Verizon Sued For Alleged Cooperation With NSA Surveillance Efforts (2006)
Lawsuit claims that Verizon violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the government for a secret NSA surveillance program.
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Hacker Charged With Stealing Information From U.S. Army (2006)
Matthew R. Decker, 21, was indicted Tuesday in Wichita, Kansas, with ”accessing without authorization” U.S. Army computers and with ”unlawfully possessing, with intent to defraud,” 531 credit card numbers and account information. The government seeks the forfeiture of more than $53,200 in proceeds from the crimes, as well as computer equipment used in the crime, …
Beware Of The Hoodia Gordonii Diet Pill Spam Email Scam (2006)
Do yourself a a favor, if you get an email about the Hoodia Gordonii diet pill, just delete it. This new wave of spam emails that promise a miracle appetite suppressant are just another obvious scam.
Bluetooth Sniping – Wireless Hackers Build A Bluetooth Sniper Rifle To Expose Security Flaws
Hackers have a new way to hack wirelessly your mobile phone via your Bluetooth connection. The technique is called "Bluetooth sniping" and only requires a custom Bluetooth antenna to gain access to your data.
How to Hack Mac OS X Tiger’s Dashboard And Really Mess Up Your Mac
If you are using Safari on Tiger, thanks to the magic of widget autoinstall, combined with the meta tag, widgets can be installed automatically in your dashboard. WARNING: The link below will install a widget onto your computer exposing the vulnerability of Tiger!! DO SO ONLY IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DELETE WIDGETS THROUGH LIBRARY …
Why U.S. President George W. Bush Doesn’t Use Email (2005)
U.S. President George W. Bush said he does not send e-mail, not even to his twin daughters, because he fears 'my personal stuff' would be made public.
Paris Hilton Phone Hack Exposes Nude Photos And Phone Numbers
The Paris Hilton phone hack exposed all of the device's data including celebrity cell phone numbers and nude photos of Hilton.
DVD Jon Hacks Apple’s AirPort Express Encryption (2004)
DVD Jon hacked Apple's encryption software used for wireless music streaming with Apple's AirPort Express WiFi base station.