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Accused port hacker says log files were 'edited'

A teenager accused of launching an attack on one of the US's biggest ports has claimed flaws in Windows allowed the real attacker to frame him.
US$5,000 still available for ace cracker

A US$5,000 prize was still up for grabs on Thursday afternoon, after no-one managed to crack into VIA Technologies' new StrongBox system. But all could change by the weekend.
Trojan defence acquits British teenager

The UK teenager accused of launching a denial of service attack on a US port was cleared by Southwark Crown Court today.
'Revenge' hack downed US port systems

A British man is in court accused of a DNS attack that took down the systems of a major US port, but he claims he has been the victim of hackers.
Hacking suspect takes the stand

Appearing before the court for the first time, a teenager accused of launching an Internet attack argued he had been framed.

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Welcome to National Censorship Day
Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.
That sinking Tcard feeling
There's something terribly unsettling about realising that the NSW Government is considering hiring a company to build a new electronic ticketing system which has already put it through the legal wringer for the system's predecessor.
The challenge of government 2.0
The Government 2.0 Taskforce released its draft report last week, and its recommendations for Open Government almost reads like a manifesto. Stilgherrian's guest on Patch Monday this week is the chair of the Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.
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