A Georgia woman was arrested Monday in connection with a 2023 scam that cost Lafayette’s Chamber of Commerce and its former executive director over $500,000, and the U.S. Treasury about $343,000. Police say the woman accepted $286,700 as part of the scam and texted with other suspects about the stolen money. Jazmyne Latreasure Avery, 26,...Read More
A 14-year-old who was making plans to carry out a school shooting in Saskatoon will be under a terrorism peace bond for the next year. Content on the girl’s TikTok account was flagged to the federal RCMP on Feb. 10, the same day eight people were killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C....Read More
Every parent has heard the horror stories. Cyberbullying. Sextortion. Deteriorating youth mental health. And while the federal government recently tabled a bill to impose new regulations on social media and chatbots, including age restrictions, it’s not known when the changes will take effect, what they will look like, or which apps will be affected. Until...Read More
An iPad displays scam information from the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, June 17, in Big Rapids. Austin Chastain/Pioneer Photo BIG RAPIDS — Mary Flagg picked up the phone and was immediately met with feelings of shock. A robotic voice on the other end of the line claimed to be from the Walmart Fraud Prevention...Read More
Nelson University, a private Christian university in Waxahachie, Texas, has disclosed a ransomware attack in which an unauthorized party gained access to its systems and allegedly obtained sensitive data belonging to an undisclosed number of individuals. The attack took place between March 21, 2025, and April 6, 2025. Approximately 10 days after the intrusion window...Read More
MSG Entertainment has been the victim of a data breach exposing the personal information of venue visitors, according to several new lawsuits against the company. The breach, first reported by technology publication 404 Media, was announced by hacker group ShinyHunters on Tuesday (June 16). The hackers reportedly went public with 42 gigabytes of stolen data...Read More
Attackers deploying the DragonForce ransomware against a major U.S. services firm hid their command and-control traffic (C&C) inside Microsoft Teams’ own relay infrastructure, using a custom Go-based backdoor that Symantec is tracking as Backdoor.Turn. To network defenders, the only traffic they could see was outbound connections to legitimate Microsoft Teams servers. The attackers were on...Read More
Nisos uncovers large DPRK employment fraud campaign embedding operatives in US tech firms 22 agents submitted 166k+ applications, landing 21k+ interviews and 76 job offers using stolen identities, AI tools, and local stand‑ins Targets were mostly software/data roles; scheme blended deception and AI tactics to generate salaries and access systems for regime revenue Security researchers...Read More
June 17, 2026, 5:36 p.m. CT The small town of Jay is set to appoint a convicted sex offender as its new town manager. April Watson, who in September was made operations manager by unanimous vote of the Jay Town Council, is scheduled to step in as manager July 3, according to Mayor Shon Owens....Read More
