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Congress still afraid to define ‘internet gambling’: “

Whatever it is. It’s illegal

The intellectual haze that envelopes American internet gambling policy thickened the past week, as lawmakers failed to define what exactly constitutes ‘unlawful’ internet gambling. As absurd as it sounds, two years after the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), Congress still can’t make up its collective mind as to what behavior the law is intended to cover.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Hackers Hijack Critical Internet Organizations: “Turkish hackers on Thursday defaced the official sites of the international organizations that oversee the Internet’s critical routing infrastructure and regulate domain names.

(Via NYT > Technology.)

Ankle-biting hackers storm net’s overlords, hijack their domains: “

IANA and ICANN succumb to NetDevilz

The websites of two of the net’s most critical oversight organizations were hijacked by Turkish hackers who sent visitors to rogue pages that challenged the overseers’ authority.…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

OECD - Cybercrime risk to the internet economy: “(vnuent.com)
Government ministers from across the world have issued a call for greater vigilance against cybercrime at a meeting on the future of the internet economy. The Seoul Declaration came at the end of a two day ministerial conference on the future of the web in the South Korean capital hosted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). OECD member countries, the European Community and ministers from Chile, Egypt, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Senegal and Slovenia affirmed the declaration. Participants agreed on the need for governments to work closely with business, civil society and technical experts on policies that promote competition, empower and protect consumers, and expand internet access and use worldwide. See also Chair’s Summary, Shaping policies for the future of the Internet economy and Annexes.”

(Via QuickLinks Update.)

Jail sentence for botnet creator: “A malicious hacker who hijacked hundreds of PCs will serve almost four years in jail for his crimes.”

(Via BBC News.)

OECD ministerial meeting in Seoul, South Korea
Council of Europe calls upon governments to sign up to its Cybercrime Convention

Strasbourg, 12.06.2008 - Europe’s primary human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, will participate in the OECD ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy in Seoul, South Korea, from 17-18 June. At the meeting, Deputy Secretary General Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, will encourage governments to accede to the Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime - the only internationally binding instrument against cybercrime.

“Any successful campaign against cybercrime will have to be as global as cybercrime itself. The Council of Europe Convention provides the platform for such global co-operation, and this is why other countries should join as soon as possible. From the outset, the Convention was conceived as a global instrument. It is not only a European treaty, it is a treaty drafted in Europe to serve the world,” said Mrs de Boer-Buquicchio, who will address the round table on “Building Confidence” on 18 June.

The Deputy Secretary General will also have bilateral meetings with the South Korean Vice-Minister of Justice, Sung-woo Moon, and the Deputy Secretary General of the OECD, Pier Carlo Padoan.

Notes
* The Convention on Cybercrime has been signed by a total of 44 countries and is a source of inspiration for many others looking to amend their legislation, such as Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria and the Philippines.

* On 3 April, the Council of Europe adopted guidelines to help law enforcement bodies and Internet service providers improve cooperation on the investigation of cybercrime and fight web-based crimes such as child pornography, identity theft and other forms of fraud, as well as denial of service attacks (see www.coe.int/cybercrime).

* The recently-adopted Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse also offers states a valuable new tool for preventing and combating every kind of violation of children’s fundamental rights, including grooming (the manipulation of children by adults online for sexual purposes).

* The Council of Europe will contribute to the next meeting of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum to be held in Hyderabad (India) in December 2008.

Further information on the Council of Europe’s activities is available at www.coe.int

For more information on the OECD meeting, visit www.oecd.org/FutureInternet or www.OECDMinisterialSeoul2008.org.

MySpace suicide case based on breach of terms and conditions: “A US woman has been found guilty of perpetrating an online hoax because she violated MySpace’s terms and conditions, potentially setting a precedent that a violation of contract terms could lead to criminal convictions.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

SOCA defends e-crime record as minister admits gap: “

NHTCU ‘nostalgia’ misplaced, says UK’s FBI

Analysis The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has defended its record in tackling cybercrime, arguing that it has more resources at its disposal in fighting e-crime than the more specialist police agency it replaced.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Transcript: FBI director on surveillance of ‘illegal’ Internet activity:

When the FBI suggested that it should be able to perform wide-scale Internet monitoring to detect ‘illegal activity’ on Wednesday, the bureau raised more questions than it answered.

To help clear things up, we’re providing the transcript of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s exchange at a House of Representatives …

(Via The Iconoclast.)

Home Office backs e-crime overhaul: “Home Office ministers are poised to give the green light for the establishment of a central e-crime reporting and investigation agency in the UK.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)