Members of the theft ring managed to steal $70 million
Full article: http://www.fbi.gov/page2/oct10/cyber_100110.html
Archive for 2010/10/05
FBI: with our law enforcement partners in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and the Netherlands, we announce the execution of numerous arrests and search warrants in multiple countries in one of the largest cyber criminal cases we have ever investigated
Posted: 2010/10/05 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, EnforcementStuxnet virus attacks ‘nearly 1,000′ facilities using Siemens control systems; HK at risk
See also:
Symantec Stuxnet Dossier
According to a Bungie employee post on Bungie.net, the developer has reset credit tallies for 15,000 players who have “egregiously” exploited a credit rip-off.
Publish Your Own EBook (And Profit!) With Barnes and Noble’s PubIt!
Posted: 2010/10/05 in New Business Models5 Reasons We’re Tingly About Google TV
Posted: 2010/10/05 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business ModelsThe old models are crumbling, whether or not there’s a magic bullet
Posted: 2010/10/05 in Education / Awareness, New Business ModelsSo rather than complaining about the lack of a magic bullet, isn’t it about time you started experimenting with what is out there?
Why Have So Many Companies Settled Over Ridiculous Patent For ‘Online Music Distribution’?
Posted: 2010/10/05 in Education / Awareness, LitigationIncluded was Apple, Microsoft, Napster, Rhapsody, BDE (Kazaa), Sony, Sony/Ericsson, Amazon, Netflix, Wal-Mart, Barnes & Noble and Gamestop. Late last week, the news came out that Apple had settled and paid up. Along with that, people noted that most of the other companies had already settled.
Winemaker Charles Smith Sues Over Anonymous Blog Comments
Posted: 2010/10/05 in Education / Awareness, LitigationSmith decided to sue the anonymous commenters for libel, and since Gray’s blog is hosted by Google, it received the subpoena, and has agreed to hand over the names, unless Gray tries to quash the subpoena — something he does not appear to be interested in doing.
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt continues his crusade to make a creepy, machine-driven future palatable, with two contributions of startling cybernetic idiocy within a week
Posted: 2010/10/05 in Education / Awareness, Future Developments?, Google, Tech Evolution“Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it”
Google is full of clever engineers, and small things can make a big difference. But guiding the company down a path that puts it on a collision course with humanity can’t be good for the stock price – in the long run.
