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News.blog: Online list of cheating men gets sued

It was only a matter of time before the Web site DontDateHimGirl.com, a database of unfaithful men, was sued, writes News.com blogger Caroline McCarthy Read more

3 July 2006, 10:58 | Tags: Software

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Web designer sentenced for hacking competitor's site

A British Web designer has been given a suspended jail sentence after hacking into a rival's Web site and downloading a large amount of internal information Read more

14 August 2007, 09:25 | Tags: Computer Misuse Act, Metropolitan Police, police, Software

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UK spammer gets two months in bedroom

Having pleaded guilty to crashing an email server by sending it five million messages, David Lennon will be under a night-time curfew for two months Read more

24 August 2006, 09:21 | Tags: cybercrime, Computer Misuse Act, Software

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Irate football fans spammed takeover lawyers

Angry Manchester United fans tried to hamper law firm Allen & Overy's role in US billionaire Malcolm Glazer's takeover of the club by sending them huge emails Read more

22 September 2005, 09:24 | Tags: spam, Computer Misuse Act, Manchester United, lawyers, Software

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Hackers should spend more time in prison, say MPs

A new Westminster bill looks to criminalise all hacking, with a specific offence for denial-of-service attacks Read more

15 July 2005, 09:45 | Tags: financial, Computer Misuse Act, hackers, Westminster, Software

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British NASA hacker "frightened" by ease of entry

Gary McKinnon, the British hacker facing extradition to the US, says that he could access thousands of computers because they weren't even protected by passwords Read more

15 July 2005, 09:35 | Tags: NASA, BIOS, Computer Misuse Act, Software

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