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Thief breaks into wireless store, steals several iPhones, leaves his own Samsung Galaxy behind

Friday, July 12, 2013 4:00 pmFriday, July 12, 201322 Comments

The police allege that Travis Montgomery Snyder, 25, took to a glass case…

How an Apple iPad and a generous stranger changed a boy’s life

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:02 pmWednesday, July 3, 201310 Comments

The boy had his custom-app–packed Apple iPad stolen…

U.S. officials call on Apple, other mobile device makers to help stop smartphone theft

Thursday, June 6, 2013 8:31 amThursday, June 6, 201338 Comments

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman…

Teen dies, run over trying to hold onto iPad during theft

Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:07 pm57 Comments

It’s a natural instinct to resist if someone tries to steal something out of your hand…

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung pressed to combat smartphone theft

Monday, May 13, 2013 8:58 pmMonday, May 13, 201337 Comments

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pushing makers of handsets…

Apple can and will bypass your password if necessary

Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:41 pm117 Comments

According to recent reports, Apple can hack into your iPhone…

Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones

Friday, May 10, 2013 1:29 pmFriday, May 10, 201335 Comments

Apple receives so many police demands to decrypt seized iPhones that it has created…

Theft of Apple iPhone sets off a cinematic high-speed chase

Sunday, May 5, 2013 1:22 pm18 Comments

The woman was talking on her iPhone, and never saw coming her induction…

Apple prevails over Samsung on post-trial procedures; limited retrial in November

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:02 pmTuesday, April 30, 20136 Comments

There will be two Apple v. Samsung trials in the Northern District of Calfornia over the next 12 months

Judge sets new trial dates in Apple v. Samsung patent battle

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:39 amTuesday, April 30, 20133 Comments

A federal judge has set new trial dates in November to decide whether…

Samsung delays plastic ‘Galaxy S4’ phone claiming inventory challenges

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 4:29 pm24 Comments

Due to inventory challenges at the Korean electronics manufacturer…

Tax evasion, bribery and price-fixing: How Samsung became the giant that ate South Korea

Monday, April 22, 2013 9:45 amMonday, April 22, 20138 Comments

It was seen by many as a showdown between politics and power…

Samsung office searched by police over alleged technology theft

Friday, April 12, 2013 8:51 amFriday, April 12, 201330 Comments

South Korean police searched the offices of Samsung Electronics…

Mac Flashback trojan hacker may have been identified, researcher says FBI will likely investigate

Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:02 pmThursday, April 4, 20137 Comments

The Flashback trojan is one of the most successful attacks on Mac computers…

New emails reveal U.S. Feds not ‘forthright’ about false ‘stingray’ cell towers used to track location of mobile phones

Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:02 pmThursday, March 28, 201314 Comments

According to new Justice Department e-mails obtained by the ACLU…

Apple picking: How Apple’s iPhone and iPad became objects worth killing over

Monday, March 25, 2013 1:28 pmMonday, March 25, 201364 Comments

A modern-day crime wave sweeping the U.S…

U.S. computer hacker gets 3-1/2 years for stealing iPad user data

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:32 amTuesday, March 19, 201315 Comments

A computer hacker was sentenced on Monday to three years…

Thieves armed with bear spray rob Apple Store Oakridge Centre in Vancouver

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 3:30 pmTuesday, March 5, 201332 Comments

Bear spray wielding thieves stormed into a Vancouver Apple Store…

iTheft busters: NYPD forms dedicated team to catch iPhone and iPad thieves

Friday, February 22, 2013 10:01 amFriday, February 22, 201322 Comments

The theft of Apple devices is so rampant in New York that a team of cops…

Kariem McFarlin gets 7 years for burglarizing Steve Jobs’ home, other Bay Area residences

Saturday, January 19, 2013 1:02 pmSaturday, January 19, 201335 Comments

Kariem McFarlin was sentenced this week to seven years in state prison for burglarizing the late Steve Jobs’ Palo Alto home…

Malicious virus shuttered U.S. power plant, says Department of Homeland Security

Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:25 am32 Comments

A computer virus attacked a turbine control system at a U.S. power company…

Burglary at Microsoft research campus, only iPads taken; No Microsoft products reported stolen

