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cybercrime

Man with hands on head holding laptop that says ransomware across the screen

Senate report finds FBI response to ransomware attacks severely lacking

The FBI once sent a ransomware victim a hostage negotiator.

On Mar 24, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech
Poshmark logo on red background (l) name brand luxury purse caption " this is a pretty effective scam because it takes the blame off of Poshmark and removes their incentive to help you" (r)

TikToker exposes ‘most common’ Poshmark scam after her Chanel purse is marked ‘delivered’ but never arrives

'This is EXACTLY what happened to me!'

On Mar 22, 2022 by Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

Internet Culture IRL
Person playing the video game Clash Royale (L) TikTok (R)

People are allegedly hiding illegal porn in Clash Royale gameplay TikToks

A popular creator called it 'one of the biggest problems on all of TikTok.'

On Feb 22, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

Internet Culture IRL
The U.S. Supreme Court

Landmark ruling from Supreme Court limits the scope of cybercrime law

The controversial law had long been criticized for being overly-broad.

On Jun 3, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
A mother charged with malicious use of deepfakes

Cheer mom accused of using deepfake nudes to harass daughter’s rivals

The 50-year-old mother has been charged with three counts of cyber harassment.

On Mar 14, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

IRL Tech

70,000 Tinder photos of women are being circulated in cybercrime forum

It remains unclear what the photos will be used for.

On Jan 16, 2020 by Mikael Thalen

IRL Tech
dark wen ssn hacking dark web

Dark Web marketplaces are selling children’s Social Security numbers, addresses

They also have their own twisted set of ethics—like, no reselling.

On Dec 23, 2018 by Samira Sadeque

IRL
The Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, was hit with a cyberattack.

Cyberattack gives the Red Hen’s website Viagra spam

The restaurant refused to serve Sarah Sanders.

On Jun 29, 2018 by Christina Bonnington

Layer 8 Tech
James Comey Russia Yahoo

U.S. charges 2 Russian spies in hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts

Russia already arrested one of the people charged for allegedly working for the CIA.

On Mar 15, 2017 by Andrew Couts

Layer 8 Tech

USPS police force expands cybercrime unit to fight dark net drug dealers

The department has already helped in major FBI investigations.

On Jan 19, 2017 by David Gilmour

Tech

2 sisters arrested for alleged extortion of a Nigerian millionaire oil magnate

The sisters are said to have done the same to 274 people.

On Dec 27, 2016 by Andrew Couts

Tech

New online extortion scheme forces your friends to pay your ransom

Pay up—or have your friends do it.

On Dec 13, 2016 by David Gilmour

Tech

Global law enforcement arrest 34 suspected of DDoS attacks

Most of the suspects are under the age of 20.

On Dec 13, 2016 by Dell Cameron

Tech

The Republican Party wants to ‘hack-back’ at cybercriminals

Republicans are calling for a 'self-defense right to deal with hackers' as victims 'see fit.' Here's why that's problematic.

On Aug 27, 2016 by Ben Dickson

Tech

A hacker only needs 25 minutes to break into your organization’s computer systems, report finds

Yeah, you're gonna get hacked.

On Aug 16, 2016 by Aaron Sankin

Tech

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