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Hacker pleads guilty to 20 credit card and hacking charges

by Sue Walsh on Sep 12, 2009 at 09:23 AM

The hacker accused of running a massive data theft operation responsible for breaches at TJ Maxx, BJ’s Wholesales, and several other major U.S. retailers has pleaded guilty to 19 charges related to credit card fraud and and hacking and 1 charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. “Computer hacking and… Continue Reading »

The Nokia 1100 is selling for over $30,000 - to hackers

by Jodie Andrefski on Apr 22, 2009 at 03:14 PM

If you happen to have an old Nokia 1100 that was made in a certain factory in Germany lying around the house, you may be able to say “Show me the money!”  Well, if you wanted to sell to hackers that is. It seems that there are claims the phone… Continue Reading »

Cucku: Social Backup - Are they serious?

by Jodie Andrefski on Sep 19, 2008 at 01:16 PM

I’m sorry, but I just wonder, is this entire thing just someone’s idea of “Just how far can we take this and people will think we’re serious?” I mean, the name itself. Who came up with it? You have got to be kidding me. Okay. For those who aren’t aware…Cucku… Continue Reading »

Google’s “Chrome” seeming very rusty

by Jodie Andrefski on Sep 3, 2008 at 04:34 PM

So, we’ve all been seeing the hoopla the past few days surrounding Google’s Chrome browser. First it was how exciting! Google has a new browser! Then that excitement lessened somewhat as time went on. It went from performance benchmarks being less than stellar to the fact that it was discovered… Continue Reading »

Hackers: Should they be jailed or rewarded?

by XXCJCM on Dec 3, 2006 at 07:05 PM

US government computers are supposed to be the most secure in the world, but a Romanian hacker proved just the opposite. A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5… Continue Reading »

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