tap outside my gate with a sign on it saying 'Drinking Water' I wouldn't expect the police to arrest anyone drinking from it. With many homes failing to adequately secure their wireless networks,... [19 Nov 2007]
Stories of the Month - August 2007
News Police arrest man over 'wi-fi theft' A few years ago the arrest of a man under the suspicion of 'wi-fi theft' would have seemed like science fiction but this is exactly what happened in Chiswick in west... [31 Aug 2007]
Dear silicon.com... this little piggybacker, don't talk trash, analyse this...
Comment If they didn't how can they arrest and charge someone for using it. Police arrest man over 'wi-fi theft' What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week... [30 Aug 2007]
Yahoo! fights China human rights suit
News and its Hong Kong subsidiary with allegedly divulging information about their online activity and pro-democracy writing to Chinese authorities, an act that ultimately caused their arrest and prosecution, according to the... [28 Aug 2007]
Leader: Time to rethink cyber crime priorities
Leader It's the arrest of a man sitting on a wall with his laptop, suspected of using someone else's wireless internet connection without permission. We're often warned of the menace of cyber crime to UK business - and hear... [24 Aug 2007]
