Kevin Poulsen

Wired

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Investigative editor at Wired and author of Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

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Slot machines used to live on the margins of the gambling industry. One arm bandits sitting in the corners of casinos being played by old ladies. Not anymore.

How Hackers Exploited Video Poker Slots

Slot machines used to live on the margins of the gambling industry. One arm bandits sitting in the corners of casinos being played by old ladies. Not anymore.

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Last Friday, the Associated Press learned that the Justice Department had obtained records for more than 20 separate telephone lines" for reporters' office phones, home phones and…

National Security, Government 'Spin' and the First Amendment

Last Friday, the Associated Press learned that the Justice Department had obtained records for more than 20 separate telephone lines" for reporters' office phones, home phones and…

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