Fair Haven Grade School. Photo Courtesy of Slate Valley Unified Union School District Communications Coordinator Lisa Cacciatore Hackers are demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom from the Slate Valley Unified School District after hacking a district server last month and compromising teachers’ personal information, according to Superintendent Brooke Olsen-Farrell. The incident continues to...Read More
Gypsy Rose Blanchard says she’s “in disbelief” following the death of her partner, Ken Urker. As previously reported, Urker, 34, was found unresponsive in a Louisiana home on Thursday (Oct. 1), his birthday. In comments shared with People, Blanchard, who shared a child with Urker, remembered him as “an amazing father and a man who...Read More
Three people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been arrested for alleged involvement in the KillSec ransomware operation. Law enforcement bodies from several countries, led by the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office and the Hamburg Public Prosecutor’s Office, raided eight properties in Spain, Greece, the UK, and Romania. Digital infrastructure, evidence, and criminal assets were seized....Read More
Pinto became part of Portugal’s witness protection programme in 2020 after agreeing to co-operate with authorities and provide files obtained through the Football Leaks operation. He posted on X on Friday, external that the decision to terminate his participation in the programme on 10 October has put him in a “life-threatening situation”. The 37-year-old said...Read More
Training & Security Leadership Live And IRL Hacking Contest Captured Attention at Vast GISEC Global Expo Shaun Waterman • October 2, 2026 Contestants from the Dubai Public Prosecutors’ Office compete in the Dubai Cyber Challenge at GISEC Global Sept 16-17, 2026. (Image: GISEC Global) For many of the local visitors to the vast...Read More
Social media challenges can be intriguing to teens, who can be both impulsive and drawn to behaviour that gets attention. Some social media challenges, like the ALS ice bucket challenge, can be fun and positive activities. But other viral challenges that pop up on the Internet are dangerous and can lead to lasting harm. Examples...Read More
“We shouldn’t accept that this is the end,” Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said this week of the UK’s looming under-16 social media ban. “This is a staging post to what must be a very active interventionist state, policing and regulating the online space so that people are safe.” Next March, the initial rollout will begin to keep...Read More
308 Counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, on Friday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that a volte-face by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, on a witness to subpoena is absurd and unprecedented. Sowore has opened his defence on the allegations of cyberbullying...Read More
