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According to this ARS article, another 32,000 US Citizen's dates of birth, SS numbers, drivers license numbers, and other ID info were all stolen from Seisant, a division of Reed Elsevier. Reed Elsevier says it is in the process of contacting those affected by the breach and will offer them assistance in detecting any possible identity theft resulting from their
Well the nightmare that all of us geeks feared the most, happened this morning. I walked into my office and found that it had been broken into. The computers were all taken and the printers, copier and some accessories were also stolen. I had backups of the important files, but a lot of small things are missing, settings, ftp accounts, and the most important thing of all, my privacy.
Is Google trying to piss me off? You know I have been pretty outspoken on the Google Autolink feature so as you can see this was a Google AdSense that presented itself to me tonight. Talk about adding insult to injury!
Normally a Federal case, but because the teen was only 17 when the case was opened, the State of Arizona was the first to convict a person of pulling copyrighted songs and films off P2P networks. He would have not been in as much trouble as he is now except for the fact that he sold the copyrighted material he downloaded. That’s a big no-no in the eyes of the government. Here is a little more about the arrest and conviction from The Register.
Telecommunications provider, Madison River Communications, was chastised by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week and required to unblock network ports that were closed to prevent connections from customers using Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone connections.
Parvin Dhaliwal (18), a student at the University of Arizona (UA), is the first person in country to be convicted of a crime under state law for downloading music and movies. Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to possession of counterfeit marks, or unauthorized copies of intellectual property, and was sentenced to a three-month deferred jail sentence, three years of probation, 200 hours of community service and a $5,400 fine. Dhaliwal must also take a copyright class at UA and stop using file-sharing applications. What makes this conviction notable is that copyright protection is normally a federal matter.
I am begining to regret my decision to purchase a Mac Mini. I will continue my boycott of buying music from iTunes. Apple call off the lawyers leave Bloggers alone!