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Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative Launched By Microsoft

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Press release: “Neil Holloway, president of Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), unveiled a global law enforcement campaign that will target cybercriminals behind phishing attacks. Microsoft Corp. announced that by the end of June 2006 it will have initiated legal actions on more than 100 cases in EMEA against individuals suspected of committing online… Continue Reading

GAO Reports on Costs and Failures Associated With FBI IT Upgrade

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Federal Bureau of Investigation: Weak Controls over Trilogy Project Led to Payment of Questionable Contractor Costs and Missing Assets, Full-text, GAO-06-306, and Highlights, February 28, 2006. “The Trilogy project–initiated in 2001–is the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) largest information technology (IT) upgrade to date. While ultimately successful in providing updated IT infrastructure and systems, Trilogy… Continue Reading

Libby Court Filing Names Other Gov’t Officials As Source of Plame CIA Leak

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As reported by Raw Story tonight, a filing on March 17 by Libby’s defense names current and former White House and State Department officials as having leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame prior to Libby’s dissemination of the information. AP: Potential witnesses in the upcoming criminal trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, as… Continue Reading

Report By GAO on Airport Security Vulnerabilities Designated Classified

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Press release, Cmte. on Homeland Security, Democratic Office, March 17, 2006: “News reports today disclosed the results of a government investigation into airport security vulnerabilities. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigatory arm of Congress, conducted a clandestine review of airport security throughout the country. While the report remains classified and has not yet been… Continue Reading

Google Claims Victory in Fight With DOJ Over Search Records

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From the Official Google Blog: Judge tells DoJ “No” on search queries, Posted by Nicole Wong, Associate General Counsel: “Google will not have to hand over any user’s search queries to the government. That’s what a federal judge ruled today when he decided to drastically limit a subpoena issued to Google by the Department of… Continue Reading

FTC Testifies on Security Issues in Global Information-based Economy

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Press release, March 16, 2006: The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight that protecting consumers’ privacy rights is a top priority for the agency. Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, told the Committee, “The Commission is committed to aggressive law… Continue Reading

Document Request on Cases Compromised by Domestic Surveillance Program

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Press release: Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [text included in the press release] seeking information on court cases that may have been compromised by the Bush Administration’s illegal domestic spying program..Leahy…and Kennedy…ask Gonzales to provide the committee with information on all legal challenges… Continue Reading