Posts Tagged ‘cyber’

Court orders shorter sentence for ex-Qwest chief

A federal appeals court in Denver on Friday ordered a reduced prison term for Joseph Nacchio, the former Qwest Communications chief who had been sentenced to six years for insider trading.
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court had overstated Nacchio’s stock market gains and he was therefore entitled to [...]

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U.S. weighs risks of civilian harm in cyberwarfare

It would have been the most far-reaching case of computer sabotage in history. In 2003, the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies made plans for a cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in the bank accounts of Saddam Hussein and cripple his government’s financial system before the United States invaded Iraq. He would have [...]

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