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					Wednesday, 14 May 2025 10:16				
							
			  			  
			  
			  
			  			  
			  Google increases Android's anti-theft walls
Factory Reset Protection gets some teeth
Google is giving Android’s Factory Reset Protection (FRP) a badly needed kick up the backside, promising to make stolen phones even more useless than before by spotting setup wizard dodges and forcing a second reset until ownership is nailed down.
								
				
					Friday, 20 January 2012 12:54				
							
			  			  
			  
			  
			  			  
			  Programmer faces 10 years in prison
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For stealing Federal Reserve Bank code			  
								
				
					Thursday, 02 June 2011 11:24				
							
			  			  
			  
			  
			  			  
			  Chinese hackers broke into Gmail again

Google moans
								
				
					Monday, 30 May 2011 12:30				
							
			  			  
			  
			  
			  			  
			  Honda hacked

Personal details stolen
								
				
					Tuesday, 11 January 2011 12:37				
							
			  			  
			  
			  
			  			  
			  Blighty coppers blame iPhone fad for street crime rise

Hoodlums just want to beat up Apple users
			  
								
				
					Friday, 24 December 2010 10:32				
							
			  			  
			  
			  
			  			  
			  Hacker finds and gets stolen computer back

Take the power back
								
				
					Friday, 03 December 2010 11:51				
							
			  			  
			  
			  
			  			  
			  Ransomware is back after two years

GpCode rereleased
								
				
					Monday, 18 October 2010 10:17				
							
			  			  
			  
			  
			  			  
			  Aussie criminals make a fortune out of facebook

Give him a poke cobber