Feds told they need warrants for webmail
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Fourth Protocol A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling against warrantless seizures of email. Law enforcement agents need to obtain a warrant before looking at a user's email even if it is stored online, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday.â¦
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Federal agents armed with search warrants conducted raids in three states Wednesday as part of a nationwide crackdown on the theft of copyrighted materials through the Internet, the Justice Department announced.
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Key US officials call for a full probe into sexually suggestive e-mails former Congressman Mark Foley sent to aides.
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Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would require sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses with authorities.  Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen.
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The e-mail appeared to be a routine correspondence between two friends. "Check this out!" it read, then listed a Web address.
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If anything's been lacking in US government agencies' ongoing fight against malicious Internet use, it's a good, old-fashioned public awareness campaign. Yesterday, in an effort to turn up the volume and give local TV news writers a more tangible vocabulary for malicious users, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced interim results of its ongoing efforts to track down and arrest suspected "bot-herders."
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Federal agency now turns to Internet service providers for information on people under investigation.
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The global nature of the Internet is posing new challenges to law enforcement agencies like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. In response, the FBI is reaching out to new partners, both in the private sector and in the international community, to help fight online identity thieves, computer hijackers, and other digital desperadoes known as &quot;botherders.&quot; The ongoing effort has been dubbed &quot;Operation Bot Roast.&quot;
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To curb spam, users will be charged for accessing their e-mail via Outlook.
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The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to require an alleged Web page hijacking operation to obey previous orders barring unfair and deceptive practices.
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When contact info for Republican delegates got posted on the web, the Department of Justice subpoenaed an ISP, but now seems to be backing off. Ann Harrison reports from New York.
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Moving against Internet crime, the Justice Department on Wednesday disrupted a network allegedly used to illegally share copyrighted files and was engaged in a series of arrests against purveyors of e-mail "spam." -AP
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Duo arrested for 1.6b e-mails   Two computer programmers have been arrested on suspicion of sending out 1.6 billion spam e-mail messages, violating commerce laws, police said yesterday.
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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 17--A growing number of e-mail messages look more like top-secret dossiers.
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By Kyung M. Song and Jennifer Sullivan, Seattle Times  May 31--With the arrest Wednesday of a Seattle man accused of sending out tens of millions of spam e-mails, federal prosecutors say that computer users across the globe should see a significant drop in spam messages.
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If you&#39;ve received unwanted e-mail lately, chances are it came from within the United States, according to a report produced by the software company Sophos.
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Feds say switching browsers is one way to deal with security threats.