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9th Circuit Clarifies Meaning of Direct Causation in Ruling on Claim for Phishing Scam

A decision by a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday will make it more difficult for insurers to deny claims by victims of phishing scams, which one industry group says have more than doubled in frequency …

Online Fraud in 2012 Resulted in $525M in Losses

Online fraud is big business for criminals. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), jointly run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center, reported receiving over 289,000 complaints in 2012, which resulted in more than …

University of Texas Researchers Use ‘Spoofing’ to Divert $80M Yacht

University of Texas researchers have found a way to divert an $80 million yacht from its course using a custom-made GPS device in an experiment highlighting the potential threat to maritime travel, school officials announced Monday. The experiment, conducted in …