Collaborate Disseminate
South Korean police have arrested two former Samsung executives for allegedly leaking $3.2 billion worth of Samsung secrets to China to aid in building 20nm DRAM chips. Tom’s Hardware reports: The authorities reported that one of the arrested suspects,… Continue reading Former Samsung Execs Arrested For Using Stolen Tech To Build Chip Factory In China
Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa have proposed a change to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recognize ecocide as a crime, allowing for the prosecution of individuals responsible for significant environmental harm. If successful, the change would recog… Continue reading Pacific Islands Submit Court Proposal For Recognition of Ecocide As a Crime
U.S. Justice Department officials “are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns,” reports the Associated Press:
“Law enforcement cannot do thi… Continue reading US Government Asks 3D Printing Industry to Help Stop the Printing of Machine Gun Conversion Devices
U.S. Justice Department officials “are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns,” reports the Associated Press:
“Law enforcement cannot do thi… Continue reading US Government Asks 3D Printing Industry to Help Stop the Printing of Machine Gun Conversion Devices
Security engineer Bryan Hance co-founded the nonprofit Bike Index, back in 2013, reports the Los Angeles Times, “where cyclists can register their bikes and contact information, making it easier to reunite lost or stolen bikes with their owners.” It no… Continue reading How an Engineer Exposed an International Bike Theft Ring – By Its Facebook Friends
A schoolteacher using an interactive whiteboard is surprised by an alert. Their school is in “hard lockdown.” They knew — instantly — something was about to happen, and “got everybody into a corner,” they later told CNN. Classroom doors at … Continue reading During Georgia School Shooting, Newly-Installed Tech Spread Warnings and Called Police
The New York Times analyzed over 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,220 channels. Their conclusion? Telegram “offers features that enable criminals, terrorists and grifters to organize at scale and to sidestep scrutiny from the authorities” — … Continue reading New York Times Calls Telegram ‘A Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists’
I’m looking to have my murderer use tech as her alibi, without hacking any major systems or turning her phone off The murder (at the moment) is happening in a city – so there’ll be CCTV, dash cams, car tracking, phone GPS, Smart watches et… Continue reading How could technology be used to create a false alibi? [closed]
Daniel Mthimkhulu, former chief “engineer” at South Africa’s Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa), was sentenced to 15 years in prison for claiming false engineering degrees and a doctorate. His fraudulent credentials allowed him to rise rapidly within Prasa,… Continue reading Fake CV Lands Top ‘Engineer’ In Jail For 15 Years
Casey Newton, former senior editor at the Verge, weighs in on Platformer about the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.
“Fending off onerous speech regulations and overzealous prosecutors requires that platform builders act responsibly. Telegram never… Continue reading Was the Arrest of Telegram’s CEO Inevitable?