Hong Kong’s secret criminal societies are abandoning traditional blood oaths, street violence and territorial rivalries. Today, triad syndicates rely on cybercrime, money laundering and Telegram recruitment, operating more like tech start-ups than street gangs. Through insights from a former youth recruit, anti-triad police and experts, SCMP looks at how Hong Kong’s underworld transformed its business...Read More
Nobody in Japan sends a ransom note anymore. There’s no note made out of cut-out letters from a newspaper. It’s not people being kidnapped anyway; it’s your data. The ransom note arrives on the screen, in a font somebody else chose. Probably 明朝体 (Mincho / serif). The notes and threats vary, but the content is...Read More
A Penn State cybersecurity expert warns people to protect their privacy by avoiding unexpected email links, calls and text messages from unknown numbers. Joseph Squillace also cautions against sharing sensitive information with artificial intelligence tools. He says people should think carefully before clicking links, responding to unknown messages or providing personal financial information to AI...Read More
Larry Nassar, Michigan State University’s disgraced sports doctor, is one of 20,000 people removed from the Michigan sex offender’s registry after a ruling from Michigan Supreme Court last month, according to one of the offices that prosecuted him. Sex offender registry changes in Michigan Big picture view: More than 20,000 registered sex offenders were removed from...Read More
Trigger Warning: commentary on pedophilia, rape. Imagine a country where genocide, rape and enslavement of children are so foundational that 250 years later, it still has a president that’s openly guilty of all three. Imagine that there are files—millions of pages of files—with this president’s name on them, filled with detailed and credible accusations of...Read More
Thursday, October 01, 2026 WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced bipartisan legislation to ensure AI agent operators and developers are held liable for hacking incidents. Artificial intelligence agents are hacking into public websites, networks, and servers. This poses potentially dire consequences to anything connected online—including hospitals, utilities, banks, and other...Read More
FBI’s Brett Leatherman giving a stern warning directed at cybercrime group ShinyHunters – Image: FBI via X The ongoing virtual cat-and-mouse game between the FBI and one of the world’s most aggressive cybercrime collectives, ShinyHunters, might be coming to an end, thanks to the arrests of key members and seizure of the groups digital...Read More
A Rutland County school district recovers from cybersecurity attack The Slate Valley Unified School District is working with tech experts and the FBI as it deals with the aftermath of a cybersecurity breach FAIR HAVEN, Vt. — A school district in Southwestern Vermont is recovering from an early September cyberattack. Operations at the Slate Valley...Read More
The grieving family of a teenager who died in state care is demanding answers into what they believe was a preventable tragedy. The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified under Queensland law, was found dead in an Ipswich residential care home on September 12, at about 10:30am. Her parents told the ABC that police informed them...Read More
Gontse Sekhantso Social Development Minister Dina Pule has called for children’s voices to be placed at the centre of efforts to strengthen child protection as government renews its focus on preventing violence against children. Pule was speaking on Thursday at a two-day Children’s Summit on Ending Violence Against Children at the ANEW Hotel in White...Read More
