cyber crime

Leafy blocks in Baltimore city, county had fewer break-ins, shootings

A top House Democrat says the cybersecurity bill protects innovation and privacy.

A military judge refused on Wednesday to dismiss the charges against an Army private accused in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history.

Counterfeiting: Whether it's pirated software or knock-off handbags, fraudulent economic activity harms all of us

Baltimore police have arrested a second suspect in the videotaped beating of a man outside the city's downtown courthouse and are looking for two other people in the attack watched by tens of thousands on YouTube.

Cyber-bullying creates a vexing situation for parents and schools to police, because the harassment and intimidation is pervasive and inescapable in a culture that is becoming more reliant on the Internet.

Parsons' bail reduced in Baltimore videotaped robbery case

Baltimore's top cop warned Tuesday against "race-baiting" amid rising tensions across the nation, citing the Trayvon Martin case and cautioning that a video generating outrage on the Internet of a tourist being beaten and stripped in downtown Baltimore does not appear to depict a hate crime.

A video of a man being beaten and stripped in downtown Baltimore last month went from a tantalizing shock clip to potentially instrumental in solving the case.

Bodog founder, operators federally indicted in Maryland

Victims of minor crime in Baltimore County can now file a report online, said police, who are planning to demonstrate the system Monday morning at a police precinct in Dundalk.

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A Hungarian man who attempted to blackmail a U.S. hotel chain into giving him a job was sentenced to 30 months in prison, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Councilman to police: Post crime statistic data

Council of Better Business Bureaus CEO argues that intellectual property theft on the web can put consumers at risk from faulty products.

Bradley Manning's attorneys suggest the accused WikiLeaker was a skilled computer technician who struggled with mental health, emotional and behavioral problems.

Legislation would allow the National Security Agency to pass classified information to private businesses vetted by the government to defend against disruptions, destruction or the theft of trade secrets, business plans and private information about clients, customers and employees.

A Hungarian man's attempt to blackmail a U.S. hotel chain into giving him a job landed him in U.S. custody, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Harford Tech students participate in state cyber challenge

'Cyber Challenge' encourages teen hackers to seek security jobs

With an increasingly networked military fending off attacks on its computer systems on a daily basis, the Naval Academy is rapidly expanding its cybersecurity offerings — part of a larger effort to bolster the service's digital defenses.

Online privacy: UM expert says remedies must focusing on empowering consumers, punishing breaches

A teenager who pleaded guilty in the beating of a transgender woman at a Rosedale McDonald's has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Smartphones and security apps are starting to hit college campuses. The University of Maryland developed its own app that broadcasts live video and audio, plus a user's location, if they become a crime victim.

Conventional wisdom says US journalism has higher standards than that of the Brits. But what about sites like TMZ and the major networks paying for interviews through the dodge of licensing fees? Will we pull back in wake of News of the World scandal?

The media baron gets caught doing the sort of privacy-invading behaviors that post-9/11 governments have so foolishly embraced

Will CNN host's baggage from Brit tabloid career come back to haunt him?

A former Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc. employee, who hacked into the chief executive's computerized presentation and replaced it with pornography, was sentenced Tuesday in Baltimore City's first computer hacking case, according to the city's state's attorney's office.

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