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Kevin Lee Poulsen (born 1965 in Pasadena, California, U.S.) is a former black hat hacker. He is currently a senior editor at Wired News.

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Feds Charge 3 With Comcast.net Hijacking

Three alleged members of the hacker gang Kryogeniks were hit with a federal conspiracy charge Thursday for a 2008 stunt that replaced Comcast’s homepage with a shout-out to other hackers. Prosecutors identified Christopher Allen Lewis, 19, and James ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Comcast,  Network Solutions,  Robert Black

Report: Cyber Attacks Caused Power Outages in Brazil

Electrical blackouts impacting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were caused by hackers targeting control systems, according to the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes. Reports that hacker-extortionists triggered at least one blackout outside the ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Central Intelligence Agency

Video: Romanian Police Raid Card-Skimming Ring

Police in Romania this week swooped in on 19 members of an alleged international ring of bank-card skimmers that’s been active in Switzerland, Italy, France and the United States, according to local reports. Romania’s national Directorate for ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  6 Nov 2009

FBI Says ‘Money Mule’ Scams Now Top $100 Million

The hackers looting bank accounts of small and mid-sized businesses around the county are hitting new victims every week, and have now racked up approximately $100 million in attempted losses, the FBI said Tuesday. “The infection vector has not been ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Brian Krebs,  FDIC

Feds Charge Cable Modem Modder With ‘Computer Intrusion’

An Oregon hardware hacker and author has been hit with federal criminal charges arising from his longstanding business of selling unlocked cable modems that can be used to steal extra speed from a broadband provider, or obtain free service. Ryan Harris, ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Motorola, Inc.,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Ryan Harris

FDIC Warns Banks to Watch for 'Money Mules' Duped by Hackers

Bank customers are increasingly being duped into acting as “money mules” for hackers, unwittingly laundering cash stolen from business bank accounts, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation warned the nation’s financial institutions on ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: FDIC,  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Brian Krebs,  WIRED Magazine

Appeals Court Says Swearing in Text Messages Isn't a Crime

A 16-year-old California boy dumped by his high school girlfriend didn’t violate a state obscenity law by using four-letter words in anguished text messages to his ex, an appellate court ruled this week. The boy, identified by his initials in the ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  28 Oct 2009

Cybercrooks Trick Gawker Into Serving Malware-Laced Ad

Remember when the global economic crisis was supposed to drive legions of desperate, unemployed computer programmers into cybercrime? It turns out the real threat comes from unemployed advertising agents. Scammers posing as the well-known ad agency ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Suzuki,  Gawker Media,  New York Times Company,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

‘Known Software Bug’ Causes Drama During Brain Tumor Zapping

The maker of a life-saving radiation therapy device has patched a software bug that could cause the system’s emergency stop button to fail to stop, following an incident at a Cleveland hospital in which medical staff had to physically pull a patient ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Los Angeles Times,  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,  Department of Health

Nuclear Plants Cautiously Phase Out Dial-Up Modems

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking the operators of America’s 66 operating nuclear power plants to voluntarily upgrade the on-site monitoring systems that report plant conditions to the government. That upgrade to the 16-year-old Emergency ...

From KEVIN POULSEN, Wired,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nuclear Regulatory Commission,  WIRED Magazine

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