CIA programmer charged with leaking classified info

Manhattan federal prosecutors on Monday slapped a former CIA software engineer — who was already in prison on child porn charges — with a slew of new charges accusing him of the theft of classified information. Joshua Adam Schulte, 29, was hit with a 13-count superseding indictment Monday that accuses him with everything from the... Read More

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Joshua Schulte

June 19, 2018

Supreme Court to take up iPhone app lawsuit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider whether the purchasers of iPhone apps can sue Apple over allegations it has an illegal monopoly on the sale of the apps. The court said Monday that it will take a case from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which ruled in January... Read More

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Apple, iPhone

June 6, 2018

Trump appealing ruling that bars blocking of Twitter critics

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is asking an appeals court to restore his power to block critics on Twitter. Government lawyers representing Trump and White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino filed paperwork Monday to appeal a federal judge’s ruling last month that said blocking people from the @realDonaldTrump account violates the First... Read More

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Donald Trump, Twitter

June 5, 2018

Washington state sues Google, Facebook over campaign ad data

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued Google and Facebook, saying the companies failed to maintain information about political advertising as required by state law. Washington law requires the companies to maintain information about buyers of political ads, the cost, how they pay for it, and the candidate or ballot measure... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Facebook, Google

May 30, 2018

Hacker gets 5 years for Russian-linked Yahoo security breach

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A young computer hacker who prosecutors say unwittingly worked with a Russian spy agency was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for using data stolen in a massive Yahoo data breach to gain access to private emails. U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria also fined Karim Baratov $250,000 during a sentencing hearing... Read More

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Karim Baratov

May 30, 2018

Man who befriended undercover cop on Facebook loses appeal

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a felon convicted on gun charges after accepting a Facebook “friend” request from an undercover police officer. A court panel on Tuesday said a detective’s viewing of 40-year-old Terrance Everett’s Facebook page did not violate constitutional prohibitions against illegal searches. Everett was sentenced... Read More

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Facebook

May 25, 2018

Jury says Samsung must pay $539M for copying parts of iPhone

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A jury has decided Samsung must pay Apple $539 million in damages for illegally copying some of the iPhone’s features to lure people into buying its competing products. The verdict reached Thursday is the latest twist in a legal battle that began in 2011. Apple contends Samsung wouldn’t have emerged... Read More

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Apple, Samsung

May 24, 2018

Judge: President can’t block critics on Twitter

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump is violating the First Amendment when he blocks critics on Twitter because of their political views. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan stopped short in her written decision of ordering Trump or a subordinate to stop the practice of blocking... Read More

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Donald Trump

April 25, 2018

Ex-Yahoo paying $35M to settle SEC charges over 2014 hack

WASHINGTON (AP) — The company formerly known as Yahoo is paying a $35 million fine to resolve federal regulators’ charges that the online pioneer deceived investors by failing to disclose one of the biggest data breaches in internet history. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the action Tuesday against the company, which is now called... Read More

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Yahoo

April 20, 2018

The Latest: British cybersecurity expert’s US case delayed

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest on the criminal case of a British cybersecurity expert once heralded as a hero for stopping the WannaCry worldwide computer virus (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Attorneys for a British cybersecurity expert credited with stopping a computer virus have been given more time to prepare for arguments on whether to... Read More

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Marcus Hutchins

April 17, 2018

Backpage.com co-founder released from jail on a $1M bond

PHOENIX (AP) — A co-founder of the classified advertising site Backpage.com who has been jailed for the last 10 days on charges of facilitating prostitution was released on a $1 million bond Monday as he awaits trial. At a brief hearing at a federal courthouse in Phoenix, James Larkin was ordered by Magistrate Judge John... Read More

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Backpage.com, James Larkin

April 13, 2018

Canadian pharmacy to be fined millions for illegal imports

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An online pharmacy that bills itself as Canada’s largest is expected to be fined $34 million Friday for importing counterfeit cancer drugs and other unapproved pharmaceuticals into the United States, a sentence that one advocacy group called too light for such a heinous crime. Canada Drugs has filled millions of prescriptions... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News, Technology

CanadaDrugs.com

April 13, 2018

Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty, will testify against others

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The chief executive of Backpage.com pleaded guilty to state and federal charges including conspiracy and money laundering, and agreed to testify in ongoing prosecutions against others at the website that authorities have dubbed a lucrative nationwide “online brothel,” authorities said. “For far too long, Backpage.com existed as the dominant marketplace for... Read More

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Backpage.com, Carl Ferrer

CIA programmer charged with leaking classified info

Supreme Court to take up iPhone app lawsuit

Trump appealing ruling that bars blocking of Twitter critics

Washington state sues Google, Facebook over campaign ad data

Hacker gets 5 years for Russian-linked Yahoo security breach

Man who befriended undercover cop on Facebook loses appeal

Jury says Samsung must pay $539M for copying parts of iPhone

California high court to rule on social media access

Judge: President can’t block critics on Twitter

Ex-Yahoo paying $35M to settle SEC charges over 2014 hack

The Latest: British cybersecurity expert’s US case delayed

Backpage.com co-founder released from jail on a $1M bond

Canadian pharmacy to be fined millions for illegal imports

Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty, will testify against others

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