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26 March, 2010

Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Massive Data Theft – Wall Street Journal


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Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Massive Data Theft
Wall Street Journal
He took $2.8 million in proceeds from the hacking, authorities said. He purchased a Tiffany ring for his girlfriend, a Miami condo, a 2006 BMW,
Computer hacking expert Albert Gonzalez sentenced to 20 years in prisondBTechno
Hacker Sentenced – 20 Years for Credit Card Hacking SchemeNational Ledger
Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years for Breach of Credit Card ProcessorWired News
ChannelWeb -Yahoo! Tech -Boston Globe
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Leader of Hacking Ring Sentenced for Massive Identity Thefts From Payment … – PR Newswire (press release)

Leader of Hacking Ring Sentenced for Massive Identity Thefts From Payment
PR Newswire (press release)
WASHINGTON, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The leader of the largest hacking and identity theft ring ever prosecuted by the US government has been

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Pwn2Own Winner to Share Hacking Techniques with Apple – The Mac Observer


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Computer hacking expert Albert Gonzalez sentenced to 20 years in prison – dBTechno


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Hacker Sentenced – 20 Years for Credit Card Hacking Scheme – National Ledger


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Hacker Sentenced – 20 Years for Credit Card Hacking Scheme
National Ledger
Albert Gonzalez was sentenced to 20 years in jail for his part as the mastermind of one of the largest credit and debit card hacking
Computer Hacking Ring Leader Sentenced To 20 YearsChannelWeb
Computer Hacking ID Thief Gets 20-Year Prison TermThe Consumerist (blog)
Hacker Hit With 20-Year Prison SentencePC Magazine
Law.com -AOL News -BBC News
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Day Two: No One Even Attempts Hacking Chrome at Pwn2Own Competition – Lifehacker

Day Two: No One Even Attempts Hacking Chrome at Pwn2Own Competition
Lifehacker
We mentioned this yesterday, but now, after two days at this year's Pwn2Own browser-hacking competition, Chrome alone stands unhacked; hackers infiltrated

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Computer Hacker Albert Gonzalez Sentenced to 20 Years – Law.com


Sydney Morning Herald
Computer Hacker Albert Gonzalez Sentenced to 20 Years
Law.com
Computer hacking mastermind Albert Gonzalez was sentenced in Boston federal court on Thursday to 20 years in prison for two cases that charged him with
Computer Hacking Ring Leader Sentenced To 20 YearsChannelWeb
Computer Hacking ID Thief Gets 20-Year Prison TermThe Consumerist (blog)
Hacker Hit With 20-Year Prison SentencePC Magazine
AOL News -BBC News -Bloomberg
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Computer Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison – AOL News


BBC News
Computer Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
AOL News
(March 26) — The mastermind behind the largest computer hacking scheme in US history was sentenced to 20 years in prison, one of the toughest punishments
Computer Hacking Ring Leader Sentenced To 20 YearsChannelWeb
Computer Hacking ID Thief Gets 20-Year Prison TermThe Consumerist (blog)
Hacker Hit With 20-Year Prison SentencePC Magazine
BBC News -Bloomberg -The New New Internet
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Training the next Cyber Warriors – FOXNews (blog)

Training the next Cyber Warriors
FOXNews (blog)
That number is staggering when you realize that much of the hacking that exists today is unknown. For example, for every hacker like Francois who clearly

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Browsers and Operating Systems pwned and hacked during Pwn2own; only Google … – Digit


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Browsers and Operating Systems pwned and hacked during Pwn2own; only Google
Digit
TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) hacking challenge- Pwn2own 2010, is making things harder for many of the well-known 'secure' browsers and platforms
Hacker Bypasses Windows 7 Anti-Exploit Features In IE 8 HackDark Reading
Famous Hacker Says He's Very Disappointed with AppleSoftpedia
Pwn2Own 2010: The Mac isn't more secureFierceCIO
Computerworld -Computerworld
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Twitter spam shows large fall – NetworkWorld.com

Twitter spam shows large fall
NetworkWorld.com
The service is not immune to direct hacking either, as the arrest in recent days of a man accused of hacking President Obama's account demonstrates.

