Collaborate Disseminate
The FBI created a cryptocurrency as part of an investigation into price manipulation in crypto markets, the government revealed on Wednesday. From a report: The FBI’s Ethereum-based token, NexFundAI, was created with the help of “cooperating witnesses…. Continue reading The FBI Secretly Created a Coin To Investigate Crypto Pump-and-Dump Schemes
Porch pirates across the country for months have been snatching FedEx packages that contain AT&T iPhones — within minutes or even seconds of delivery. From a report: The key to these swift crimes, investigators say: The thieves are armed with trac… Continue reading Porch Pirates Are Stealing AT&T iPhones Delivered by FedEx
This week the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed charges over a “scheme to commit fraud” in carbon markets, which they say fraudulently netted one company “tens of millions of dollars” worth of credits — which l… Continue reading Criminal Charges Announced Over Multi-Year Fraud Scheme in a Carbon Credits Market
Law enforcement from 12 countries arrested four individuals linked to the LockBit ransomware gang, including a developer and a bulletproof hosting administrator. The operation also resulted in the seizure of LockBit infrastructure and involved sanction… Continue reading Police Arrest Four Suspects Linked To LockBit Ransomware Gang
Google has obtained (PDF) a default judgment against two men who abused its DMCA takedown system to falsely target 117,000 URLs of competitors’ online stores. With none of the defendants showing up in court, a California federal court sided with the se… Continue reading Google Wins Lawsuit Against Scammers Who ‘Weaponized’ DMCA Takedowns
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: South Korean lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that criminalizes possessing or watching sexually explicit deepfake images and videos, with penalties set to include prison terms and fines. There has be… Continue reading South Korea Criminalizes Watching Or Possessing Sexually Explicit Deepfakes
Another encrypted communication platform used by criminals has been dismantled and its alleged mastermind arrested, the Australian Federal Police has announced on Tuesday. “AFP Operation Kraken charged a NSW man, aged 32, for creating and adminis… Continue reading Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement
Last October Slashdot reported on René Rebe’s discovery of a random illegal instruction speculation bug on AMD Ryzen 7000-series and Epyc Zen 4 CPUs — which Rebe discussed on his YouTube channel.
But this week’s YouTube episode had a dif… Continue reading Linux Developer Swatted and Handcuffed During Live Video Stream
In 1980 a 23-year-old woman was shot multiple times by an unknown assailant in a small county in central Kansas.
44 years later, the county sheriff made a Facebook post…
Over the years, dozens of law enforcement officers looked at the case to no a… Continue reading Sheriff’s Facebook Post Announces Sentencing of 70-Year-Old Man For a 1980 Cold Case
Police in Italy “smashed” a videogame trafficking ring, reports the BBC. They seized fake vintage Nintendo, Sega and Atari consoles that didn’t meet strict safety standards, as well as counterfeit games — including Mario Bros., Street Fighter and… Continue reading $50M In Counterfeit Vintage Consoles and Videogames Seized From Italian Crime Ring