Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Hacker Rattles Internet Security Circles — He claims to be 21 years old, a student of software engineering in Tehran who reveres Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and despises dissidents in his country. — He sneaked into the computer systems of a security firm on the outskirts of Amsterdam.
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Case of 8,000 Menacing Posts Tests Limits of Twitter Speech — Even the Buddha of compassion might have been distressed to be on the receiving end of the diatribes that William Lawrence Cassidy is accused of posting on Twitter. — They certainly rattled Alyce Zeoli, a Buddhist leader based in Maryland.
Somini Sengupta / Bits:
At a Hacker Conference, Plenty of Friendly Feds — LAS VEGAS — Why are the Feds hobnobbing with hackers? — Defcon, a convention of computer hackers here, was crawling with federal agents on Friday. They smiled, shook hands, handed out their business cards, spoke on a panel called …