British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe (AP)

AP - British police searched the offices of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers Saturday after arresting a police officer and four current and former staff of his tabloid The Sun as part of an investigation into police bribery by journalists......»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]Jan 28th, 2012

British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe

(AP) -- The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police......»»

[Via: PHYSORG][Cat: top]Jan 29th, 2012

Murdoch launches "Sun on Sunday"

Rupert Murdoch said Friday he will launch a Sunday version of his top-selling British tabloid The Sun, vowing to stand by demoralised staff despite the arrest of senior reporters over bribery claims......»»

[Via: PHYSORG][Cat: top]Feb 17th, 2012

Murdoch Sets New Sun Paper On Sunday

Rupert Murdoch said News Corp. will soon launch a Sunday edition of its London tabloid the Sun, a move that came as he faced the paper's staff amid anger over handling of a police probe......»»

[Via: WSJ][Cat: top]Feb 20th, 2012

Boston PD admits arrest for cell phone recording was a mistake

The Boston Police Department has at last concluded that two of its officers made a mistake when they arrested a Boston man for recording the arrest of another man with his cell phone. In a letter to cell phone cinematographer Simon Glik, superintendent Ke.....»»

[Via: ARSTECHNICA][Cat: top]Jan 10th, 2012

Bulgarian police raid two filesharing web sites

Arrest 17 year old web site admin.....»»

[Via: THEINQUIRER][Cat: media]Jan 11th, 2012

TomTom cleared of data probe violations (Reuters)

Reuters - TomTom said on Thursday an official probe had cleared it of accusations that it violated Dutch data protection laws by sharing its customers' individual location and traffic information with third parties, including Dutch police......»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]Jan 12th, 2012

California teacher sex abuse arrest sparks debate (Reuters)

Reuters - The arrest of a Northern California high school teacher for sexual abuse of a 14-year-old male student has raised questions about the boundaries of behavior and whether schools should police social media contact between teachers and students, au.....»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]Jan 13th, 2012

Murdoch company to pay hacking damages in 36 cases (AP)

AP - Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott......»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]Jan 19th, 2012

Why the feds smashed Megaupload

The US government dropped a nuclear bomb on "cyberlocker" site Megaupload today, seizing its domain names, grabbing $50 million in assets, and getting New Zealand police to arrest four of the site's key employees, including enigmatic founder Kim Dotcom. I.....»»

[Via: ARSTECHNICA][Cat: top]Jan 19th, 2012

Video: U.S. online piracy crackdown hits New Zealand

Police in New Zealand raid a luxury mansion and arrest Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom as the U.S. pushes ahead with its war on copyright piracy. Lily Grimes reports......»»

[Via: THEGLOBEANDMAIL][Cat: top]Jan 20th, 2012

Petition Seeks Probe of MPAA "Bribery" Over SOPA

Activists are gathering signatures urging a White House investigation of the Hollywood lobby's political influence......»»

[Via: PCWORLD][Cat: top]Jan 22nd, 2012

News Corp hacking tabloid misled UK police (Reuters)

Reuters - Journalists from the News of the World tabloid misled police after hacking the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, action which sparked a scandal engulfing News Corp, a letter from police published on Monday said......»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]Jan 23rd, 2012

British police "inadvertently" share emails of crime victims

Britain's biggest police force apologised on Thursday to more than 1,100 victims of crime after admitting it had "inadvertently" shared their email addresses with other victims......»»

[Via: PHYSORG][Cat: top]Feb 2nd, 2012

Journalist recovers video of his arrest after police deleted it

A Miami journalist has recovered video of police officers arresting him after it was deleted from his camera. The man was covering a police effort to evict Occupy Miami protestors. He plans to file a complaint with the police department and with the Unite.....»»

[Via: ARSTECHNICA][Cat: top]Feb 6th, 2012

Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry (AP)

AP - Britain's biggest-selling tabloid newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five of its employees were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials, detectives and the newspaper's parent co.....»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]Feb 11th, 2012

Sun arrests pile pressure on Murdoch media empire (Reuters)

Reuters - Rupert Murdoch is under pressure over his Sun tabloid after the arrests of several senior staff in a corruption probe, but whistleblowers inside his media empire may pose more of a threat than the public outrage that towards his business empire .....»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]Feb 12th, 2012

Top editor at Sun tabloid attacks UK hacking probe (AP)

AP - Is Rupert Murdoch's best-selling newspaper in open revolt?.....»»

[Via: YAHOO][Cat: top]Feb 13th, 2012

New cyber-attack on Greek ministry after arrest

Greece's justice ministry on Wednesday sustained a cyber-attack, the second this month, after the arrest of a teenager accused of participating in the first hacking, police said......»»

[Via: PHYSORG][Cat: top]12 hr. 47 min. ago

Ransomware Attackers Pose As Police

Official-looking pop-ups claim discovery of child pornography, terrorist activity, then lock the victim's machine until a ransom is paid......»»

[Via: INFORMATIONWEEK][Cat: top]Dec 27th, 2011