Portman reports: Does a woman lose her right to make medical decisions for herself when she is pregnant? Can the state effectively treat her as little more than an “incubator,” subject to the total control of her doctor? Those are the key questions raised by attorneys on behalf of a Wakulla County woman whose case…
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ExposeObama.com exposes personal info
Ken Thomas of The Associated Press reports: Credit card numbers and other personal information about more than a hundred contributors to a conservative Web site unexpectedly showed up by fax at a Democratic lawmaker’s office. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said over recent weeks his office has received 139 faxes from ExposeObama.com, a Web site run…
Pizza delivery man cops to life in DarkMarket
Dan Goodin reports: A former London pizza delivery man faces a 10-year prison sentence after admitting he helped found the notorious DarkMarket forum for computer crime, several news sites reported. Renukanth Subramaniam, a 33-year-old Sri Lanka-born man from North London, pleaded guilty at Blackfriars Crown Court in London to conspiracy to defraud and furnishing false…
NJ: Oaklyn man gets 27-month term for identity theft
Barbara Boyer reports: An Oaklyn man was sentenced yesterday to 27 months in federal prison for stealing identities to swindle nine banks. Joseph DeForge, 65, also was ordered by U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle to pay $171,259 in restitution and to serve three years of supervised release. The judge allowed DeForge to remain free…
IL: More charges, suspects in ID theft ring
Matt Hanley reports: An identity theft ring uncovered in Oswego last year involved more than just thefts in Kendall County. Police across the Fox Valley quietly made arrests they hoped would lead to other suspects, while Oswego’s larger investigation continued for nearly a year. This week, Oswego police announced four people had been charged with…
Google Hack Attack Was Ultra Sophisticated, New Details Show
Kim Zetter reports: Hackers seeking source code from Google, Adobe and dozens of other high-profile companies used unprecedented tactics that combined encryption, stealth programming and an unknown hole in Internet Explorer, according to new details released by researchers at anti-virus firm McAfee. “We have never ever, outside of the defense industry, seen commercial industrial companies…