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Judge Denies FBI Request to Hack Computer

A judge in Texas denied a request by the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week for what he describes as a warrant to remotely “hack a computer suspected of criminal use,” raising questions about the legal requirements for the government to use computer hacking techniques in investigations.

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Big Data’s Usability Problem

In a wide sea of data, a few lines of code can be very easy to overlook.
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Cops to Boston Bombing Crowdsourcers: Please Don’t Try This at Home

The Internet did have an impact on the investigation. Hard to argue that it was a positive one.
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Videos Show Tense Minutes Before Boston Bombing Suspect Capture

Fascinating pictures.
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Boston Suspect in Custody After Historic Manhunt

Authorities captured a 19-year-old college student suspected in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings after one of the biggest manhunts in U.S. history paralyzed an entire metropolis.

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Judge Strikes Down Secretive Surveillance Law

A federal judge this week struck down a controversial set of laws allowing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to seek people’s data without a court’s approval, saying the strict secrecy orders demanded by the laws are not constitutional.

HP Confirms DOJ Is Investigating Alleged Fraud in Autonomy Deal

An investigation was expected given that HP had been in contact with the U.S. Department of Justice as well as U.K. authorities.
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Hackers Hit Ex-Military Head

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing foreign hackers who targeted the computers of retired Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the latest example of what current and former officials call a pattern of attacks on computers of former high-ranking U.S. officials.

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U.S. Accuses Paul Ceglia of Defrauding Facebook

A man who claimed he owned a major stake in Facebook was arrested on Friday and charged in what federal prosecutors described was a multi-billion dollar scheme to defraud the social network site and its founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Red-Faced Blue Toad Says It’s the Source of Leaked Apple UDIDs

A Florida publishing firm says those iOS device IDs that hacker group AntiSec claimed to have stolen from the FBI were actually swiped from its servers.
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