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If you do business on the Internet, you cannot afford to be uninformed about the dangers and pitfalls that cybercrime poses. The following is a daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
24-Apr-01 04:37:58 ET
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"Two Russians were indicted on computer-crime charges stemming from a rash of intrusions into the networks of banks, Internet service providers and other companies..."
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"The duo allegedly broke into the computer systems of several e-commerce companies, stole credit-card information and then returned to the companies as 'consultants' to charge for fixing the flaw..."
23-Apr-01 20:56:14 ET
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"Computer scientists who embarrassed the recording industry by accepting an invitation to crack a number of copyright protection schemes -- and then apparently doing so -- have been warned not to present the results of their exploits..."
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"The Princeton University-based group, which also includes researchers from Rice University and Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), claimed early success 
in an open challenge issued by the industry-backed Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) last fall..."
23-Apr-01 19:10:53 ET
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"Martha Stansell-Gamm directs the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section at the Department of Justice, overseeing the work of 24 elite computer-crime prosecutors dedicated to drawing the legal boundaries of cyberspace..."
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"It’s an unsettled legal terrain, one in which Stansell-Gamm and her cohorts spend much of their time breaking new ground..."
23-Apr-01 15:08:06 ET
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"A security firm that claimed it couldn't be hacked can't make brash statements anymore..."
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"Argus admitted that a group from Poland has won the fifth Argus Hacking Challenge, but the security company said it screwed up in choosing an operating system..."
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