In what sounds like a new step towards Skynet, footage from a food delivery robot has been used as part of a…
Tag: police
Facial recognition tech lands innocent woman with bogus carjacking charge
Detroit law enforcement wrongly arrested a 32 year old woman for a robbery and carjacking she did not commit. She was…
“ViLE” members posed as police officers and extorted victims
Two men have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions after they allegedly extorted victims by threatening to…
DoppelPaymer ransomware group disrupted
Europol has announced it has arrested two suspected core members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group. On 28 February, the German Regional Police…
Police warn of fake law enforcement arrest warrant calls
Brownsville Police Department is warning about scammers impersonating law enforcement in order to extract money from potential victims. The scam involves pressure from an…
Interpol’s First Light operation smashes crime on a global scale
A large-scale Interpol operation has resulted in arrested and ill-gotten gains seizures galore. Operation First Lighttook place between March and May…
5 years for swatter who caused a man’s death for a Twitter handle
Doxing (or doxxing) is in the news again, for an absolutely shocking story that ended with a man’s death caused by…
Are our police forces equipped to deal with modern cybercrimes?
“You should have asked for the presence of a digital detective,” Karen said when I told her what happened at the…
Vital infrastructure: emergency services
Organizations in the emergency services sector are there for the public to provide help when situations get out of hand or…
UK law enforcement: an uphill struggle to fight hackers
About 16 years ago in the UK, I walked into a local police station to report a computer crime, because walking…