China, FBI bust pirate software gangs
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The FBI broke up two movie piracy rings Wednesday that authorities said specialized in sneaking digital camcorders into theaters and shooting hit films, then duplicating and distributing millions of bootlegs worldwide.
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The Defense Department reports China is building cyberwarfare units and developing viruses.
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China, where pirated DVDs of the latest Hollywood blockbusters can be bought for a dollar on street corners, is calling for a crackdown on pirated copies of "Shrek 2."
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25 arrested Pirated Microsoft software, estimated by the firm to be worth more than $2bn, has been seized by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Chinese police following a long-running joint operation which began in 2005.â¦
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Greek and British police have cracked a multimillion-dollar illegal software sales ring, arresting two people and seizing thousands of pirated high-tech software programs.
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AÂ flurry of raids and arrests in China over the last two weeks have ended what is estimated to be the world's largestÂ piracyÂ syndicate in operation for more than six years.
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Polish police have broken up a gang of more than 100 hackers who sold pirated music and films, using academic computer systems around the world.
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Greek and British police in a joint operation cracked a multi-million illegal software sales ring, arresting two people and seizing thousands of pirate high-tech software programs, Greek police said on Friday.
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FBI officials said they have netted close to $87 million worth of counterfeit software and components in California, Washington and Texas as a result of a sting operation called Operation Digital Marauder.
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The cases, involving credit card fraud, corporate espionage and other offenses, are part of what the Justice Department calls Operation Web Snare.
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Websites deemed illegal, as well as computer markets and internet cafes, are being targeted by Chinese authorities involved in a bigger crackdown on juvenile crime.
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US federal agents raided five locations in what authorities described as the first criminal enforcement action targeting copyright piracy of films, music and software on peer-to-peer networks.
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Cyber criminals are cashing in on their expertise by offering tool kits that let anyone craft attacks.
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Makers of computer software report that piracy rates, while still high, declined slightly in both China and Russia last year, but that global losses from the use of illegal computer software rose to &#36;34 billion.
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SHENZHEN, China  - More than $500 million worth of  pirated software, including counterfeit Microsoft and Symantec  products, has been seized in a long-running joint probe by  Chinese police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation,  officials from both countries said on Tuesday.
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CHINA BEIJING -- Chinese law enforcement agencies destroyed nearly 13 million pirated compact discs, DVDs, and computer software yesterday in the government's latest campaign to curtail rampant theft of intellectual property, state media reported. The destroyed items were confiscated in the first half of an ongoing 100-day nationwide campaign against piracy, the Xinhua News Agency said. Police seized the items ...