SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – For more than a century, AAA has spearheaded its School Safety Patrol Program across the country. Every year, one student from each state is selected to be Patroller of the Year. This year, the student representing Florida is from Sarasota. Each morning at Tuttle Elementary School, the flags are hoisted to...Read More
Cybercrime investigations intensified after Europol helped dismantle the anonymous First VPN infrastructure. Europol has announced that international law enforcement agencies dismantled the cybercriminal VPN platform known as First VPN during a coordinated operation targeting ransomware infrastructure and wider cybercrime networks. The operation, led by authorities in France and the Netherlands with support from Eurojust, targeted...Read More
Photo: RNZ / Yiting Lin University students across New Zealand cannot submit assignments or communicate with tutors after their online learning system was hit by a global data hack. Names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users could all be affected by the breach. Do you know more? Email luka.forman@rnz.co.nz Learning platform Canvas...Read More
Edmonton police say they partnered up with “ethical hackers” to prevent more than $42 million in losses to scammers. The Edmonton Police Service says the partnership with the so-called “scam baiters” began last July. The hackers intercepted victim information during in-progress scams and shared it with police. EPS and partners in the U.S. – the...Read More
Security ‘Budgets are moral documents,’ Rep. Delia Ramirez said Democratic lawmakers on Thursday blasted President Trump’s spending priorities – specifically a proposed $1 billion White House security and ballroom project and a nearly $1.8 billion “slush fund” for Trump allies tied to the January 6 Capitol riot – as his administration pushes deep cuts to cybersecurity...Read More
An NDIS carer who tried to raise concerns with managers about staff “hitting” and “grooming” children has told an inquiry into Queensland’s “broken” child safety system that her complaints fell on deaf ears. The months-long inquiry into the $1 billion sector was led by Commissioner Paul Anastassiou KC and held its final hearing on Thursday....Read More
Two men in Northern Colorado, including Weld County Republicans Chair Hunter Rivera, were arrested on Thursday for allegedly trying to buy sex from children. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said investigators were conducting an operation targeting child predators by posing as minors selling sexual acts on local websites. The sheriff’s office says that, while several...Read More
The Dutch and French police, in collaboration with Europol, have taken the VPN service First VPN offline. This service was used by dozens of ransomware groups. Servers in 27 countries have been shut down, and the Ukrainian administrator has been arrested and questioned. Europol gained access to the user database and was able to identify...Read More
An investigation into suspected cyber crimes involving children resulted in a heavy law enforcement presence Wednesday, May 20 in a Marshall neighborhood. In a statement released Thursday morning, the Western Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force says they served a search warrant in the 400 block of North Bond as part of an investigation...Read More
A system that thousands of schools and universities use to support instruction was back online Friday after it went down during a cyberattack that created chaos as students tried to study for final exams. The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach at Canvas, said Luke Connolly, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity...Read More
