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  • Optus -hacker" pleads not guilty, gives his account

    A former Optus employee and alleged hacker, bailed to appear before Waverly Court today, has told ZDNet Australia that he will not be making an appearance, instead notifying the Court by letter of his -not guilty" plea.

  • 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.

  • Hilton hacker sentenced to juvenile hall

    A Massachusetts teen who admitted to accessing T-Mobile USA's internal systems and posting data from Paris Hilton's cell phone on the Web will serve 11 months in a juvenile facility.

  • 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.

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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.

  • Mitnick's return: The hacker is back

    Kevin Mitnick, one of the world's best-known hackers, is back--with a book and a business. Now he's advising corporations on how to secure their networks.

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