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Nintendo Thanks Feds for Sending Hacker to Prison for 3 Years
Recently indicted Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has been handed a 40-month prison sentence by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington for creating and selling “console-hacking software and devices used to play pirated Nintendo Switch games.” This is according to a victory lap-style press release published by Nintendo this afternoon that dedicates…
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Former Boeing Manager Indicted for Lying to FAA About 737 Max Plane Before Crashes
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas has indicted Boeing’s former chief technical pilot for allegedly lying to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG) about Boeing’s 737 Max aeroplane, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice. All 737 Max planes around the world were grounded in…
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U.S. Department of Justice Pinkie Swears Not to Torture Julian Assange If He’s Extradited to U.S.
The U.S. Department of Justice has promised a court in the UK not to place Julian Assange in a super-maximum security prison or solitary confinement if he’s extradited to the U.S., according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Solitary confinement is defined as torture by most wealthy countries around the world, though…
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U.S. Justice Department Says It will No Longer Quietly Seize Reporters’ Records in Leak Investigations
The U.S. Department of Justice will no longer secretly obtain the records of journalists during leak investigations, the White House said in a statement Saturday.