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Loathe lowdown scareware scams? Lawsuit claims Speedy PC Pro is fraudulent software

Browsing courthouse news can result in reading about “scary” allegations, lawsuits covering everything from people “wrongfully” arrested at a “haunted house” during a paranormal investigation, to a more serious class action lawsuit that, if true, clearly shows the company doesn’t comprehend that gamers come in ages. Read more

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LinkedIn lawsuit, stealing your password via LinkedIn phishing, password reuse

The fallout over the password breach continues for LinkedIn, which is facing a $ 5 million class-action lawsuit [PDF] after 6.5 million users had their passwords stolen. Read more

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HP Hit With Lawsuit Over Flaming Printer Hack – Wired News

HP Hit With Lawsuit Over Flaming Printer Hack
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HP says that it's never heard of its printers being hacked by criminals and that its printers have “thermal breakers” that would prevent this kind of hacker inferno. But the company has acknowledged the underlying problem in a security alert.

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DC hotel claims national security exemption in discrimination lawsuit

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An exclusive Washington DC hotel’s claims it was following State Department security rules when it barred a Muslim employee from accessing rooms occupied by an Israeli diplomatic delegation are “unprecedented,” said a Muslim civil rights group.

The claim was contained in the latest court filings in a discrimination lawsuit filed by Mohamed Arafi and the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) against the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. A federal court in Washington is currently deciding on whether to allow the suit to proceed.

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