Police Arrested Hundreds of Criminals After Hacking Into Encrypted Chat Network
In a joint operation, European and British law enforcement agencies recently arrested hundreds of alleged drug dealers and other criminals after infiltrating into a...
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Police take down encrypted criminal chat platform EncroChat
Law enforcement in the United Kingdom has touted the takedown of encrypted communications platform EncroChat as its “biggest ever” operation, so far resulting in...
Brazilian federal police investigates presidential data leak
The Brazilian federal police reported advances around an investigation into a cybercrime organization supposedly responsible for exposing personal details of senior government officials including...
Police Raids Target Users of Illegal Online Forum in Germany
Police in Germany have arrested 32 people and detained 11 after nationwide raids targeting users of an illegal online platform, prosecutors in Frankfurt and...
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Twitter Suspends Account of Organization Behind Police Leaks
Twitter has permanently banned the account of Distributed Denial of Secrets (@DDoSecrets) after it posted links to stolen information belonging to hundreds of law...
Hackers Leaked 269 GB of U.S. Police and Fusion Centers Data Online
A group of hacktivists and transparency advocates has published a massive 269 GB of data allegedly stolen from more than 200 police departments, fusion...
Victoria Police emails reveal Clearview AI’s dodgy direct marketing
Controversial facial recognition service Clearview AI has been marketing directly to individual Australian police officers, encouraging them to make 100+ searches during free trials,...
Facial Recognition: IT and Police in Delicate Dance
Tech giants love to portray themselves as forces for good and as the United States was gripped by anti-racism protests a number of them...
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AP Exclusive: Police Officers’ Personal Info Leaked Online
Personal information of police officers in departments nationwide is being leaked online amid tense interactions at demonstrations across the U.S. over the police custody...
Slovak police seize wiretapping devices connected to government network
Image via LNLNLN on Pixabay Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can...