Crime & Courts, Cybercrime

Names of NASA employees who bought child porn kept secret

It is being reported on August 24, 2015 that the identities of NASA employees who were found to have bought child pornography from an Eastern European website will not be revealed.  “An investigation by Daily Mail Online found 16 staff members from the space agency paid for pictures and videos of children in sexual situations, but were never prosecuted.”

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Crime & Courts, Cybercrime

500K bounty on Ashley Madison Hacker

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A news was conference held on Monday August 24, 2015 to offer a $500,000 reward to anyone who identifies the hackers that released private data from the Ashley Madison website.  The repercussions of this security breach has spread all over the world.  At least two suicides have been directly connected to this computer attack.

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Hired Cyberhacker attacks Rutgers University computer system

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It is being reported on August 23, 2015 that a cyberhacker who calls himself, Exfocus, has repeatedly attacked the computer infrastructure of Rutgers University.  The disruptions have taken down their website four times in the past year.  Exfocus has also taunted Rutgers on social media, saying, “I’m fairly certain I could run circles around all of you with my eyes closed, and one leg amputated.”

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