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• Man sentenced to 13 years in Operation 'Phish Phry'

  A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for managing a phishing operation in conjunction with Egyptian hackers that looted consumer bank accounts.

• Tech firm's co-owner sentenced for E-Rate fraud

  The former co-owner of Illinois networking vendor Global Networking Technologies was sentenced Tuesday to serve one year and one day in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to defraud a U.S. government program delivering Internet service to schools and libraries in poor areas.

• Man charged with $1 million extortion hack at oDesk

  An Indian man has been charged with breaking into a company's Internet domain name registration account as part of a US$1 million extortion attempt.

• AT&T says its needs T-Mobile spectrum

  AT&T will be able to significantly improve its mobile network capacity and give better service to its customers because of its proposed acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA, company officials said Thursday.

• Ohio man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit software

  An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to selling more than US$1 million worth of counterfeit financial and tax preparation software on eBay, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

• Four indicted in $1.5M ATM skimming operation

  Three Romanian men and one Austrian man were indicted on Monday by U.S. federal prosecutors for allegedly stealing more than US$1.5 million by cloning payment cards with stolen account information.

• Senator blocks controversial copyright bill

  A U.S. senator has blocked a controversial bill that would enlist ISPs, search engines and other businesses in blocking access to alleged websites infringing copyright.

• Lawmakers question AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile

  AT&T's proposed acquisition of rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA would give customers fewer choices and drive up prices, some U.S. lawmakers said Thursday.

• Lawmakers question Obama cybersecurity proposal

  A proposal for new cybersecurity legislation by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration could give the government unprecedented access to private data, critics said Wednesday.

• Groups ask US agencies to reject AT&T, T-Mobile deal

  Two U.S. agencies reviewing AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA should reject it because it's anticompetitive and will hurt consumers and the U.S. tech industry, three antitrust experts said Tuesday.

• Internet trade group wants changes in copyright bill

  New U.S. legislation intended to shut down foreign websites that infringe copyrights would cause major headaches because it would allow copyright holders to target legitimate Web services with "thousands" of court orders, an e-commerce trade group said.

• Senator introduces electronic surveillance reform bill

  A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would update a 25-year-old law that sets the rules for law enforcement surveillance of e-mail and other electronic communications, with more legal protections for the privacy of data stored in the cloud.

• NBN Co chief issues statement on US bribery case against Alcatel-Lucent

  NBN Co chief, Mike Quigley, has been forced to issue a statement regarding the bribery case by US authorities against Alcatel-Lucent, following reports of discrepancies between his public statements about his former employer and US court documents.

• Smartphones attract organized, international, profit-driven scammers

  The mobile computing technology explosion has brought out seriously organized, international and profit-driven cybercriminals.

• Student charged with posting counterfeit coupons to 4chan

  A computer security student at New York's Rochester Institute of Technology has been arrested on charges that he posted counterfeit Internet coupons to the 4chan and Zoklet websites.