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Roanoke house of worship has website hacked
WDBJ7 ReporterMembers of a Roanoke congregation are shocked and disappointed after someone hacked their website. A hacking group called Ayyildiz based out of Turkey in the Middle East is responsible for the hack. The group's message read "Death to Israel" and we're...Tags: Judaism, Israel, Religion and Belief
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UPDATE: New charges for Radford University professor
Now an update to a story we've been following since last week: He's the one who taught a seminar on drugs and police say they found bath salts, a mirror and a rolled up dollar bill. Tonight, he's in jail facing new charges. He had been out on bond...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Pornography, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking
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Roanoke neighborhood uses social media site to track crime, plan events
Anchor/ReporterCall it the neighborhood watch for the Internet age. Communities in Roanoke are using a new website to borrow tools and find babysitters but also keep each other safe. Neighbors are finding each other "next door." Teresa Kelly lives in a secluded cluster... -
Youth director at Bedford County church facing unlawful filming charges
A youth director at a Forest church is facing unlawful filming charges from the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. 28-year-old Auri Jones of Lynchburg was arrested Wednesday on one felony count of unlawful filming, and...
Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Erik Estrada, Movies, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Bedford County (Virginia)
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Bedford County and Lynchburg provide backdrop for movie about internet dangers
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefIn a dense forest near Goode in Bedford County, a 14-year-old girl is running away from her kidnapper. The dramatic scene is a crucial part of "Finding Faith," a movie about the danger of Internet predators. "People have got to be woken up to what's...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Erik Estrada, Movies, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Celebrities
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Are you setting yourself up to get hacked while banking online?
Anchor/ReporterIt is a numbers game and hackers are working day and night to crack codes and steal your personal information. That information includes draining your bank accounts. With two million Americans banking online, the next victim, if you're not vigilant...Tags: Security, Banking, Organized Crime, Tony Clark
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20 people busted in Virginia child predator sting
Twenty people across Virginia have been arrested in an undercover sting targeting online child predators. One of the arrests was in Bedford. The arrests were all part of an investigation called Operation Phalanx. They were announced Thursday by...
Tags: Warren County (Virginia), Human Interest, Stafford County, Crime, Law and Justice, Frederick County (Virginia)
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How to choose a password that protects you! (and how often should you change your password)
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterHackers got into more Citigroup accounts than initially thought. More than 360,000 accounts in all were breached. Hackers stole names, account numbers and email addresses. Of those, more than 5,000are Virginia customers. It once again brings up the...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Former APD Officer Faces Misconduct Charges after Affair
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage Police Department officials say a former officer is facing misconduct charges after improperly trying to have a DUI case dismissed against a 23-year-old woman with whom he was having an affair. APD spokesperson Dani Myren says police have...Tags: Justice System, New Year's Day, Politics, Trials, Criminals
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Some U.S. power companies say they face constant cyber attacks
ReutersBOSTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Several U.S. power utilities say they face constant cyber attacks on critical systems, according to a report by two Democratic lawmakers amid warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers are seeking to attack...Tags: Henry A Waxman, Edward J Markey
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Some U.S. utilities say they're under constant cyber attack
ReutersWASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyber attacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring...Tags: Politics, John Kerry, Barack Obama, White House, Corporate Officers
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Online scam alarms computer experts
The Raleigh (N.C.) News & ObserverIt takes a lot to surprise the group of go-to geeks I frequently contact for this column. Paul Rosenberg, for example, has experienced plenty of computer issues as the owner of the repair shop Love Your Computer in Chapel Hill, N.C. But when he...Tags: Engineering, Software Industry, Networking, Technology, Google Inc.
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