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Teen hacker confesses three-year crime spree

DDoS, botnets, SWAT calls, bomb threats, credit fraud...

19 Nov 00:36

Feds shutter one-stop stalker shop

'Spy on anyone from anywhere'

18 Nov 22:16

EC slams national cybercrime responses as inadequate

Super regulator back on the agenda?

18 Nov 13:30

Palin webmail 'hack' trial delayed

Time-out for computer forensics

18 Nov 13:16

Cybercrooks launch DDoS assault on anti-fraud site

Updated Backhanded compliment

17 Nov 16:37

Half Life hacker refused FBI sting bait

German cracker now faces US DDoS-for-hire charges

14 Nov 12:41

Drug dealing sysadmin cops to hacking and burglary offences

Faces six to 12 stretch

13 Nov 18:50

Net pharmacies raided in nine countries

Takedown targets unlicensed penis pill pushers

13 Nov 18:44

US Navy hacker avoids Romanian jail

Sharp contrast with McKinnon extradition saga

11 Nov 10:59

Drive-by download attack mows down thousands of websites

Chinese crackers pwn Warcraft gamers

10 Nov 16:37

Inmate hacked prison network, broke into employee database

Plymouth County's not-so-protected computer

8 Nov 00:09

MPs (finally) debate cybercrime

Steep learning curve

7 Nov 13:25

Cops collar Craigslist Thomas Crown

Flashmob caper foiled by wig pickup

6 Nov 23:13

Martial law planned for Craigslist's red-light district

Only 100% legal erotic services allowed

6 Nov 21:41

Cocaine addicted IT manager hacks ex-employer's mail servers

Why change passwords when you've got a baseball bat?

4 Nov 21:05

Man cops to $1m phony bar code shoplifting scheme

TJTMiss's stellar eBay rating

4 Nov 01:27

McAfee suspects fingered for $3.8m fraud

Billing for 'services not rendered'

31 Oct 15:55

French police cuff six over Sarkozy bank fraud

50 victims stung by mobile phone scam

30 Oct 18:15

Fraudsters get into the cloud

Fraud as a service persists post-Dark Market

29 Oct 10:59

Student charged after alerting principal to server hack

'Intentional criminal act'?

28 Oct 00:38

Feds raid Miley Cyrus hack suspect

Social engineering and risqué snaps

22 Oct 15:19

US uni hacker skirts child abuse charges

Gets three months as Judge wrestles with conscience

22 Oct 12:38

Home Office mulls fighting hacking with corporate ASBOs

Consultation on serious crime prevention orders planned

20 Oct 12:24

French police probe Sarkozy bank fraud

Zut alors!

20 Oct 09:44

US teen admits to 'Anonymous' DDoS attack on Scientology

Up to 10 years in the clink

17 Oct 21:52

FBI's fraud site spawns UK arrests

Sting nets cybercrooks

17 Oct 11:16

Ralsky confidant agrees to rat out notorious spam gang

Second co-defendant said to plead guilty

16 Oct 22:06

Luxury hotel sues email-thieving blackmailer

Subpoenas Yahoo! for his name

15 Oct 20:05

Airport baggage screener charged with stealing passengers' stuff

Low morals, high eBay rating

14 Oct 19:01

DarkMarket carder forum revealed as FBI sting

Cybercrooks bamboozled

14 Oct 12:16

CastleCops nemesis gets two-year sentence

Irascible hacker's $70k botnet rampage

13 Oct 18:25

Phishers adapt old scams to exploit bank turmoil

Mergers spawn malicious emails

12 Oct 09:02

Organized crime tampers with European card swipe devices

Customer data beamed overseas

10 Oct 21:21

Romanian national cops to $700,000 phishing trip

Who's your underworld Popa?

9 Oct 18:47

US teen cuffed for sending nude phone pics

...of herself

8 Oct 23:39

Fraud victims urged to use DPA to rebuild credit ratings

You've got me all wrong

7 Oct 12:20

Lords to attack UK.gov failings on internet security

Fraud reporting recommendations ignored

7 Oct 10:27

BSA flashes gums at 'online software scams'

Keeps teeth in jar by bed

6 Oct 12:13

McCain laptop theft sparks conspiracy theories

Political shenanigans

6 Oct 11:16

T-Mobile joins data breach elite

17 million customer records go missing

6 Oct 08:15

Brit, German indicted for stateside satellite TV attacks

Can't beat 'em? DoS 'em

3 Oct 19:14

Defrauded punter says 'catflaps' to PayPal marketing stunt

Unwelcome doormat gimmick slips up

3 Oct 06:02

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