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  • Howard 'hacker' pleads innocence

    The so-called "Howard hacker", who has apparently been reported to the Australian Federal Police, told ZDNet Australia that he is innocent of defacing the Liberal Web site.

  • Convicted data thief gets eight years

    A bulk e-mailer who looted more than a billion records with personal information from a data warehouse has been sentenced to eight years in prison, US prosecutors said on Wednesday.

  • The 'homeless hacker' talks

    The past two years have been a wild ride for Adrian Lamo: The 22-year-old has publicly taken credit for tunnelling into networks belonging to Yahoo, Microsoft, Excite@Home and WorldCom.

  • Shades of Grey - hacking on the edge of the law

    Why is it that "Gray hat" hackers, neither corporate pros nor havoc wreakers, are increasingly falling on the wrong side of the law?

  • Anti-war video posted on NASA Web-sites

    The maintainers of an online archive of defaced Web sites say 13 NASA sites have been modified by anti-war protesters from Brazil.

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  • Hackers: Under the hood

    Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.

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