Collaborate Disseminate
The Queensland police department said that the DNA sample from the case generated a genealogy tree of “15,000 ‘linked’ individuals” and they have not been able to find a close match yet. Continue reading Police Use DNA Phenotyping to Limit Pool of Suspects to 15,000
Neighbors, a social media crime-reporting app owned by Amazon, creates a digital ecosystem in which you are encouraged to assume the worst about your neighbors—and people of color are once again being harmed. Continue reading Amazon’s Home Security Company Is Turning Everyone Into Cops
Predpol, an algorithmic tool that police departments use to algorithmically predict crime, quietly created login portals for police departments in at least seventeen US communities. Continue reading Predictive Policing Tool’s Website Exposes Login Pages for 17 US Police Departments
A hacker has provided Motherboard with the login details for a company that buys phone location data from major telecom companies and then sells it to law enforcement. Continue reading Hacker Breaches Securus, the Company That Helps Cops Track Phones Across the US
Earlier this month, Kaspersky published research on the so-called ZooPark group, which ran a hacking campaign towards Android devices across the Middle East. Now, a hacker has allegedly stolen ZooPark’s own data and provided it to Motherboard. Continue reading Vigilante Hacks Government-Linked Cyberespionage Group
There’s always a new player in the law enforcement hacking industry. Continue reading Government Malware Company ‘Grey Heron’ Advertises Signal, Telegram Spyware
Two retired superintendents from the Hong Kong police force who spent decades hunting criminal groups left the force to set up their own private security company. Continue reading How to Track a Triad