By TED BRIDIS,
AP Technology Writer

WASHINGTON - Technology companies should be required to ensure that law enforcement agencies can install wiretaps on Internet traffic and new generations of digital communications, the Justice Department (news - web sites) says.

FBI Makes Arrest in Net Movie Piracy Case
By Linda Massarella
The Associated Press
Friday, January 23, 2004

LOS ANGELES -- A man who allegedly used the Internet to distribute Oscar screener movies sent to him by a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been arrested in Illinois, authorities said.

Feds Shuts Down Web Site in Scam Probe
The Associated Press
Friday, January 23, 2004; 6:03 PM

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators are seeking the source of a phony e-mail purportedly from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that asks recipients to click on a Web site and provide personal bank account information.

Internet Crime Center Changes Name
By Associated Press
December 29, 2003


FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP)—To reflect the broad nature of complaints it's handling, the Internet Fraud Complaint Center is changing its name to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3.

Private sector key to cybercrime fight, feds say
The Secret Service moves to raise awareness levels about organized cybercrime
Story by Dan Verton

( COMPUTERWORLD ) - STANFORD, Calif., -- Federal law enforcement officials' battle against organized cybercrime is beginning to make some progress. But more cooperation is needed from the private-sector companies that are the targets of these criminal groups.

They catch cyber criminals
InfraGard system helps Air Products get quick FBI help with hacker.
By Sam Kennedy
Of The Morning Call

When Air Products and Chemicals realized that an outsider was hacking into its computer system, the Trexlertown company knew exactly what to do.

Motions Set in Technology Espionage Case
By Rachel Konrad,
AP Business Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)—Prosecutors say the case of two men arrested on their way to China with suitcases crammed with data from high tech companies is clear-cut trade theft. Defense attorneys say the data was routine reference material that any engineer might carry.

Child Porn Gets by Filters; Feds Follow
An employee sharing child pornography online eludes detection -- until investigators arrive.
Security Manager's Journal
by Mathias Thurman

OCTOBER 20, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - We've had some excitement around my department over the past few weeks involving law enforcement. If you work for an Internet service provider, you are probably familiar with what is called a Section 2703(f) court order.

FBI director warns against global threats to U.S. economy
MIKE RAMSEY
Associated Press

DETROIT - FBI Director Robert Mueller on Thursday said the U.S. economy is threatened by terrorism, corporate crime, Internet attacks and organized crime.

Accountant arrested under Sarbanes-Oxley
Ernst & Young........no less
By Edward Iwata, USA TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO — In one of the first cases of document destruction brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a former senior partner at Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young was arrested here Thursday on charges of destroying audit papers and obstructing federal investigations.