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Dutch Court Throws Out Data Retention Law After Pressure from ISPs, Privacy Rights Groups

Internet service providers in the Netherlands will no longer have to retain customer metadata. The District Court of the Hague axed the law earlier this week that required telecommunications providers and ISPs to store customer metadata for a year to aid in law enforcement investigations. Continue reading

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Canadian Man Indicted For Role in Stealing Over a Billion Email Addresses

Email service providers (ESPs) may feel vindicated after David-Manuel Santos Da Silva of Canada was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for his involvement with a cybercrime ring. Hackers breached at least eight email service providers in the US between February 2009 and June 2012, stealing proprietary marketing… Continue reading

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Silk Road Founder Convicted of Running Illegal Online Marketplace

Ross Ulbricht has been convicted of all seven criminal charges for his role in deep web marketplace Silk Road. The conviction holds him responsible as site operator Dread Pirate Roberts, and prosecutors said Ulbricht had collected over $18 million worth of bitcoins in fees, mostly from drug sales, CBC reports Continue reading

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British Police Arrest Man Connected to Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox DDoS Attacks

British police have arrested a man in connection to the 2014 cyberattacks on Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox gaming platforms. Continue reading

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Microsoft Files Appeal Against US Request for Email Stored in Ireland

Microsoft has accused the US government in court of using a double standard in its treatment of data storage, as it fired another volley in its dispute over the applicability of a warrant to seize emails stored in Ireland. Continue reading

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