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Online activist, programmer Swartz dies in NY

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 12th

By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who helped develop RSS and co-founded Reddit, has been found dead weeks before he was to go on trial on federal charges that he stole millions of scholarly articles in an attempt to make them freely available to the

Online activist, programmer Swartz dies in NY

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 12th

Brazil hacker posts alleged data of ex- president

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 10th

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - A hacker has posted what appears to be private information of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the Internet to protest a major corruption scandal which he says "will end in nothing." The addresses of properties said to be owned by Silva, phone numbers, companies

Witness cooperation urged in football rape case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 10th

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Students withholding information about an alleged rape in eastern Ohio last summer are thwarting investigators, school officials said Thursday, as the FBI looks into threats to local authorities who are working on the case against

SC agency website defaced; personal information OK

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina officials are investigating the defacement of a state agency website, but they stress that the site was not hacked. WLTX-TV reports that an image appeared on the Department of Employment and Workforce website on Saturday evening claiming, "This site was hacked

Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge sentenced a hacker to 10 years in prison on Monday after he broke into the personal online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera and other women and posted revealing photos and other material on the

NY court rejects inspector liability in capsizing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court on Thursday rejected damages claims against state inspectors who continually recertified a tour boat for 48-passenger capacity before it overturned on an Adirondack lake in 2005, drowning 20 people on a fall

SC gov. admits hacking errors; revenue chief quits

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By SEANNA ADCOXAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - State officials did not do enough to prevent a cyber-attack at South Carolina's tax collection agency that exposed the personal data of nearly 4 million individual filers and 700,000 businesses, Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday. Haley also

Haley admits hacking errors; revenue chief resigns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By SEANNA ADCOXAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Gov. Nikki Haley says a report on a cyber-attack on South Carolina's tax collection agency shows officials could have done more to protect the personal information of nearly 4 million individual filers and 700,000 businesses. Haley also

Haley admits hacking errors; revenue chief resigns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By SEANNA ADCOXAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says a report on a massive security breach in the state's tax collection agency shows officials could have done more to protect personal information for nearly 4 million taxpayers. She also said Tuesday