Philip Willan
Italian police shutter Dark Web marketplace
Italian police have shut down a Dark Web marketplace offering illegal goods ranging from child pornography to forged luncheon vouchers, and seized 11,000 bitcoin wallets worth about 1 million euros, authorities said Friday.
Former Hacking Team developer reportedly in contact with a terrorist group
Disgruntled employees deny planning to sell an antidote to the company's surveillance software
Hacking Team CEO insists tools were not compromised
The CEO told reporters in Rome there are 'no problems for security' if customers follow instructions
Police arrest Anonymous suspects in Italy
The four suspected hackers are accused of taking control of the Italian branch of Anonymous
Vatican confirms second hacker attack, Anonymous claims responsibility
The hacker group justifies the attack by pointing to health risks of transmitters
Italian Police Raid Italian Branch of Anonymous
Italian police have reported 15 suspected members of the Italian branch of the Anonymous hacker group to the judiciary for investigation on charges of illegally accessing IT systems, damaging IT systems and interrupting a public...
Vatican publication rehabilitates hackers
Internet hackers have acquired a dubious reputation for piracy, sabotage and the spilling of sensitive secrets, but an authoritative Vatican publication appears to rehabilitate them and traces parallels between hacker philosophy and...
Italian Internet Gurus Claim Credit for Mideast Revolutions
The Internet has played a crucial role in the popular revolts that have inflamed the Middle East and Italian communications experts claim they contributed significantly when they launched an appeal for an Internet Bill of Rights at...
Pope Promotes Christian Netiquette
Pope Benedict XVI Monday gave his blessing to social networking, urging Catholic Internet users to adopt a respectful Christian netiquette when spreading the Gospel online.
US Citizen a Key Player in Alleged Italian Telecom Fraud
An apparently well-connected Soviet-born U.S. citizen has emerged as a key player in a massive Italian telecom fraud, according to court documents and published reports.