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Three LulzSec members plead guilty in London

Ryan Ackroyd, 26; Jake Davis, 20; and Mustafa al-Bassam, 18, who was not named until now because of his age, all admitted their involvement in the hacktivist gang's attack spree.

Microsoft fixes three "critical" flaws with Patch Tuesday release

The biggies are two vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and a single weakness in Remote Desktop Connection.

White House says new Chinese IT equipment rule may disrupt business without helping security

White House says new Chinese IT equipment rule may disrupt business without helping security

Several U.S. trade groups also have objected to the provision, part of a recently passed appropriations bill, which bars certain federal agencies from buying IT tech gear produced by Chinese government-related companies.

Court says Hannaford breach lawsuit doesn't meet standards of class-action

Plaintiffs' failure to have an expert verify their damages was a "fatal" flaw in the case, according to a federal judge.

Judge says lawsuit against comScore can proceed as class action

The web measurement company is accused of secretly collecting data on millions and then sharing it with clients.

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DATA BREACH BLOG

Laptop stolen from S.C. medical center contains data on 7k veterans

Last week, hospital officials began notifying patients of the February theft.

Medical records of 2k patients left unprotected on contractor's server

The records were stored by storage provider working with Glens Falls Hospital in New York.

Doctor's stolen laptop found at pawn shop; data of 652 patients exposed

The psychologist was a private contractor for Washington's Department of Social and Health Services.

NEWS TEAM BLOG

Here are eight cyber crooks who got less prison time than Andrew Auernheimer

The security researcher and self-proclaimed internet troll earned 41 months behind bars Monday for his role in using a script to retrieve data on roughly 120,000 Apple iPad users from a public web server.

The White House thinks Julian Assange and Jeremy Hammond are no different than Chinese cyber spies

Whistleblowing organizations like WikiLeaks and accused hacktivists like Hammond are not foreign spies lusting to plunder intellectual property from U.S. corporations and government agencies in order to profit and gain a competitive advantage.

Obama would prefer to prosecute leakers than discuss Stuxnet

The FBI and DoJ are targeting high-level U.S. officials in hopes of learning who released classified information about Stuxnet to the press. What the government is not doing is publicly explaining why it launched Stuxnet.

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