For $1 million per child a year, you’d expect unlimited opportunities, stellar care — opulence. Indeed, governments are at pains to convince taxpayers that group homes for children in state care are “therapeutic” trauma-informed facilities. But the ABC has unearthed cases of a senior worker contacting a child sex abuser as part of a “safety”...Read More
CBI Launches Probe Against Former Senior Engineer Of Western Railway For Bypassing Rules In ₹12.5 Lakh Alarm System Contract | FPJ As part of its ongoing efforts to combat cyber-enabled financial crimes, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 28.05.2025 conducted coordinated searches at 19 locations across Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. The operation culminated...Read More
Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure have become increasingly frequent across Europe, and Germany has been especially affected. In response, safeguarding these vital assets has become a top priority for both government entities and businesses. Addressing this concern, upstart telecommunications provider OneFiber Interconnect Germany is constructing a 1.6 Tb/s optic network to strengthen Germany’s digital connectivity and...Read More
On May 27, 2025, Iranian national Sina Gholinejad, 37, pleaded guilty in a North Carolina federal court to charges of computer fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting his central role in the international Robbinhood ransomware campaign that targeted U.S. cities, corporations, and healthcare organizations. The attacks, spanning from January 2019 to March 2024,...Read More
In Sardinia, crimes against business activities are increasing and there are over 18 thousand reports filed in one year. But cybercrime is also a concern, with reports that have registered a +34% in the last five years. This is what Confartigianato Sardegna reports in a study entitled “Asset security for companies ina situation dominated by...Read More
The Top Ten cyber crime news summaries on The420 are meticulously curated by Future Crime Researchers from the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF) and powered by Algoritha Security Pvt. Ltd. These summaries feature the most critical cyber crime developments from around the world. Keep reading—and stay safe. 1. Two Held in ₹69 Lakh Cyber Fraud...Read More
In 2024, Estonia recorded 6,515 cyber incidents with impact. Phishing led the list with over 4,200 cases, followed by service disruptions, fraud, and malicious redirects. Published May 29, 2025 | 9:45 AM ⚊ Updated May 29, 2025 | 9:45 AM Indian journalists meeting Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal. Synopsis: Cyber defence, according to the Estonian...Read More
Adidas has confirmed having some of its customers’ data compromised following an attack against its third-party customer service provider a week after informing clients in South Korea and Turkey regarding a data breach that resulted in the exposure of names, birthdates, phone numbers, email addresses, and other personal information belonging to individuals who have contacted...Read More
Massive Hack Exposes 184M Passwords from Google and Facebook. Is Your Data Safe? | Image: Unsplash More than 184 million unique username and passwords may have been exposed in a massive data breach and kept in an unprotected and publicly accessible database. Experts are calling this a “cybercriminal’s dream.” According to a new report by...Read More
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been at the forefront of combatting cybercrime through its Global Programme on Cybercrime which has supported 77 Member States to prevent and combat cybercrime on six areas of intervention: cyber investigations, digital forensics, digital evidence, virtual assets, online child sexual abuse and exploitation and cybercrime prevention....Read More
