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Teen cuffed for bomb threat webcam pay-per-view

The SWAT channel

9 Jul 23:54

Plod to get computer forensics 'breathalyser' next year

Commercial offerings fail forensic tests

8 Jul 14:50

Cops swoop on e-crime gangs after banks pool intelligence

Early success for new task force

8 Jul 11:45

Spam tool developer faces six years in chokey

Ralsky cohort cops a plea

8 Jul 11:12

Programmer charged with stealing Wall Street-ware

Code worth 'many millions'

6 Jul 20:13

Gamer embezzles virtual cash to settle real debts

Eve Online banker does a runner

3 Jul 00:17

Feds: Hospital hacker's 'massive' DDoS averted

Arrest foils 'Devil's Day' scheme

1 Jul 21:32

Rolling Stone allegedly DDoSed for negative story

Perverted Justice

30 Jun 23:49

Max Vision pleads guilty to running cybercrime bazaar

Iceman melts

30 Jun 15:02

Cybercrooks ramp up recession-themed scams

DoJ Untouchables plan crackdown

30 Jun 10:22

China bans virtual cash for real-world trade

Peer-to-peer transactions only

30 Jun 00:25

Hip-hop site served child porn, police say

Unbeknownst to operator

29 Jun 23:31

Notorious phone phreaker gets 11 years for swatting

End of the (party) line

29 Jun 22:57

Court reinstates ID theft charges in email hack case

Malicious gossip connected to suicide

29 Jun 15:20

Cyber security minister ridiculed over s'kiddie hire plan

'Naughty boys' nonsense

29 Jun 12:36

Louisiana judge holds Dell in contempt

Dell making a 'mockery' of system in New Orleans brouhaha

25 Jun 21:36

UK police chiefs mull regional cybercrime squads

We're the eSweeney son, and we ain't had any dinner

24 Jun 11:55

Shutters brought down on mortgage foreclosure racket

Sub-prime scam

23 Jun 19:20

Amazon, Apple dish up $300,000 to 'musical crims'

Better than busking for a living

10 Jun 16:04

McKinnon launches second extradition challenge

Belt and braces strategy

9 Jun 12:54

Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites

Vaserv suspects zero-day virtualization vuln

8 Jun 20:02

Hackers claim T-Mobile scalp

Updated US division puts brown trousers on standby

8 Jun 08:37

German hacker-tool law snares...no-one

Security researchers are put out

7 Jun 08:02

Money mule cops plea in online brokerage hacking scam

Hee haw

5 Jun 18:48

Judge backs Halifax in Chip and PIN clone case

Phantom withdrawal verdict may go to appeal

5 Jun 06:27

US Federal Trade Commission shuts down ISP

Provider accused of harboring malware, child porn

4 Jun 20:02

Data-sniffing trojans burrow into Eastern European ATMs

Professionally written, rapidly developed

3 Jun 19:29

Feds quiz former worker over Texas power plant hack

Danger danger! High voltage!

1 Jun 22:42

Massive ID fraud and cheque scam busted in NYC

Impersonation scheme sees 18 bank workers pinched

29 May 15:52

Water utility auditor resigns, transfers $9m offshore

In that order

26 May 23:22

E-trade scammer pleads guilty to Office Space scam

We're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no

22 May 10:16

NZ couple do bunk with £3.9m bank error

Take the money and run

21 May 08:33

Missing: 1TB of Clinton White House data

Hard drive vanishes from National Archives

21 May 00:08

Gut instinct no protection against net scams

OFT research hits the right mark

19 May 10:31

Police force eBay scammer to cough up ill-gotten gains

Jailbird only has £102,206.04 to hand

19 May 10:11

Home Sec: No more funds to e-crime unit

Cybercrumbs from the table

14 May 09:13

Court upholds 'hacking' charge against smut-surfing worker

Interesting definition leads to severe legal flagellation

12 May 15:52

US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks

Anonymous botnet hacktivist faces spell behind bars

12 May 12:06

Personal data warning over web forum killing

German murderer used Facebook to feed obsession

11 May 15:34

eBay driving world's tomb raiders out of business, says prof

Online fools' lust for forged tat stymies looters

5 May 13:46

Crimestoppers benefits from recession-hit grasses

Hard times mean no honour among thieves

5 May 10:01

Trade in secondhand BlackBerries booming in Nigeria

Information fences plunder insecure data

4 May 12:02

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