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May 11, 2013, 5:10 AM

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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Cyberthieves Looted A.T.M.'s of $45 Million in Just Hours  —  It was a huge bank heist - but a 21st-century version in which the robbers never wore ski masks, threatened a teller or set foot in a vault.  —  Yet, in two precision operations that involved people in more than two dozen countries acting …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group  —  (Reuters) - Billionaire environmentalist Elon Musk has quit a Silicon Valley advocacy group formed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after the group funded ads for senators touting their support for an oil pipeline and oil drilling in Alaska.
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones  —  ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can “bypass the security software” if it chooses.  Apple has created a police waiting list because of high demand.  —  Apple receives so many police demands …
David Kravets / Wired:
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform  —  The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system.
David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:
Jason Harris / Nokia Conversations:
Introducing: Nokia Lumia 928 - bringing PureView to Verizon  —  You've waited...you've been asking for it...here it is!  We're happy to introduce the Nokia Lumia 928, the newest expression of the world's most innovative smartphone exclusively for Verizon Wireless.
Mat Smith / Engadget:
Michael B. Farrell / The Boston Globe:
Boston goes Google as its drops Microsoft e-mail services  —  The mayor who doesn't do e-mail is now on Gmail.  —  Whether Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who doesn't even have a computer on his desk, actually uses it is another matter.  But he's moving to Google, and bringing some 20,000 other city employees with him.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Is Getting Serious About Original Programming With “Facebook Live”  —  “House Of Cards” proved that great, exclusive content can create loyal customers.  While Facebook isn't about to produce TV shows, it tells me that it plans to ramp up production of its Facebook Live original programming starting …
Associated Press:
Washington state courts hacked; potentially up to 160,000 Social Security numbers accessed  —  OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked sometime between last fall and February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver's license numbers …

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