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Thu, 31 Jan 08
U.S. government conducts mock disaster drill
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22935732/


With the Capitol in the background, left, a Washington Metro train makes its way toward Union Station in Washington in this March 25, 2001, file photo. Here's what the Bush administration considers a really bad day: Washington's metro trains shut down. Seaport computers go dark. Bloggers reveal secret locations of railcars with hazardous materials. Control towers are disrupted at airports in Philadelphia and Chicago. A mysterious liquid is found on London's subway. Planes fly too close to the White House. Water utilities in Los Angeles are compromised. Dozens of detailed, mock disasters confronted officials rapid-fire in the U.S. government's biggest-ever "Cyber Storm" war game, according to hundreds of pages of heavily censored files obtained by The Associated Press.

Thu, 31 Jan 08
Texas targets cell phone use by gangs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22940064/
A Texas lawmaker said Thursday he plans to target international gangs by going after technology that has kept them a step ahead of law enforcement: prepaid cellular telephones.

Tue, 29 Jan 08
Colorado may make tricking ticket sites a crime
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22897469/
Following problems with online ticket sales for Hannah Montana and the Colorado Rockies, state lawmakers are considering making it a crime for buyers to trick Web ticket sites so they can hoard tickets.

Tue, 29 Jan 08
N.Y. legislation targets Internet predators
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22903731/
New York sex offenders would be required to reveal their online aliases to the state under legislation that aims to protect users of MySpace, FaceBook and other Web hangouts from Internet predators.

Fri, 25 Jan 08
Cell phone porn scandal hits U.S. school
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22840727/


Jan. 25: Cell phones were used to take pornographic videos and photos of two high school girls that were later sent to dozens of their classmates, prosecutors in Allentown, Pa., say. WCAU-TV's Byron Scott reports. (NBC News Channel)Police tried to stop the spread of pornographic video and photos of two U.S. high school girls, images that were transmitted by cell phone to dozens of the girls' classmates and then to the wider world.

Fri, 25 Jan 08
Japanese police arrest computer virus maker
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22841443/
A Japanese man suspected of creating a computer virus had to be arrested on a copyright infringement charge, police said Friday, in a case that highlights the nation's lack of laws to crack down on the sometimes malicious computer programs.

Fri, 25 Jan 08
Retired police chief, 69, nabs online predators
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22848250/


Former Diamond, Mo., police chief Jim Murray explains his techniques for investigate alleged online pedophiles as he sits in an office in his home near Diamond, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. Since retiring in 2000, Murray now regularly patrols the Internet in the persona of a 13-year-old girl, and his work has resulted in 20 arrests of men accused of making online solicitations for sex, including most recently the mayor of Collins, Mo. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)The 69-year-old retired police chief of this small Missouri town cuts a credible figure as a 13-year-old girl surfing the Web, looking for friends. Jim Murray's retirement job from a rural home office has netted 20 arrests since he started in 2002.

Fri, 25 Jan 08
Texting remains relatively private
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22846272/
Millions of fingers scurrying over mobile electronic devices probably paused this week as news emerged of a trove of text messages containing flirty and sexually explicit chat between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a top aide.

Wed, 23 Jan 08
AT&T may begin monitoring online traffic
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22801800/
AT&T Inc. may begin monitoring traffic over its online network in an effort to stamp out theft of copyrighted material, its chief executive said Wednesday.

Tue, 22 Jan 08
Couple sue subway over leaked kiss video
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22783208/
An incensed Chinese couple, videotaped hugging and kissing on a subway platform, plan to sue the subway's operator after the video was uploaded to YouTube and other Web sites, attracting thousands of hits.

Tue, 22 Jan 08
Canada studies high-tech drivers license
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22785217/
British Columbia is developing a new high-tech driver's license that could be used as a passport alternative to enter the United States by land and sea, officials said.

Tue, 22 Jan 08
Hackers crash Panama assembly’s Web site
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22783482/
Hackers crashed the Web site of Panama's National Assembly and briefly posted an American flag there on “Martyrs’ Day” amid controversy over leader.

Mon, 21 Jan 08
EU official says IP address is personal
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22770682/
IP addresses, a string of numbers that identifies a computer, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday.

Fri, 18 Jan 08
CIA: Hackers demanding cash disrupted power
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22734229/
Hackers disrupted the power in multiple overseas cities after breaking into electrical utilities and demanding extortion payments, a senior CIA analyst said.

Thu, 17 Jan 08
Credit card data breach could affect 650,000
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22718442/


**FILE** The store manager opens his JC Penney store in this Feb. 22, 2007 file photo, in West Valley City, Utah. J.C. Penney Co. on Thursday, Nov. 15 said its third-quarter profit fell 9 percent, hurt by weak sales in September and October, and the department store operator slashed its fourth-quarter outlook. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, file)Personal information on about 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney and up to 100 other retailers could be compromised after a computer tape went missing.

Wed, 16 Jan 08
Internet privacy concerns rising, study finds
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22685515/
Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new study finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels.

Wed, 16 Jan 08
Microsoft discovers security flaw in Excel
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22687579/
Microsoft said hackers have found a way to use some older versions of its Excel spreadsheet program to take over control of people's computers.

Fri, 11 Jan 08
Security breach worries online porn world
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22613868/
When operators of sex-oriented Web sites gather at the Internext convention starting Sunday in Las Vegas, a major leak at a little New Jersey company is likely to be a big topic.

Fri, 11 Jan 08
Former TSA site vulnerable to hackers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22612198/
Some travelers may be vulnerable to identity theft after petitioning the government a year ago to have their names removed from lists that restrict them from flying.

Tue, 8 Jan 08
Illegal immigrants turn to identity theft
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22562690/


Truck driver Marcos Miranda is the victim of identity theft. He is shown at a service station along I-10 in El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007. As the government develops more sophisticated electronic employment verification systems, undocumented workers are assuming real names and Social Security numbers of U.S. citizens like Miranda to thwart detection at workplaces, to get driver's licenses and to obtain credit. (AP Photo/Victor Calzada)When U.S. Air Force veteran Marcos Miranda had his identity stolen, he went from being a valued customer and employee to a government statistic.

Fri, 4 Jan 08
Microsoft simplifies file format fix
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22509989/
Microsoft Corp. changed course on an update to Office 2003 that blocked certain older file types from opening, after receiving a flurry of criticism from users and online publications.

Fri, 4 Jan 08
Pennsylvania state government Web site hacked
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22509653/
Hackers from China infiltrated the Web site of the Pennsylvania state government, but officials said they found no evidence of damage.

Wed, 2 Jan 08
U.S. near bottom of global privacy index
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22472899/
Individual privacy is under threat around the world as governments continue introducing surveillance and information-gathering measures, according to a rights group.


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