Of course Ross Ulbricht was guilty. Despite his far-fetched claims of mistaken identity, a New York jury confirmed the obvious: that Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts) was the criminal mastermind who took on a villain’s name, and became… Read more »
President Obama, who this week announced plans to better protect American consumers and businesses from privacy breaches, will also propose new laws to go after those who use computer networks to commit crimes. The details… Read more »
Police in the U.K. appear to have collared one of the grinches responsible for a massive DDoS attack on XBox Live and Sony PlayStation, which spoiled Christmas for many gamers by knocking the consoles’… Read more »
After Sony cravenly cancelled The Interview, people who had no interest in the comedy now want to see it — mostly so they can stick it to North Korea, whose threats caused… Read more »
The objects around us — from cars to clothes to baby monitors — are now internet-connected, and acting almost on their own. What laws do we need to control and protect… Read more »
One of the sites at the center of the nude photography scandal just put in place DMCA measures that shield websites from copyright liability. Here’s the likely explanation of why it… Read more »
A start-up that sells $799 subscriptions to recruiters is stocking its database with profiles that it obtained from LinkedIn by using an army of bots. Read more »
An attack on the Bitcoin eco-system is spreading as hackers try to exploit services that have not protected themselves against a vulnerability known as transaction malleability. Read more »
It’s no surprise to see lawsuits after a hacking incident. But in the case of Target, the sheer number of cases suggest the company might be on the hook for a… Read more »
Google is facing trial by media in the UK where leading news outlets are making absurd arguments over its positions about a controversy involving browser cookies. Read more »