FBI Investigating Cyber-extortion

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A How-Not-To Guide to Cyber-Extortion

A How-Not-To Guide to Cyber-Extortion 06/27/2004 11:35 AM

Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion

Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion 06/26/2004 06:00 AM
The Register Jun 26 2004 10:09AM GMT

Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion
| The Register

Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion
| The Register 06/28/2004 03:11 AM
Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion The Register .. guilty plea to a charge of attempted extortion

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Russian Cyber-extortion Gang Arrested

Russian Cyber-extortion Gang Arrested 07/30/2004 05:44 PM
theWHIR Jul 30 2004 9:35PM GMT

Police seize Russian trio in cyber
extortion ring

Police seize Russian trio in cyber
extortion ring 07/21/2004 08:13 PM
Techzonez Jul 22 2004 0:22AM GMT

Less Cyber, More Cafe: Design
Implications for Easing the Digital
Divide with Locally Social Cyber Cafes

Less Cyber, More Cafe: Design
Implications for Easing the Digital
Divide with Locally Social Cyber Cafes 08/21/2004 12:46 PM
Less Cyber, More Cafe: Design Implications for Easing the Digital Divide with Locally Social Cyber Cafes , by what we can call the Intel Gang.

Hacker Extortion

Hacker Extortion 12/29/2003 11:46 PM

Cyber Blackmail Wave Targets Office Workers: Nice.

Cyber blackmail artists are shaking down office workers, threatening to delete computer files or install pornographic images on their work PCs unless they pay a ransom, police and security experts said.

The extortion scam, which is believed to have surfaced one year ago, indiscriminately targets anyone on the corporate ladder with a PC connected to the Internet.

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Legalized extortion by any other name

Legalized extortion by any other name 09/27/2004 06:35 AM
CNET News.com's Washington watcher, Declan McCullagh, gets behind the Senate Commerce Committee's approval of an controversial bill.

Investigating Ohio

Investigating Ohio 12/22/2004 01:34 AM
Rep. John Conyers isn't ready to declare the election stolen, but he'll continue to dig into the droves of complaints -- and fight to fix the broken U.S. election system.

Sonus Says SEC Is Investigating

Sonus Says SEC Is Investigating 06/29/2004 07:04 PM
TheStreet.com Jun 29 2004 11:18PM GMT

Investigating the Renaissance

Investigating the Renaissance 12/23/2003 05:46 PM
Inve stigating the Renaissance. 'This interactive program demonstrates the ways in which computer technology can be harnessed to add to our knowledge about Renaissance paintings and how they were made.' Analysis of paintings using x-ray, infrared and ultraviolet technology.

Online extortion on the rise

Online extortion on the rise 12/19/2004 03:45 PM
In the "New Economy," extortionists don't threaten to trash the premises and shoot the owner; instead, they threaten to DDoS the server. Thankfully, "extortion" already has an "e" at the beginning, sparing us the otherwise inevitable neologism.

Two remanded on extortion charges

Two remanded on extortion charges 03/26/2005 09:31 AM
Two Belfast men are remanded in custody charged with a number of offences including extortion.

Fighting Online Extortion

Fighting Online Extortion 09/19/2004 11:24 AM

FTC Shuts Down Pop-Up Extortion Firm

FTC Shuts Down Pop-Up Extortion Firm 11/06/2003 05:04 PM

FBI investigating possible leak to Iran

FBI investigating possible leak to Iran 06/03/2004 09:18 AM

Investigating New Blogging Software

Investigating New Blogging Software 06/22/2004 01:18 AM

After all of my other connectivity problems as of late, now Radio is acting up and not publishing my posts when I post them. As far as I can tell, Userland's upgrade focus is on Manila, not Radio, and while I love using blogging software that integrates a news aggregator, I'm getting tired of having major problems with Radio every few months.

I think it may finally be time to switch, so posting may be light here (unintentionally or not!) while I figure out my next move.

Investigating an intelligence failure

Investigating an intelligence failure 11/06/2003 07:39 AM
Steven Den Beste .. a few of his own .. does a great job .. U.S.S. Clueless .. SDB weighs in .. Read it

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Bookies extortion gang caught

Bookies extortion gang caught 07/21/2004 01:08 PM
Police arrest three Russian members of a global gang which sought to extort money from British bookmakers by sabotaging websites.

Feds Thwart Extortion Plot Against Best
Buy

Feds Thwart Extortion Plot Against Best
Buy 01/07/2004 02:38 PM
hiero writes "From an article in the Star Tribune: 'Federal authorities said Tuesday they thwarted an extortion plot against Best Buy Co. Inc. by a man who ...

One companies response to a SCO
extortion letter!

One companies response to a SCO
extortion letter! 01/23/2004 03:54 AM
It is important to stand shoulder to shoulder and let SCO know that they cannot play the heavy handed extortion...

