Tag Archive for: feds

Belarusia Phish Fry? Feds Break Online Tax-Refund Scam – Forbes (blog)

Apparently, yet another variation on the growing Phishing scams that trap increasing numbers of naive Internet users. After taxpayers input and uploaded their tax information, conspirators located in Belarus collected the data and altered the returns to …
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Appeals court: Feds need warrants for e-mail (Declan McCullagh/CNET News)

Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Appeals court: Feds need warrants for e-mail  —  Police must obtain search warrants before perusing Internet users’ e-mail records, a federal appeals court ruled today in a landmark decision that struck down part of a 1986 law allowing warrantless access.  —  In case involving …

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Ruling Expected on Twittering Anarchist Raided Under ‘Rioting … – Wired News

An anarchist social worker raided by the feds wants his computers, manuscripts and pick axes back. He argues that authorities violated the U.S. Constitution and the rights of his mentally ill clients while searching for evidence that he broke an …

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