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RSS prisonTrojan bank fraud gang sentenced
News Four men have been sentenced to prison time for being part of a gang that stole just under £500,000 from UK bank customers. Azamat Rahmonov, Shohruh Fayziev, Joao Dos Santos Cruz and Paulo Jorgi were sentenced to a total... [17 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Facebook saves teen from prison
Comment Compiled on the M6 while travelling from Birmingham to Ipswich. Dispatched to silicon.com via free wi-fi at The IoD in London two days later. I just chanced upon a news story about an innocent New York teenager who had armed robbery... [16 Nov 2009]
'Incompetent': Watchdog's verdict on prisoner database
News Chair of the PAC, Edward Leigh, said of the programme that was designed to implement a single database between the Prison Service and the National Probation Service: "Even we were surprised by the extent of the failure... [03 Nov 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News Under the terms of the plea agreements, Gonzalez faces up to 25 years in prison for the Boston charges and up to 20 years on the New York charges and will serve the terms concurrently. A 28-year-old Miami man who made... [14 Sep 2009]
Technology Investments Drive Transformation of Puerto Rico's Prison Health System
White Paper Off late healthcare services in Puerto Rico's prisons were so bad that a U.S. District Court called for creating a new, nonprofit entity to take them over. The result was the Corrcetional Health Services Corporation (CHSC), which today... [28 Aug 2009]
Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News They face up to 35 years in prison as well as a fine of $1.25m. Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, and the Hannaford Brothers supermarket chain,... [18 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News If he is convicted in the US, McKinnon faces up to 70 years in a maximum security federal prison, and his legal team has argued that, given his condition, this situation would put him at risk of psychosis or even suicide. [31 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up The Round-Up never normally needs help identifying stressful situations, not after having to extract a freshly minted copy of Vista from its plastic prison (more on that little tug of love anon…) The Round-Up is a big... [26 Jun 2009]
Why 1970s hackers had 'whiz kid' status
Comment Finally arrested in 1995, Mitnick pleaded guilty to wire and computer fraud charges and was released from prison in 2002. Kevin Mitnick, one of the most famous computer hackers, talks to CNET News about his days on the... [23 Jun 2009]
Ageing probation tech failing to keep tabs on prisoners
News According to Wheatley, the original vision for C-Nomis to share all prisoner case management information between prison and probation services did not "make sense" and had been costed at a "ridiculous" price. [11 Jun 2009]
Homeland Security hires ex-hacker
News Security consultant Kevin Mitnick, who spent five years in prison on computer-related charges and was once the FBI's most-wanted cybercriminal, praised Moss' diplomacy, but said: "I'm surprised to see Jeff on the list. [08 Jun 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News Thomas also mentioned the loss of an encrypted memory stick containing medical details of 6,360 prison patients from HMP Preston - where the password was attached to the device in question. The Information Commissioner's... [26 May 2009]
IP infringement fines to rise
News The option of courts imposing 10 years in prison for online property infringement was not, however, given by the IPO. The UK government is to increase the maximum fine for intellectual-property infringement from £5,000... [07 May 2009]
Prisoner database hit by delays, budget blowout
News The National Offender Management Information System (C-Nomis) was intended to replace old case management systems with a single integrated source of real-time information on offenders to be used by prison and probation... [12 Mar 2009]
CPS refusal pushes Nasa hacker step closer to extradition
News McKinnon faces up to 70 years in a maximum security prison if convicted of hacking charges under US law. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not prosecute self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon in the UK,... [27 Feb 2009]
