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DENPASAR, Indonesia, June 28 (Reuters) – Indonesian immigration officials said on Friday they had arrested 103 Taiwan passport holders on suspicion of running a cyber crime operation out of the island of Bali, although Taiwan said it had been told only around 14 of its citizens were involved. The raid on Wednesday was the biggest […]

Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions  Yahoo! Voices Telegram founder arrest part of cybercrime inquiry, say prosecutors  The Guardian Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested over probe into cybercrime on app, French prosecutors say  FRANCE 24 English Probe against Durov started by French cybercrime unit with 5 prosecutors | ‘Tackling crimes […]

Waterloo Region, Ontario – Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Cybercrime – Internet Child Exploitation Unit has laid charges in a child pornography investigation. Between October 2023 and May 2024, police received multiple reports regarding an instant messaging application user uploading child pornography and making it available to other persons using the platform. As part of the investigation, […]

Eighty percent of German businesses reported being hit by data or IT theft, industrial espionage or sabotage in the last 12 months, with 45% of companies tracing cyberattacks or other acts of industrial spying to China, a survey showed on Wednesday. The survey by Bitkom, a trade association for Germany’s IT sector, also saw Russia being blamed […]

Opara disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, shortly after the labour leader in company with his lawyers returned from honouring the invitation by the Police. The Police had on August 20, invited Ajaero, for interrogation on charges related to alleged “criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion and cybercrime” However, the legal counsel to the […]

A study by IT association Bitkom has revealed that German firms – including Volkswagen – have lost an estimated €267bn to cyberattacks and industrial sabotage. (Photo: Shutterstock) Businesses in Germany have faced a staggering €267bn in losses over the past year due to cybercrime and industrial sabotage. The financial impact, chronicled in a survey of […]

Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein has filed a restraining order against the man who has provided numerous details on the extent of the massive data breach hampering Columbus city government. A filing on the Franklin County Common Pleas Court docket website shows that the city on Thursday filed a motion for a temporary restraining order […]

Vidan and other Indians at Myanmar before being deported to Thailand. (Image/News18) In May 2024, a resident of Dehradun, Vidhan and five others having a diploma in computer operations, were lured by an agent for a job in Thailand Several Indian youths, who were lured to Thailand with the prospect of a “good job” and […]

Who doesn’t fancy earning US $2.5 million? That’s the reward that’s on offer from the US Department and State and Secret Service for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of a Belarusian man who allegedly was a key figure behind the development and distribution of the notorious Angler Exploit Kit. 38-year-old Vladimir Kadariya is […]

Angler employed advanced evasion techniques, including checking for virtual machines and sandbox environments to avoid detection by security researchers, leading to its popularity and significance in the cybersecurity community. Angler’s activities ceased abruptly in mid-2016, reportedly, due to law enforcement actions in Russia against cybercriminals allegedly linked to Angler. First charged in 2023 The Belarusian […]