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Hacker posts Symantec's pcAnywhere code
A hacker posted the source code for Symantec's pcAnywhere product Tuesday, following a failed attempt to extort $50,000 from the security company, Reuters reported. The previous day, Symantec
LexisNexis warns of breaches
Information broker LexisNexis is warning more than 13,000 consumers that a Florida man facing charges in a racketeering conspiracy may have accessed sensitive consumer databases that were used to
Teen accused of sex extortion plot via Facebook
By posing as a female on Facebook, an 18-year-old male student was able to trick at least 31 male classmates into sending their nude pictures to him. Armed with these images, Anthony Stancl of New
Cyber crooks use data for extortion
There's a new twist to the increasingly-common tale of data theft. Express Scripts, one of the nation's largest processors of mail-order pharmacy prescriptions, recently had its databases hacked and
