Karin Matussek and Aaron Kirchfeld report: Frankfurt prosecutors found no evidence Deutsche Bank AG board members were involved in criminal acts when the bank hired detectives to spy on a shareholder. The office will probe other “responsible people” in the case. Prosecutors won’t open a probe of members of Deutsche Bank’s supervisory or management board,…
Creator of Winny file-sharing program found innocent in copyright violation case
The Asahi Shimbun reports an interesting court decision in Japan: Setting a new guideline for criminal responsibility using new technology, the Osaka High Court ruled Thursday that the creator of the Winny peer-to-peer file-sharing program was not guilty of helping users violate copyrights. Presiding Judge Masazo Ogura overturned a Kyoto District Court ruling, saying Isamu…
Citing cybercrime, FBI director doesn’t bank online
Robert McMillan reports that FBI Director Robert Mueller stopped using online banking after nearly falling prey to a phishing scheme: Though he stopped before handing over any sensitive information, the incident put an end to Mueller’s online banking. “After changing our passwords, I tried to pass the incident off to my wife … as a…
The Privacy Projects launches to fund ‘evidence-based’ privacy research
Mobile devices, cloud computing and global business partnerships enabled by the Internet and other network services have redrawn the map of the global flow of personal information. Technology will continue to drive simple services built on these complex systems, pushing the balance between using and protecting personal data “to the breaking point,” according to Richard…