The Chicago Police Department and Civilian Office of Police Accountability have both opened investigations after a viral video surfaced this week purporting to show an off-duty CPD sergeant profanely threatening a group of teenagers and their families on the Southwest Side. Representatives for both COPA and CPD said the inquiries were opened after the video...Read More
Aug. 10, 2026, 1:40 p.m. ET A Deer Park man was sentenced to 7 to 9½ years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. Investigators said the images and videos found on his phone were some of the most disturbing they had ever seen. The man was identified by a civilian group that monitors...Read More
Gracker-Logo Gracker-Home-Page AEO-Audit-1 AEO-Audit-2 AEO-Audit-3 New audit grades every page on a brand’s sitemap for AEO Health and Technical Health, then turns each finding into a fix instead of a guess. Teams don’t need one more score sitting in a dashboard. They need to know which page to fix first, and why” — Govind Kumar,...Read More
TAMPA, Fla. – More than 100 people were arrested and five human trafficking victims were saved during “Operation Relentless Summer,” a two-month operation by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office which targeted human trafficking, online exploitation and sexual offenses against children, officials announced Wednesday. Hillsborough’s ‘Operation Relentless Summer’ arrests The backstory: Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister...Read More
The US government published a directive to allow vetted private companies to run offensive cyber operations against foreign threat actors under the control of the US government. In a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) published late Wednesday, August 12, Trump laid out a new program that enlists US companies to combat cyber crime perpetrated by...Read More
President Donald Trump signed a national security memorandum Wednesday that lays the groundwork for private sector companies to take a larger role in helping law enforcement carry out offensive hacking operations against transnational criminal organizations. The White House said sustained fraud and other cyber-enabled campaigns from transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) warranted the memo, and cited...Read More
BRASILIA, Aug 12 : Brazil’s data protection authority ANPD ordered chat platform Discord to suspend livestreaming features, citing failures to protect children and teens from exposure to content promoting violence, self-harm and suicide. ANPD said Discord must prove compliance within three business days and faces potential fines of up to 50 million reais ($9.67 million)...Read More
Storm-1175 Replaces Medusa With New StormEncryptor Ransomware Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2026 Microsoft says China-linked Storm-1175 is using a new ransomware called StormEncryptor, replacing Medusa in its latest attacks. Microsoft says China-linked, financially motivated threat actor Storm-1175 has begun using a new ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. The group previously relied on Medusa ransomware. StormEncryptor is...Read More
AI-powered phishing attacks, deepfake impersonations and a surge of unmanaged machine identities are turning the back-to-school rush into a security blind spot CHICAGO, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Every fall, school districts and universities across the country race to onboard thousands of new students, faculty and staff, provisioning accounts, issuing credentials and connecting a wave...Read More
St. Paul, MN (MinnesotaNow) – A man described by federal prosecutors in Minnesota as a serial child sexual predator has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Minnesota says 31-year-old Trent Fair has been ordered to serve 260 months behind bars and another 20 years on supervised...Read More