Saturday, January 5, 2013 1:10 pm49 Comments

A report popped up yesterday that Microsoft communicated to police…

Apple Store Opera in Paris robbed of $1.3 million worth of products on New Year’s Eve

Tuesday, January 1, 2013 8:52 pm40 Comments

Armed robbers on New Year’s Eve got away with what some $1.3 million of products…

New York City crime is up and Mayor Bloomberg blames Apple iPhone thieves

Friday, December 28, 2012 4:17 pmFriday, December 28, 201248 Comments

Major crime in New York City inched up this year, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg …

FedEx delivers iPad mini, UPS guy steals it off front porch (with video)

Friday, December 21, 2012 1:01 pm75 Comments

A surveillance video caught a UPS driver stealing a package…

Woman photographs herself unlocking stolen iPhone

Monday, December 10, 2012 5:34 pm25 Comments

The iPhone was stolen from the Coalition nightclub in Brighton, East Sussex…

China sentences leader of ‘iPad for Kidney’ gang to five-year prison term

Friday, November 30, 2012 9:06 amFriday, November 30, 20125 Comments

A Chinese court sentenced the leader of a gang that paid a 17-year-old boy…

California family looks to community to help recover stolen iPad that gave little girl a voice

Saturday, November 17, 2012 11:38 amSaturday, November 17, 201216 Comments

The thief who broke into the dark blue Mazda Protege parked outside Grocery Outlet…

3,600 new Apple iPad minis worth $1.5 million stolen from JFK Airport

Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:32 amThursday, November 15, 201219 Comments

A pair of brazen crooks punched another hole in the lax JFK security…

Outlandish antivirus tech titan McAfee wanted for murder in Belize

Monday, November 12, 2012 7:14 pmMonday, November 12, 201215 Comments

One of the men credited with inventing antivirus software…

Did your Apple Lightning to 30-pin Adapter box arrive empty, too?

Friday, October 12, 2012 3:24 pmFriday, October 12, 201233 Comments

Multiple MacDailyNews readers are telling us that they have begun to receive…

Apple product thefts in New York City outpace rise in overall crime

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:32 pmTuesday, September 25, 20128 Comments

Thefts of Apple Inc. products in New York City increased more since last year…

BMW X5 drives into Apple Store in brazen burglary (with surveillance video)

Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:56 pmThursday, September 13, 201235 Comments

A Los Angeles man accused of crashing his SUV through an Apple storefront…

Samsung’s market-flooding strategy may not work much longer

Thursday, September 6, 2012 8:00 pm29 Comments

Barely has a week passed since the historic ruling that went against Samsung…

‘Kenny the Clown’ had iPad stolen from Steve Jobs’ home

Friday, August 17, 2012 11:00 amFriday, August 17, 201224 Comments

What would you do if you had Steve Jobs’ iPad?

Burglar who swiped Steve Jobs’ wallet, Macs, iOS devices quickly traced after powering up iPad

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:21 pmWednesday, August 15, 201259 Comments

Kariem McFarlin, a 35-year-old Alemeda, Calif., confessed that his crime…

Steve Jobs’ Palo Alto home burglarized; More than $60,000 worth of ‘computers and personal items’ stolen

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:41 am70 Comments

Not even the home of Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs has escaped…

‘Kidney for iPad’ trial begins in China

Friday, August 10, 2012 9:12 am5 Comments

Five people have gone on trial in China for illegal organ trading and intentional injury…

Apple Retail Store employee rescues woman from alleged kidnapper

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 2:32 pmTuesday, August 7, 201210 Comments

A woman in Louisville, Ky., claims that last Saturday she arranged a date with a man…

How the Internet found David Pogue’s missing iPhone

Friday, August 3, 2012 1:12 pm13 Comments

If you’re going to steal an iPhone, make sure…

Russian hacker strikes again with new ‘In-App Purchase’ exploit; ‘free’ Mac apps on OS X

Sunday, July 22, 2012 6:41 pm31 Comments

Alexei Borodin, the same hacker who came up with the recent in-app purchase exploit…

Apple now including unique identifiers to combat In-App Purchase hack

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:32 pmWednesday, July 18, 20125 Comments

Following last week’s launch of a hack that allowed users to obtain…

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