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Moroccan government sues authors of report accusing it of spying: state news agency

May 9, 2015 creative 40-page-report, action, action-follows, are-regularly, condemn-curbs, intelligence, lawsuit, map, morocco, publication, rights-groups, state, state-or-king

By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) – The Moroccan Interior Ministry has filed a lawsuit against a group behind a report that allegedly accuses the intelligence services of spying on rights activists and journalists, according to the state news agency MAP. International rights groups condemn curbs on freedom of speech and information in Morocco, where journalists and activists are regularly prosecuted under laws that criminalize defamation of the state or king. MAP did not identify the group in question, nor did it give details of the lawsuit, but the action follows the publication last week of a 40-page report on government surveillance in Morocco, compiled by the UK-based Privacy International.

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Former U.S. government employee attempted to steal nuclear weapons secrets: Justice Department

May 9, 2015 publisher action-follows, condemn-curbs, department, energy, federal, former-employee, from-the-nrc, investigation, lawsuit, morocco, rights-groups, state

The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former employee of the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for allegedly attempting an email attack on government employees to extract sensitive information on nuclear weapons.

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Two charged with conspiracy, fraud for Photobucket.com breach

May 9, 2015 publisher california, charged-two, colorado, condemn-curbs, denver-based, energy, former-employee, from-the-nrc, investigation, lawsuit, morocco, photobucket, rights-groups, the-computer

Federal prosecutors charged two men on Friday with conspiracy and fraud after they allegedly breached the computer systems of Denver-based Photobucket and sold passwords and access to private information on the giant photo-sharing website. Brandon Bourret, 39, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Athanasios Andrianakis, 26, of Sunnyvale, California, were arrested at their homes, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.

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AOL revenue beats estimates on strong ad sales

May 8, 2015 creative aol, california, charged-two, energy, from-dial-up, investigation, lawsuit, news-website, other-digital, place-video, rights-groups, such-as-adap

(Reuters) – AOL Inc reported quarterly revenue above analysts' expectations, boosted by demand for its real-time bidding platform that helps advertisers place video and display ads on other digital properties. Shares of the company, whose businesses include the Huffington Post news website and the TechCrunch blog, were up 4 percent in premarket trading on Friday. Advertising has become a major revenue stream for AOL as the company moves away from dial-up subscription service, helped by acquisition of automated advertising platforms such as Adap.tv