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Cops arrest two in Brisbane for piracy
TWO Brisbane men have been arrested over an illegal movie download site that distributed millions of films to punters all around the world.
New laws to target ID fraud
STEALING someone's identity will become a criminal offence across the country.
Local net crime rises
Karen Dearne AUSTRALIA hosts the world's sixth-largest underground economy, based on the number of servers identified as hosting stolen information and fraud tools, according to startling research by security software maker Symantec.
Spam dives after plug pulled on culprit
THE number of junk e-mails being sent around the world has fallen by nearly two thirds after the plug was pulled on a US computer company thought to be linked to some of the biggest junk-mail gangs.
Navy rejects tie to Qantas scare
PLANES would fall out of the sky regularly if the signals from Western Australia's Harold E. Holt Naval Communications Base posed any threat to them, the base's manager said yesterday.
Russian link in $4500 online theft
Karen Dearne FORENSIC investigators have traced evidence of a theft of $4500 from a Sydney woman's online bank account to a Russian server holding many more sensitive details captured by a Trojan horse hidden on her computer.