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Masked Men and Dead Ends
Day's bust in the Bricsnet case was unusual for its speed and for the resulting conviction. That's because many crimes are perpetrated with stolen usernames and passwords. In the Bricsnet case, for instance, McKenna had broken into the company's computers using his former supervisor's username and password.
The key to cracking the Bricsnet case was caller ID and automatic number identification (ANI), two technologies more and more Internet service providers are using to automatically record the phone numbers of people dialing up their servers. When a crime is committed over a telephone line, this information is invaluable.
Russian cybercriminal forums offer batches of 1,000 Twitter accounts for less than $200.
Fighting crime is the first step to avoiding cyberwar, he tells a Russian panel.
Computer crime is changing as the Internet becomes a vital component of everyday life. So how do cyber cops keep up with it?
Manufacturing in the United States is in trouble. That's bad news not just for the country's economy but for the future of innovation.
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New X-Files series plot?
Sounds like a great plot line for a new X-Files made for cable series.
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