Theft articles

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  iOS in-app purchasing fix can't be bypassed, hacker admits 'the game is over'

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 23, 2012 07:33 am + 78 comments

  Apple's workaround for the iOS in-app purchasing exploit has made it impossible to be re-hacked, Continue reading…

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  iOS in-app purchase hack extended to Mac App Store desktop apps

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 21, 2012 10:40 am + 93 comments

  Just as Apple had suggested a workaround for the iOS hack that allowed users to fraudulently obtain Continue reading…

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  LG Display employees charged with stealing OLED tech from Samsung

  By Sam Byford on July 17, 2012 04:09 am + 21 comments

  The eleven people arrested on suspicion of illicitly selling OLED technology from Samsung have now Continue reading…

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  AT&T to launch new blocking service for stolen devices on July 10th

  By Louis Goddard on July 6, 2012 08:02 am + 31 comments

  AT&T will launch a new service for reporting and blocking stolen devices on Tuesday, according to a Continue reading…

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  Hacker sentenced to 3 years in prison for selling cable modem hacking tools

  By Evan Rodgers on June 28, 2012 07:10 pm + 32 comments

  29-year-old Oregon resident Ryan Harris has been sentenced to three years in prison for enabling Continue reading…

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  iPhone thief's Disney cruise adventure goes on public display in owner's Facebook album

  By T.C. Sottek on May 23, 2012 09:18 am + 177 comments

  Former iPhone owner Katy McCaffrey now has a public Facebook photo album that she shares with an Continue reading…

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  Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint team with FCC to track stolen cellphones in the US

  By Sean Hollister on April 9, 2012 10:56 pm + 17 comments

  Calling cell phone theft a "growing epidemic," the Federal Communications Commission announced today Continue reading…

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  Twitter-powered search helps save carjacking victim

  By Jamie Keene on April 9, 2012 06:56 am + 29 comments

  A Johannesburg man was saved from a carjacking thanks to his assailants forgetting to take his Continue reading…

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  Former Intel employee pleads guilty to stealing company's secrets even after joining rival AMD

  By Bryan Bishop on April 6, 2012 10:49 pm + 32 comments

  Today an ex-Intel engineer plead guilty and was convicted of five counts of wire fraud, admitting Continue reading…

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  Readability tweaks sharing feature in response to copyright theft accusations

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 30, 2012 11:46 am + 13 comments

  Readability's changing how its sharing features work today, in response to criticism that the Continue reading…