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FCC formalizes massive fines for selling, using cell-phone jammers

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Two years ago the FCC announced its intention to fine a Chinese electronics maker $ 34.9 million and a Florida man $ 48,000 for respectively selling and using illegal cell-phone jammers.

Today the agency has issued press releases telling us that those fines have finally been made official, without either of the offending parties having bothered to mount a formal defense of their actions.

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The wheels of justice, etc. And good luck collecting the $ 34.9 million.

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Double Fine’s Hack ‘N’ Slash entry into Steam Early Access imminent

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Hack ‘n’ Slash, Double Fine Productions hacking-themed action puzzle game conceived during the company’s annual Amnesia Fortnight game jam, is just weeks away from entering Steam Early Access for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux. First revealed last …
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American retailer Genesco sues Visa, demands $13m in PCI-DSS data breach fines paid back

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Genesco, a massive American retailer, suffered an intrusion by cybercrooks in 2010. It was subsequently “fined” over $ 10m by the payment card industry. Now it wants its money back…
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Japan to punish computer virus creators with fines, prison terms of up to three years – New Kerala

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Tokyo, June 21 : Japan has passed a new law to combat cyber attacks, under which, creating or distributing a computer virus could now result into prison terms of up to three years or 500,000 yen in fine. Under a new law enacted by parliament, police can …
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