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Computer Hacking Ring Leader Sentenced To 20 Years – ChannelWeb


Brisbane Times
Computer Hacking Ring Leader Sentenced To 20 Years
ChannelWeb
20-year sentence, weighing Gonzalez' remorse against the scope of the crime and the amount of damage created by the hacking incidents and data thefts.
TJX hacking mastermind gets 20 years in jailV3.co.uk
Computer Hacking ID Thief Gets 20-Year Prison TermThe Consumerist (blog)
US credit card hacker sentencedBBC News
Bloomberg -The New New Internet -SearchSecurity.com
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Computer Hacking Ring Leader Sentenced To 20 Years – ChannelWeb


Brisbane Times
Computer Hacking Ring Leader Sentenced To 20 Years
ChannelWeb
20-year sentence, weighing Gonzalez' remorse against the scope of the crime and the amount of damage created by the hacking incidents and data thefts.
TJX hacking mastermind gets 20 years in jailV3.co.uk
Computer Hacking ID Thief Gets 20-Year Prison TermThe Consumerist (blog)
US credit card hacker sentencedBBC News
Bloomberg -The New New Internet -SearchSecurity.com
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Pwn2Own Contest Invites Hackers To Break Into Computers – Popular Fidelity (blog)


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Pwn2Own Contest Invites Hackers To Break Into Computers
Popular Fidelity (blog)
For the fourth year of the prestigious Pwn2Own hacking-for-cash contest, it's deja vu all over again. The four most popular Internet browser suites were
Apple's iPhone, Safari exploited at annual hacking contestApple Insider
iPhone Hacked in Pwn2Own Contest (Safari, IE8, and Firefox Too)Maximum PC
iPhone falls in Pwn2Own hacking contestComputerworld
eWeek -HULIQ -TimesNewsline.com
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News to know: Oracle; Apple iPad; Bing’s Spring; Hacking Windows 7 – ZDNet (blog)

News to know: Oracle; Apple iPad; Bing's Spring; Hacking Windows 7
ZDNet (blog)
Is there anything that wasn't hacked at Pwn2Own? Jumping through a series of anti-exploit roadblocks, Dutch hacker Peter Vreugdenhil pulls off a CanSecWest

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Police examine school hacking; Haddonfield High’s computers accessed – Cherry Hill Courier Post


The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Police examine school hacking; Haddonfield High's computers accessed
Cherry Hill Courier Post
Laughlin said a high school staffer saw a student attempting to use a software similar to the one used to hack into the system on Tuesday and confronted him
Haddonfield students are accused of hacking into school's computer to change The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Haddonfield students probed in computer hackingPhiladelphia Inquirer
Officials Probe Grade-Change Hacking in HaddonfieldKYW1060.com
Dailyrecord.com -WCBS-TV New York -6abc.com
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TJX hacking mastermind gets 20 years in jail – V3.co.uk


Sydney Morning Herald
TJX hacking mastermind gets 20 years in jail
V3.co.uk
Albert Gonzalez, the mastermind behind the hacking of TJX, which reaped more than 90 million credit and debit card numbers from TJX and other retailers,
Hacker Gets 20 Years in Largest Identity-Theft CaseBloomberg
20-year prison sentence in TJX hacking caseSearchSecurity.com
Gonzalez Gets 20 Years in Hacker CaseeWeek
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Frenchman Arrested For Hacking Obama Twitter – The Epoch Times


Telegraph.co.uk
Frenchman Arrested For Hacking Obama Twitter
The Epoch Times
A 25 year old Frenchman was arrested in France for hacking into the Twitter accounts of President Barack Obama and other famous people, The Telegraph
President Obama's Twitter Account HackedInformationWeek
Frenchman Arrested After Hacking Into Obama's Twitter AccountsWall Street Journal
France: Man Accused of Hacking Twitter AccountsNew York Times
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Officials Probe Grade-Change Hacking in Haddonfield – KYW1060.com


The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Officials Probe Grade-Change Hacking in Haddonfield
KYW1060.com
are looking into the possibility that a small group of students at Haddonfield Memorial High School hacked into the computer system and changed grades.
Haddonfield students are accused of hacking into school's computer to change The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Haddonfield students probed in computer hackingPhiladelphia Inquirer
Southern NJ high school probes computer hackingDailyrecord.com
WCBS-TV New York -6abc.com -NBC Philadelphia
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Southern NJ high school probes computer hacking – Dailyrecord.com


The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Southern NJ high school probes computer hacking
Dailyrecord.com
HADDONFIELD, NJ (AP) — Authorities in southern New Jersey are investigating claims that some high school students hacked into their school's computer system
Haddonfield students are accused of hacking into school's computer to change The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Haddonfield students probed in computer hackingPhiladelphia Inquirer
NJ High School Investigating Alleged Grade HackingWCBS-TV New York
6abc.com -NBC Philadelphia -Asbury Park Press
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