EFF Gets DirecTV To Stop Extortion
Program

EFF Gets DirecTV To Stop Extortion
Program 06/15/2004 03:32 AM
It only took a few years of pressure, but DirecTV is backing down from their policy of extortion when it comes to anyone who has bought a smart card reader. The situation, in case you hadn't followed the case, was that DirecTV got access to the sales lists of some companies that sold smart card readers - which can be used to create cards for illegally accessing satellite TV. Of course, there are other, perfectly legitimate, reasons why someone might want a smartcard reader as well - but DirecTV didn't really care. Instead, they sent out threatening letters, demand ing $3,500 or filing a lawsuit, where you would need to prove your innocence, rather than have DirecTV show you had actually done something illegal. Last year, the EFF got involved in the case, and it appears they've convinced DirecTV to back off. They say they will "no longer sue or threaten to sue people merely for possessing smart card devices." They'll also make it easier for anyone they contact to prove their innocence prior to the case going to court. Of course, this doesn't solve the legal problems of many who have been hounded over the past few years by DirecTV.

Former DirecTV Bag Man Discusses
Extortion Campaign

Former DirecTV Bag Man Discusses
Extortion Campaign 04/16/2004 08:58 PM
As DirecTV continues their campaign to threate n anyone who bought a smart card reader, even if they did so for completely legitimate reasons, it looks like some more evidence is coming out against them. A former employee working in their anti-piracy division is now suing the company suggesting they forced him to do illegal and unethical things in forcing innocent people to pay up. He says he felt like "a bag man for the mob" and talks about how the anti-piracy operation "was an elaborate extortion racket," that rewarded employees based on how much settlement revenue they brought in. He points out that this encouraged them to work as hard as possible to make everyone pay up, whether or not they had done anything illegal.

Internet Extortion Ring Smashed

Internet Extortion Ring Smashed 07/23/2004 02:47 PM

DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF

DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF 06/15/2004 11:32 AM

Compensation for Bandwidth Costs is
Extortion?

Compensation for Bandwidth Costs is
Extortion? 03/06/2004 02:04 AM
Slashdot Mar 5 2004 9:05PM GMT

Acacia Excited About Yet Another Patent
Extortion Win

Acacia Excited About Yet Another Patent
Extortion Win 07/06/2004 03:00 PM
Acacia, the company that goes around threatening just about everyone with patent infringement is now all excited that they've convinced one smaller cable company to pay up, rather than face an extended lawsuit fighting Acacia's bogus patents. It sure is getting repetitive, but once again, can someone explain what Acacia has done to benefit innovation?

Cisco investigating stolen code

Cisco investigating stolen code 05/18/2004 11:39 AM
CNN May 18 2004 3:19PM GMT

Delta Investigating Computer Glitch

Delta Investigating Computer Glitch 05/02/2004 02:07 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times May 2 2004 6:50PM GMT

Investigating Novell Kernel Services

Investigating Novell Kernel Services 07/15/2004 05:18 AM
A couple of months ago I asked if Novell's new Open Enterprise Server (or any other Linux distribution) would be enabled to run NetWare Loadable Modules, the applications that run within a NetWare server. We were briefly led to believe that this might be possible with an "NLM to ELF" tool, ELF (Executable and Linking Format) being the format for Linux code that can be ported among different distributions. If an NLM could be turned into an ELF format, then it could be directly ported to Linux. Sadly, it was a simple case of misunderstanding - there's an "ELF to NLM" tool, but not the reverse.

FBI investigating Cisco code leak

FBI investigating Cisco code leak 05/18/2004 04:38 PM
MSNBC May 18 2004 8:11PM GMT

EU investigating Microsoft's licensing
policies

EU investigating Microsoft's licensing
policies 10/30/2003 11:49 PM
SiliconValley.com Oct 30 2003 1:22PM ET

Investigating Online Movie Piracy?

Investigating Online Movie Piracy? 01/08/2004 08:49 PM
Slashdot Jan 8 2004 10:32AM ET

Review: Investigating the new 'CSI' PC
game

Review: Investigating the new 'CSI' PC
game 04/21/2004 09:12 PM
CNN Apr 22 2004 1:41AM GMT

Delta Investigating Computer Glitch (AP)

Delta Investigating Computer Glitch (AP) 05/02/2004 02:11 PM
AP - A computer glitch that grounded Delta Air Lines flights to and from Atlanta for about 6 1/2 hours and caused delays over the weekend has been solved, and the airline was trying to determine the cause of the malfunction.

Russia Tracks Down Internet Extortion
Group

Russia Tracks Down Internet Extortion
Group 07/28/2004 09:55 PM
Red Nova Jul 29 2004 1:42AM GMT

Police Smash Internet Extortion Racket

Police Smash Internet Extortion Racket 07/24/2004 02:57 AM
MosNews.com Jul 24 2004 7:28AM GMT

Online Extortion Ring Broken Up (PC
World)

Online Extortion Ring Broken Up (PC
World) 07/21/2004 11:07 AM
PC World - Three men are suspected of pressuring gambling sites into paying protection money.

Russian extortion gang faces 15 years

Russian extortion gang faces 15 years 07/29/2004 01:34 PM
DOS villainy hit UK bookies for millions before net closed
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