Archive for 2011/07/19

“Our Government has already injected an additional £650 million to help improve our national infrastructure and protect against cybercrime,” he commented, “but the very nature of this threat calls for more than a national response.”

He continued: “By forging new relationships between businesses, governments and law enforcement officers all over the world, by investing in new training, and by building an international exchange of expertise, the ICSPA is forming a network powerful enough and wide enough, to face down cybercrime.”

http://www.inspiresme.co.uk/news/general/new-agency-to-tackle-cyber-crime-04178/

ICSPA plans to train and accredit law enforcement personnel from various countries to fight online crime. In addition, the group plans to share information collected about cyber-criminals, and work closely with Europol, which investigates organized crime and terrorism.
http://www.mobiledia.com/news/96976.html

Dutch language news article: http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107344/priv–gegevens-gelekt-via-ggd-websites.html

“It doesn’t matter how many people the ‘FBI’ arrest. Whether they are core  members or not. #anonymous have started something unstoppable.”

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/19/exclusive-fbi-raids-homes-suspected-anonymous-hackers/

copyright infringement, violation of trade secrets, breach of written  contract, breach of implied-in-fact contract, and breach of confidence

http://portal.aecorp.in/2011/07/socialapps-files-lawsuit-against-zynga-for-code-theft/

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/311973/news/ea-sports-signs-unprecedented-man-city-fifa-deal/

http://torrentfreak.com/suppressed-report-found-busted-pirate-site-users-were-good-consumers-110719/

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/nc/home/blog-post/2011/07/19/icm-allows-companies-to-prevent-their-name-from-appearing-on-xxx-domain.html

http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1586272&highlight=

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/19/sun_hack_more_lulz/

See also:

How LulzSec pwned The Sun
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/19/sun_lulzsec_hack/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/yet-another-report-internet-disconnections-a-disproportionate-penalty.ars

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/why-the-us-needs-a-data-privacy-lawand-why-it-might-actually-happen.ars

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/07/kindle-textbook-rentals-arrive-used-can-still-be-cheaper.ars

http://torrentfreak.com/google-helps-italians-to-unblock-their-favorite-torrent-site-110719/

http://torrentfreak.com/church-of-god-sues-sony-pictures-and-comcast-for-copyright-infringement-110718/

Dutch language news articles:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/75699/kpn-introduceert-nieuwe-abonnementen-en-verlaagt-smartphonekorting.html
http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/2011/07/nieuwe_abonnementsvorm_kpn_sup.html

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388671,00.asp