BATAVIA, Ohio (WKRC) — A violent threat and a disturbing drawing of a child covered in blood have a local mother concerned for her daughter’s safety. Sarah Philhower believes officials at Batavia Elementary are not completely addressing her concerns. However, school leaders say they’ve been responsive. Philhower said that administrators told her they would make...Read More
HILLSBORO, Ore- On August 22, 2024, Brandon D Perkins, age 41, pleaded guilty to online sexual corruption of a child in the first degree and luring a minor. Judge Erik Buchér then sentenced the defendant to three years in prison. Deputy District Attorney Bryce Bissinger prosecuted this case. On October 17, 2019, the Washington County...Read More
More than 97% of compliance professionals either have experienced or are worried about cyber crime targeting their organisation in Ireland, research published on Wednesday revealed. The national survey carried out by the Compliance Institute found that more than half of respondents – 51% – said their organisation has fallen victim to cybercrime such as phishing,...Read More
Saline Area Schools and Necedah School District use the InformaCast mass notification system from Singlewire Software for their safety solutions. The software provides flexible features like targeted notifications, integration with various technologies, and the ability to handle both emergency and day-to-day communications. Grossman and Saylor’s experiences show that such integrated systems are becoming indispensable in...Read More
A hacking group known as Scattered Spider, which previously caused significant disruption on the Las Vegas Strip, is suspected of being behind recent cyber intrusions targeting U.K. retailers, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). London department store Harrods, along with retailers Marks & Spencer and Co-op, have reported cyber incidents in the...Read More
By Shane Mead | Staff Writer We all love to see justice served. When someone does something wrong and is caught, punished and held accountable, there is no better feeling. And child predators are no exception. Those are some of the worst people imaginable who deserve nothing less than to rot in a prison cell...Read More
HOUSTON – A total of 39 domains and their associated servers have been seized in a coordinated effort involving an international disruption of a Pakistan-based network of online marketplaces selling hacking and fraud-enabling tools a group known as Saim Raza (aka HeartSender) operated, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei along with Supervisory Official Antoinette T....Read More
An international cybercrime operation was traced back to an unlikely source: a warlord controlling a remote part of Myanmar.The U.S. Department of Treasury said it believed Saw Chit Thu and his sons Saw Htoo Eh Moo and Saw Chit Chi were using their control over the Karen region of Myanmar bordering Thailand to operate a hub for...Read More
By: Art Nichols The cloud. Artificial intelligence. Cutting-edge software. We’re witnessing a democratization of technology whereby enterprise-grade solutions like these that were once reserved for large companies are now affordable for and accessible to smaller and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). That’s certainly the case with network communications infrastructure, where the emergence of a new class of...Read More
In April 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a HIPAA enforcement settlement with Comprehensive Neurology, PC, a New York-based neurology practice, in connection with a ransomware incident that compromised the electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) of approximately 6,800 individuals. This case marks OCR’s 12th ransomware-related enforcement action and...Read More
