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Kansas Man Could Serve 25 Years in Prison for Hacking Local Water System

02

Apr

2021

A 22-year-old Kansas man may face the next quarter century behind bars after allegedly hacking computer systems to affect tap water. A press release from the Department of Justice reveals that Wyatt A. Travnichek, 22, of Ellsworth County, Kansas is charged with one count of tampering with a public water system and one count of […]

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Rustock Case Update

23

Sep

2011

Today, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit announced that we have concluded our civil case against the Rustock botnet operators and turned evidence found during that investigation over to the FBI as a criminal referral. While the FBI will be driving that investigation, we will continue to offer the $250,000 reward for information which leads to the […]

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Please update your anti-virus.. at least once every five years

17

Jun

2011

The MyDoom worm. First seen in January 2004, it spread via email, opened a backdoor for hackers to gain access to your PC, and scoured your hard drive for more email addresses to forward itself onto. It became widespread in no time, which was particularly concerning for software firm SCO – whose website it targeted […]

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