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NewsBits - 04/27/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:40:02 UT

NewsBits for April 27, 2006
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Aetna says laptop with member data stolen
Health insurer Aetna on Wednesday said a laptop
computer containing personal information on about
38,000 of its members was stolen from an employee's
car. The data includes names, addresses and Social

NewsBits - 04/26/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:28:28 UT

NewsBits for April 26, 2006
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Fraudsters steal 2,000 credit card details
Fraudsters stole the credit card details
of 2,000 MasterCard holders in a major
security breach last week. silicon.com
was contacted by one customer of the
Clydesdale Bank who was told that her

NewsBits - 04/25/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:35:45 UT

NewsBits for April 25, 2006
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Leaks of Military Files Resume
Just days after U.S. troops were ordered
to plug a security breach at their base here,
the black market trade in computer memory
drives containing military documents was
thriving again Monday.

NewsBits - 04/24/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:24:54 UT

NewsBits for April 24, 2006
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Breach at Univ. of Texas - Austin exposes data
In another reminder of the vulnerability of
university networks, the University of Texas
at Austin (UT-Austin) over the weekend announced
that someone had broken into a computer at

NewsBits - 04/21/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:23:59 UT

NewsBits for April 21, 2006
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Man charged with accessing USC student data
Federal prosecutors charged a San Diego-based
computer expert on Thursday with breaching
the security of a database server at the
University of Southern California last June

NewsBits - 04/20/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:01:51 UT

NewsBits for April 20, 2006
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Oregon man fined 84K under Washington anti-spyware law
An Oregon man was fined $84,000 for
fraudulently marketing anti-spyware software
on the internet. Zhijan Chen, of Portland,
was fined after a five-month investigation

NewsBits - 04/19/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:28:29 UT

NewsBits for April 19, 2006
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15 years of jailtime for computer crime
A Littleton woman was sentenced to 15 years
in prison today for embezzling more than
$1.2 million from a commercial real estate
investment firm in Lakewood where she worked.

NewsBits - 04/18/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:44:28 UT

NewsBits for April 18, 2006
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Man guilty in high-tech crime spree
HE FACES 32 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TAKING $3
MILLION IN GEAR. Reviewing security videotapes,
the Santa Clara County investigators studied
the giant burglar -- 6 feet 7 and with a

NewsBits - 04/17/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:34:47 UT

NewsBits for April 17, 2006
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Britons' credit cards being sold online
A newspaper investigation has revealed that
thousands of Britons' credit card details
are being sold online by identity thieves.
Conducted by the Times, the research found

NewsBits - Week of 04/10/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:07:44 UT

Dear NewsBits reader:
Due to work requirements and personal issues, the normal distribution
of NewsBits was interrupted last week. Please accept my apology for
this inconvenience. You can view the past issues of NewsBits at the
links below.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support of NewsBits.

NewsBits - 04/07/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:14:35 UT

NewsBits for April 7, 2006
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Teens arrested after posting firebombing video on MySpace.com
Two teenage boys were arrested on charges
of possessing "destructive devices" after
a video allegedly showing the duo firebombing
an empty airplane hangar was posted online

NewsBits - 04/05/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:08:38 UT

NewsBits for April 5, 2006
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Homeland Security official accused of seeking child sex
A high-ranking public relations official in the
US Department of Homeland Security was arrested
Tuesday night at his home outside Washington for
allegedly soliciting sex from a police officer

NewsBits - 04/04/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:14:35 UT

NewsBits for April 4, 2006
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Suffolk cop accused of cyberstalking
A police officer seeking revenge against a former
girlfriend hacked into the woman's e-mail account,
assumed her identity at an on-line dating service
and contacted 70 men, inviting some of them for

NewsBits - 04/03/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:33:55 UT

NewsBits for April 3, 2006
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Identity theft hit 3.6M U.S. families in six months of '04
Wondering how likely you are to have your credit
card number stolen? Well, according to a comprehensive
survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice,

NewsBits - 03/31/06

rlev...@ix.netcom.com (Ron Levine) — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:41:57 UT

NewsBits for March 31, 2006 sponsored by Digital
Investigation - The International Journal of Digital
Forensics & Incident Response - [link]
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Hacker hits Georgia state database via hole in security software
An unpatched flaw in a "widely used security