ABU DHABI — Confronting a rapid escalation in transnational cyber threats, member states opened the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in the Emirati capital by unanimously adopting the Abu Dhabi Declaration. The strategic document sets forth an international mandate to overhaul criminal justice mechanisms in response to illicit networks exploiting...Read More
Former Fort Hood soldier Cameron John Wagenius was sentenced to more than five years in prison and ordered to repay more than $294,000 for conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases. (Rose L. Thayer/Stars and Stripes) A former Fort Hood soldier was sentenced Friday to nearly six years in prison and ordered to repay more...Read More
Charles-McClintock Wilson/NurPhoto via Getty Images, Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images A cybersecurity researcher has mapped roughly 300,000 Flock Safety surveillance devices across the U.S., a figure that appears to significantly exceed the number of cameras the company has publicly disclosed. The interactive map, created by researcher Joshua Michael, identifies more than 170,000 Flock cameras, along with roughly...Read More
A charity which works to keep children safe from abuse is seeking volunteers for its school service. NSPCC in Jersey said it needed people to go into primary schools help them understand different forms of abuse and what to do if they had any concerns. The Speak Out, Stay Safe programme includes a pre-prepared and...Read More
‘Well, there’s something you need to know. I’m Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC, and we’re doing a story…’ If you heard these words spoken to you by a tall, blonde gentleman in a suit in the kitchen of a nice house or at a beach sometime in the mid-2000s, chances are your life would change...Read More
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has announced an Indiana man now faces charges of possession of child sexual abuse material. Court documents show 43-year-old Yao Wang of Indiana was arrested after a proactive investigation that resulted in 21 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, four counts of disseminating a photo of child sex...Read More
A company that’s bad at cybersecurity isn’t really complying with any of the policies it works so hard to enforce — that’s the case federal investigators made to compliance leaders at this year’s SCCE Compliance & Ethics Institute, CCI’s Jennifer L. Gaskin reports. Compliance officers are accustomed to being labeled as their organizations’ internal cops...Read More
A former U.S. Army soldier who was part of a group that stole data from telecom companies, including AT&T, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison. Cameron John Wagenius, 22, was part of the group that hacked Snowflake customer accounts in 2024. They took data from more than 165 organizations that used the US...Read More
Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 23-year-old convicted cybercriminal on suspicion of aiding in data thefts and extortions by the prolific hacker group ShinyHunters. In the days immediately following the suspect’s arrest, remaining ShinyHunters members dramatically escalated their attacks, stealing highly sensitive data from the FBI and extorting the Russian ransomware group Cl0p. According...Read More
Go behind the scenes with Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks of the CNBC Investing Club as they talk candidly about the market’s biggest headlines, analyst calls and holdings in the Charitable Trust—and see up close how they decide when, and if, to take action on stocks. ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via...Read More
