LONDON (AP) — With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new kind of money — a virtual currency whose oscillations have pulled geeks and speculators alike through stomach-churning highs and lows.
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LONDON (AP) — With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink struck a deal that's joining thousands like it in a virtual revolution.
LONDON (AP) — A British computer hacker affiliated to the group Lulz Security pleaded guilty Tuesday to cyberattacks on institutions including Sony, Britain's National Health Service and Rupert Murdoch's News International.
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – A British computer hacker pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cyber attacks on targets including Sony, Nintendo , Rupert Murdoch's News International and the Arizona State Police. Ryan Ackroyd's plea meant his planned jury trial did not go ahead and, as a result, the court did not hear any evidence on the motivation behind the attacks he made using the persona of a …
LONDON – A British computer hacker affiliated with the group Lulz Security has pleaded guilty to cyberattacks on institutions including Sony, Britain's National Health Service and Rupert Murdoch's News International.
The Global Village now anoints a new Global Village Idiot every other week.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Reuters' deputy social media editor conspired with a notorious hacker network to cause an online security breach that should be punished by decades in federal prison.
A lawyer for a Reuters editor accused of helping hackers deface a Los Angeles Times story said Friday that the journalist didn't commit the crime, but even if he did, it was an Internet prank that shouldn't …
SAN FRANCISCO – A journalist has vowed that Friday would be “business as usual” despite charges of conspiring with the notorious hacking group “Anonymous” to deface an online story of the Los Angeles Times.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal authorities on Thursday charged a journalist with conspiring with the notorious hacking group “Anonymous” to deface a story on the Los Angeles Times' website a little more than two years ago.