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Kim Zetter is a senior reporter at Wired News who has led its coverage of electronic voting issues.

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Prosecutors Drop Plans to Appeal Lori Drew Case

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed a notice that they do not intend to pursue an appeal in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case, thus ending the controversial and lengthy case. “We have a notice with the 9th Circuit that we are withdrawing our ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lori Drew,  Megan Meier

Hacked E-Mails Fuel Global Warming Debate

An online debate over global warming science has broken out after an unknown hacker broke into the email server at a prominent, U.K. climate research center, stole more than a thousand e-mails about global warming research and posted them ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA,  United Nations

Health Insurer Loses 1.5 Million Patient Records

A health insurer lost 1.5 million patient records last May but waited six months to disclose the incident. The data, which was stored on a portable disk drive that disappeared from the insurer’s office, was unencrypted and included patient Social ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Health Net Inc.,  Richard Blumenthal

Computer ‘Glitch’ Grounds Air Traffic

An unspecified computer glitch is being cited as the cause for commercial flights being canceled or temporarily delayed on Thursday. The FAA system that was affected is said to be in Atlanta and is called the National Airspace Data Interchange Network, ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  19 Nov 2009

Palin Calls E-Mail Hack 'Most Disruptive' Campaign Event

Never mind the disastrous interview with Katie Couric or the blank stares in response to Charlie Gibson’s question about the Bush Doctrine. Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin calls the hacking of her Yahoo e-mail account “the most ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John McCain,  Katie Couric,  Charlie Gibson,  George W. Bush,  Sarah Palin

DNA Testing Firm Goes Bankrupt; Who Gets the Data?

An Icelandic firm that offers private DNA testing to customers has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S., raising privacy concerns about the fate of customer DNA samples and records, according to the Times of London. DeCODE Genetics, a genetics research ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  18 Nov 2009

Senate Panel: 80 Percent of Cyber Attacks Preventable

If network administrators simply instituted proper configuration policies and conducted good network monitoring, about 80 percent of commonly known cyber attacks could be prevented, a Senate committee heard Tuesday. The remark was made by Richard ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Senate,  National Security Agency,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security,  Microsoft Corporation

Handy Comparison Chart Tracks Proposals to Amend Patriot Act

Confused by all the proposed changes to the Patriot Act ricocheting through the Capitol? The Center for Democracy and Technology has put together a handy chart comparing the current law with the various amendments in the House and Senate. The chart ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Department of Justice,  U.S. Congress

Hackers Post Private E-mails of Historian and Accused Holocaust Denier

A group identifying themselves as “anti-fascist hackers” broke into the web site of controversial British historian and accused Holocaust-denier David Irving and obtained his private e-mail communication as well as attendee lists for his current U.S. ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Irving,  America Online,  Yahoo!

Madoff Coders Charged With Aiding Massive Ponzi Scheme

Two programmers who worked for convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff have been arrested and charged with providing technical support for the massive Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of an estimated $65 billion. Jerome O’Hara, 46, and George Perez, 43 ...

From KIM ZETTER, Wired,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Preet Bharara,  London Stock Exchange,  Frank DiPascali,  Securities and Exchange Commission

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