Hybrid and remote work have blurred boundaries, pushing workplace harassment beyond misconduct into the realm of cybercrime. In this week’s edition of The Safe Side, we look at how small online acts escalate into crimes, and what survivors can do about it. Arjun (name changed) slipped into depression after enduring repeated inappropriate messages from a...Read More
TUPPER LAKE — On Wednesday, the three candidates to be Tupper Lake Central School District’s new school safety officer were interviewed at a public forum where members of the school community could hear how they would act in the new position and give the district feedback on which candidates they thought would be the best...Read More
Law enforcement authorities in Africa have arrested over 1,200 suspects as part of ‘Operation Serengeti 2.0,’ an INTERPOL-led international crackdown targeting cross-border cybercriminal gangs. Between June and August 2025, law enforcement agents seized $97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures linked to attacks that targeted 87,858 victims worldwide. “In a sweeping INTERPOL-coordinated operation, authorities across...Read More
The ban comes as Roblox faces growing legal troubles abroad. On 21 August, a lawsuit was filed in North Carolina by a mother from High Point. She said her daughter, now 10, was contacted by a predator through the app. According to the complaint, the girl had been playing Roblox since she was six. Over...Read More
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A major cybercrime crackdown coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of 1,209 suspects across Africa and the recovery of nearly $97.4 million, the organization announced Friday. Dubbed Operation Serengeti 2.0, the operation took place between June and August. It brought together investigators from 18 African countries and the United...Read More
The government has a duty to ensure the secure use of digital products, according to the head of Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). “As Germany’s cybersecurity authority, our aim is not only to make people and organizations aware of dangers on the internet, but also to actively protect them,” BSI President Claudia Plattner...Read More
A San Diego man who convinced a 14-year-old girl to send him sexual photographs of herself was sentenced Friday to nearly 22 years in prison. Eric Jin persuaded the teen to send him pictures of her private parts on two occasions, and on one of those instances, he instructed the girl to carve his name...Read More
More than 1,200 people were arrested in a major cybercrime crackdown in Africa, the international police organization Interpol announced on Friday. Investigators from 18 African countries and the United Kingdom identified some 88,000 victims of fraud and illegal cryptocurrency networks, Interpol said in a statement. Cybercrime now accounts for more than 30% of all reported...Read More
A large-scale law enforcement operation coordinated by Interpol has taken down a 1000-person cybercriminal network and recovered $97.4m in stolen money from over 88,000 victims. The effort, codenamed Operation Serengeti 2.0 following a previous crackdown on African cybercrime in November 2024, ran from June to August 2025. It involved law enforcement agencies from the UK...Read More
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has arrested 30-year-old Vaddevalli Lalitha Saran Kumar for orchestrating a cyber fraud scheme involving multiple mule bank accounts. A resident of Vijayawada who frequently stays in Dubai, Kumar was reportedly running a network of accounts that funnelled fraudulent funds through organised cybercrimes. Investigators found that account holders were...Read More
