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Spanish police swoop on vigilante hackers – YAHOO!

In these attacks, web servers crash under the sheer volume of connections made by “zombie” computers worldwide that have been infected with a virus and enslaved to carry out the hackers’ commands. The cell is also accused of attacking Spain’s central …
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Finnish police close case on phishing Trojan gang – The Register

The alleged perpetrators, from Estonia and Finland, attempted to steal €1.2m through a series of over 100 false transactions starting early last year. Almost €178,000 remains missing, according to local reports . Two of the suspects allegedly used …
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Police Warn Of Dangerous Computer ‘Virus’ – msnbc.com

7. Avoid questionable websites. Some sites may automatically download malicious software onto your computer. 8. Reset your current security settings to a higher level. 9. Lastly, do NOT provide your credit / debit card information to any source that you do …
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Computer equipment stolen from Dallas Police squad cars – Dallas Morning News

About $66,000 worth of computer equipment has been stolen from 10 decommissioned Dallas police squad cars, authorities said Thursday. The cars, all damaged in accidents, had been in the wrecking yard near Bexar and Municipal streets near Rochester Park in …
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