http://www.databreaches.net/?p=962
MD: Man, 53, gets 11 years in identity theft scheme
Posted January 25th, 2009 by admin
Tricia Bishop reports:
A 53-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison Friday for his role in an identity theft and mail fraud scheme that affected more than 250 victims and lasted nearly 30 years, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office said. According to the plea agreement, Loquann Johnson and his co-conspirators targeted neighborhoods with outdoor mailboxes, reaching in to grab the mail under the pretense of distributing advertising fliers.
Read more in the Baltimore Sun Related - USDOJ Press Release
...but technology makes it easier.
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=970
UK: MoD admits 440 computer data devices have been lost or stolen
Posted January 26th, 2009 by admin
Ian Bruce reports:
The Ministry of Defence admitted yesterday that 217 of its laptops, 47 desk-top computers, 80 hard drives and 96 memory sticks were lost or stolen during 2008, despite a high-profile security crackdown launched last summer.
The latest figures mean more than 1640 of the department’s computers and other information devices have gone missing in the past five years.
Read more in The Herald
Personal info on the Judge was posted by a user then removed by Indymedia. May have been a warrant, maybe not. No information about users is logged. Why take the server?
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F26%2F078235&from=rss
Indymedia Server Seized By UK Police, Again
Posted by timothy on Monday January 26, @04:32AM from the keep-calm-and-carry-on dept. Censorship The Media
timbrown writes with word that
"On 22 January 2009, Kent Police seized an Indymedia server hosted by Manchester-based colocation facility UK Grid and run by the alternative news platform Indymedia UK. The server was taken in relation to comments on an article regarding the convictions in the recent Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) trial. Seven activists were sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison."
The complete story is worth reading; timbrown continues:
"I'm posting this as a concerned UK administrator who hosts a number of sites. The message appears to be clear: the UK establishment does not want political content, legitimate or otherwise, hosted from these shores. The message has been noted, however free speech must be supported even where it may not be agreeable."
Is this also the intersection of Law and Technology? (Lawyers and Geeks?)
http://ralphlosey.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/special-masters-and-the-future-of-e-discovery/
Special Masters and the Future of e-Discovery
A new article in the Cardozo Law Review lays the groundwork for greater use of special masters in e-discovery. This was not written by a student, nor a professor (professors still remain largely mute on e-discovery), but by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin and Jonathan M. Redgrave. The article is entitled Special Masters and e-Discovery: the Intersection of Two Recent Revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The authors and law review have allowed me to post a copy of it here.
“All tax information is secure” except for all tax filings?
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/020404.html
January 25, 2009
IRS OIG: The Internal Revenue Service Deployed the Modernized e-File System With Known Security Vulnerabilities
"The MeF system will provide a single method for filing all IRS tax returns, information returns, forms, and schedules via the Internet. The Modernized Tax Return Database (M-TRDB), a component of the Modernized e-File (MeF) system, is the authoritative store of accepted returns and extensions submitted through the MeF system. Security weaknesses in the controls over system access, monitoring of system access, and disaster recovery have continued to exist even though key phases of the MeF system and the M-TRDB have been deployed. As a result, the IRS is jeopardizing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an increasing volume of tax information for millions of taxpayers as application phases are put into operation."
A long version of the Comcast traffic blocking story. Some new detail.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-02/mf_brianroberts
The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image
By Daniel Roth 01.19.09
This I gotta see! Wouldn't it be fun to create a shadow site that allowed taxpayers to approve/disapprove each line of expenditure?
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F25%2F1424222&from=rss
Obama To Launch Website For Tracking Tax Expenditures
Posted by Soulskill on Sunday January 25, @10:01AM from the government-two-point-oh dept.
internationalflights tips news that Barack Obama, in his first weekly address as President, has mentioned plans to set up a website for tracking "how and where we spend taxpayer dollars." Details about the website, Recovery.gov, are available within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF). The website "shall provide data on relevant economic, financial, grant, and contract information in user-friendly visual presentations to enhance public awareness of the use funds made available in this Act," and will also "provide a means for the public to give feedback on the performance of contracts awarded for purposes of carrying out this Act." The site itself currently contains a placeholder until the passage of the Act.
Another of those “RIAA killing” business models?
http://www.killerstartups.com/Video-Music-Photo/noisetrade-com-promoting-music-artist-to-fan
NoiseTrade.com - Promoting Music Artist-To-Fan
“We believe that if artists and fans work together, everyone can get what they want.” That is the philosophy that inspired this project, a platform where artists and punters can support each other and connect efficiently.
The basic premise is that of letting music fans access tunes via a widget, and then giving them the option to either pay for downloading the song or telling five friends about it. Such a system
eliminates middle-men and helps both sides connect directly.
I must admit, I find the whole approach excellently well-focused. The mastermind behind it is Mr. Derek Webb, a singer/songwriter that co-founded the company with other music veterans and industry experts.
What I like best about this initiative is that it emphasizes the musician-audience bond that has always characterized the most significant music in history, and that is an aspect I feared could as well disappear altogether in the technological world we move in. I advice every music fan to check the site out to draw his own conclusions, but I think everybody will agree that it is one of the most efficient solutions for the online promotion of music which has been devised so far.
This one has some potential. At least it replaces PowerPoints...
http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/swyzzle-com-create-virtual-shows
Swyzzle.com - Create Virtual Shows
This whole Web 2.0 thing has really put creativity in the spotlight. With sites like YouTube, SlideShare, Hulu, etc., users are always being encouraged to be more and more creative. Swyzzle.com comes in to fill a nice niche that’s left untouched by all those sites.
With a name that looks like it was thought up by Snoop Dogg himself, the site allows users to create embeddable “shows”, using their own words, pictures, audio files, and videos. This might sound overly-complicated, but the end product is fairly impressive. It doesn’t take too long, and once you get the hang of it, you’ll be creating great presentations which can add value to anything you might want to present. These “shows” could be great for presenting a science fair project or selling your startup to an investor.
On the whole, if you’re trying to breathe new life into any type of presentation, Swyzzle.com is the way to go.
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