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New York attorney general wants tech companies to help fight cellphone theft
- In letters to Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has put out a call to work on a solution to the growing issue of smartphone theft. In them he asks what each is doing to…
Vudu resets user passwords after burglars steal hard drives
- Vudu has issued a mandatory password reset for its users after experiencing a security breach late last month. With these types of stories, "security breach" usually implies that a hacker has compromised a company's servers remotely, gaining access to sensitive…
Thieves steal 7,000 Wii Us worth $2.28m from a Seattle airport
- A couple million dollars worth of Wii U consoles were stolen at an airport this weekend. Speaking with ABC News, a police officer said the thieves drove two large diesel trucks into Seattle Air Cargo where a Nintendo distribution site…
Thieves steal 3,600 iPad minis from JFK International Airport
- A pair of crooks managed to steal two pallets full of brand new Apple iPad minis from JFK International Airport. They likely would have gotten away with even more if they hadn’t been interrupted by an airport worker returning from…
Video of "accidentally found" iPhone 5 released ahead of launch
- A YouTube video in which someone compares an iPhone 4S alongside a purported iPhone 5 has reached over a million views in a single day. The camera footage, which could still stand to be the most elaborate iPhone 5 hoax…
LG Display workers charged with stealing Samsung OLED secrets
- According to a report by The Associated Press, LG's display arm has admitted to six of its employees being involved in the possible misappropriation of OLED technology secrets from Samsung. Samsung has accused the display maker of having "systematically stole its…
Two-year FBI undercover credit card operation results in 24 arrests
- The FBI has arrested two dozen people as part of the largest coordinated international cyber sting in history. The multi-million dollar operation spanned two years, eight countries and four continents, law enforcement officials said.
Former AMD, Intel engineer pleads guilty to stealing sensitive documents
- Biswamohan Pani, a former engineer for both Intel and AMD, has plead guilty to five counts of fraud centered around the theft of sensitive Intel documents. The stolen information, valued at an approximate total of $1 billion, included chip-related design…
iPad 2 fakes made of clay turning up in Canadian stores
- A bizarre rash of clay iPads are being discovered at Canadian retail stores, CTV News reports. Roughly two dozen fakes have been unwittingly sold to customers by major retailers in metropolitan areas of Vancouver by the likes of Best Buy,…
Anonymous targets specialforces.com, releases personal data
- Anonymous has had a busy Christmas week with news about its AntiSec arm breaching security think tank Stratfor's servers and reports about the group making donations to charity with stolen credit cards. Now it appears that Anonymous also targeted specialforces.com…
Razer reports R&D break-in, two prototype laptops stolen
- Razer has lost two prototype Blade gaming laptops after thieves stole several items from the company's San Francisco Bay Area R&D offices. The theft occurred over the weekend of November 4. The laptops in question, set to feature unique gaming oriented…
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