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Texas hit man Rolando Ruiz executed
Texas hit man Rolando Ruiz, on death row for a life insurance murder plot, has been executed after being denied a reprieve by the U.S. Supreme Court. The state executed Ruiz at 11:06 p.m on […]
Year: 2017
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Wikileaks ‘reveals CIA hacking tools’
Wikileaks has published details of what it says are wide-ranging hacking tools used by the CIA. The alleged cyber-weapons are said to include malware that targets Windows, Android, iOS, OSX and Linux computers as well […]
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Attorney at Copyright troll Prenda Law Pleads Guilty to Operating a Piracy ‘Honeypot’
For years Prenda Law extracted millions of dollars in cash settlements from alleged BitTorrent pirates, leaving misery in its wake. Now, John Steele, one of its lead attorneys, has signed a guilty plea admitting the […]
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Man charged over alleged online threats against Brexit legal challenger Gina Miller
A man has been charged over alleged online threats against Gina Miller, the woman behind the Brexit legal challenge. Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, 50, from Knightsbridge, central London, was arrested after police received a complaint last […]
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TalkTalk customers targeted by fraud network in India to install virus
TalkTalk customers are being targeted by an industrial-scale fraud network in India, according to whistleblowers who say they were among hundreds of staff hired to scam customers of the British telecoms giant. The scale of […]
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Streaming Pirate Content Isn’t Illegal
Every day millions of people use PCs, tablets, phones and Kodi-style devices to stream pirated content, but is it illegal? According to Trading Standards, local UK authorities tasked with investigating commercial organizations, if users only […]
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Government defends 10-year sentence plan for copyright infringers
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has hit back at a campaign against new government measures to increase the sentence for online copyright infringement to 10 years. The government’s Digital Economy Bill aims to standardise the […]
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Greater consideration of young BAME offenders ahead of sentencing
Judges will be required to give greater consideration to the welfare of black and minority ethnic (BAME) children being sentenced as part of new guidance that echoes the lord chancellor’s desire to cut reoffending rates. […]
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‘Robot lawyer’ that overturned 160,000 parking tickets now helping refugees
A chat bot that helped overturn 160,000 parking tickets is now giving free legal aid to asylum-seeking refugees through Facebook. DoNotPay, which has been dubbed the world’s first robot lawyer, was created by London-born Stanford […]
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UK backpacker ‘raped repeatedly’ over two months in Australia
A British backpacker was allegedly raped, assaulted and choked during a two-month hostage ordeal in Australia. The woman, 22, was subjected to attacks in locations across the vast state of Queensland, police say. The ordeal […]