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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?
Several items were stolen from a woman’s P.O. box. So she mailed herself a package containing an Apple AirTag, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s office:
Her mail was again stolen on Monday morning, including the package with the AirTag t… Continue reading Woman Mailed Herself an Apple AirTag To Help Catch Mail Thieves
Three former Backpage executives, including co-founder Michael Lacey, were sentenced to prison for promoting prostitution and laundering money while disguising their activities as a legitimate classified business. The Associated Press reports: A jury c… Continue reading Backpage.com Founder Michael Lacey Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison, Fined $3 Million
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is heading to court for a possible indictment after being released from police custody, authorities in France said on Wednesday. From a report: “An investigating judge has ended Pavel Durov’s police custody and will have him br… Continue reading Telegram CEO Released By Police, Transferred To Court For Possible Indictment
Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire co-founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested in France in connection with an investigation into criminal activity on the platform and a lack of cooperation with law enforcement, prosecutors announced … Continue reading Telegram Founder Arrest Part of Cybercrime Inquiry, Say Prosecutors
An anonymous reader shared this story from the blog Decrypt:
Michael Lewis, author of Going Infinite, an account of the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, has argued that the disgraced FTX founder didn’t have “the character of a thief” in a new The W… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Didn’t Have ‘Character of a Thief’, Argues Author Michael Lewis
The nonprofit American Radio Relay League — founded in 1914 — has approximately 161,000 members, according to Wikipedia (with over 7,000 members outside the U.S.)
But sometime in early May its systems network was compromised, “by threat a… Continue reading ARRL Pays $1 Million Ransom To Decrypt Their Systems After Attack
If you’ve ever watched CSI, you’ll know that suspects frequently leave incriminating traces of their DNA behind at crime scenes. According to a recent study, however, the telltale amount of that genetic material could also point to a person’s guilt or … Continue reading Your “DNA-shedder” status could be crucial in crime scene investigations
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million — which he sent to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had duped h… Continue reading Crypto ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam Wrecks Kansas Bank, Sends Ex-CEO To Prison For 24 Years
A 43-year-old Jordanian national, Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, was arrested in Orlando, Florida, and charged with threatening to use explosives and destroying a solar power facility. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the charges could resul… Continue reading Florida Man Arrested For Causing $700,000 In Damage At Solar Power Facility