A computer hacker accessed highly personal data and controlled victims’ webcams as part of a sophisticated email scam carried out from his mother’s front room. Matthew Anderson, 33, was a key member of an international gang, abusing his skills as a computer security expert to target businesses and individuals with spam containing hidden viruses, a…
Category: Court
John Does Win Big In Far Cry Case
Thomas Mennecke writes: The copyright trolling campaign in the United States may not be coming to a grinding halt, but it looks like it may come to a sluggish crawl. In an order issued today in the Achte/Neunte (aka Far Cry) vs Does 1-4,577 case – Judge Rosemary Collyer granted and denied in part the…
D.C. Circuit Denies En Banc Review in GPS Surveillance Case
Woohoo! It was a close call, but in a 5-4 vote, the D.C. Circuit denied the DOJ’s request for an en banc review of the decision to overturn Antoine Jones’ life sentence in a case where law enforcement had used GPS surveillance on Jones for 4 weeks without a warrant. Jones’ case had been consolidated…
Pat-Downs at Airports Prompt Complaints
Susan Stellin reports on complaints over the more invasive pat-downs air travellers are being subjected to: In the three weeks since the Transportation Security Administration began more aggressive pat-downs of passengers at airport security checkpoints, traveler complaints have poured in. Some offer graphic accounts of genital contact, others tell of agents gawking or making inappropriate comments, and many express…