Security Start-Up CrowdStrike Hires Former FBI Cyber Cop

A new security start-up led by two former McAfee executives has tapped Shawn Henry, once the FBI’s top cyber cop, to run its service division.
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U.S. Outgunned in Hacker War

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s top cyber cop offered a grim appraisal of the nation’s efforts to keep computer hackers from plundering corporate data networks: “We’re not winning,” he said.

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FBI’s “Sabu” Hacker Was a Model Informant

As soon as he was caught, an influential computer hacker agreed to become a government informant and “literally worked around the clock” to help federal agents nab an elusive collective of alleged cyber criminals who have launched online attacks against companies, governments and individuals.

Not Lulzing Anymore: Five Hackers Charged in U.S., U.K. and Ireland

Five people on two continents are charged as being members of the LulzSec hacking troupe that caused so much mayhem last summer. They are alleged to have been turned in by one of their own.
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FBI File Shocker: Steve Jobs Was a Willful, Mercurial Ex-Hippie and Computer Genius

What did the FBI have on Steve Jobs? Heh.
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With Burn Note, Self-Destructing Emails Vanish After They’ve Been Read

A new email service promises to expunge any trace of email exchanges after a note has been read. But, in the age of digital data, is anything ever really erased?
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FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy

The Federal Bureau of Investigation shut down Thursday one of the world’s most popular file-sharing websites, MegaUpload.com, and announced the arrest of four of the people behind it in a global crackdown against the suspected online pirates.

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“Stingray” Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional Clash

For more than a year, federal authorities pursued a man they called simply “the Hacker.” Only after using a little known cellphone-tracking device — a stingray — were they able to zero in on a California home and make the arrest.

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U.S. Probes Oracle Dealings

U.S. authorities are investigating whether Oracle Corp., one of the world’s largest software companies by sales, violated federal antibribery laws in its dealings abroad, according to people familiar with the matter.

Anonymous Hacks NATO, Steals Lame Documents

The hacking group Anonymous raised eyebrows today for its “daring hacker raid” on the servers of NATO. What did it take? A bunch of documents that so far seem, well, boring, really.
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