Urgent review to find failures in child safety after shocking abuse exposed in Victoria Published 3 July 2025, 8:44 am Childcare centres are on notice with threats about their access to ongoing federal funding after shocking allegations of child sexual abuse in daycare. Former South Australian Premier and childcare expert Jay Weatherill has been appointed...Read More

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, expressed concern over rising impact of social media content and over the rising cases of cybercrimes. She appealed to Shah to promote public awareness programs, digital literacy campaigns and community participation to deal with cyber crimes. Banerjee...Read More

Ghana has recorded breakthroughs through intensified surveillance ‎Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has announced significant progress in Ghana’s efforts to combat cybercrime. ‎ ‎In a press briefing on Thursday, July 3, 2025, he said the country is recording major breakthroughs through intensified surveillance and collaboration among security agencies. ‎ ...Read More

NEW YORK — A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing troves of student documents while briefly shutting down the school’s computer systems, a university official said Wednesday. The June 24 cyberattack prompted widespread network outages on campus, locking students and staff out of their email accounts, coursework and video conference...Read More

Amid rising cyberattacks on healthcare systems, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging medical device makers to build cybersecurity into devices from the start as part of new guidance that outlines protections across the entire product lifecycle.  The latest guidance comes on the tail of surges in cyberattacks against hospitals, medical facilities, and health-related...Read More

Young Consulting’s cybersecurity woes continue after the number of affected individuals from last year’s suspected ransomware raid passed the 1 million mark. The software vendor to stop-loss insurance carriers, now trading as Connexure, said the attack took place sometime between April 10 and 13, 2024, in a data breach notice that remains on its website...Read More

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote a letter to union home minister Amit Shah, raising her concern over the spike in provocative social media content and cybercrime. Mamata Banerjee had previously accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of spreading misinformation and fake videos, especially during the violence in Murshidabad (PTI) “I...Read More

West Africa could be developing into a hub for scam centers, Interpol says, and other regions also are showing an uptick in such activity, mirroring a cybercrime trend that began in Southeast Asia. In a brief report posted this week, the international police agency says new scam centers have been identified recently in the Middle...Read More

The Kathmandu District Court on Thursday granted journalist Dil Bhusan Pathak a bail of Rs25,000 in connection with a cybercrime case filed against him earlier this week. A single bench of judge Khemraj Bhatta issued the order following a detention hearing held the same day after. With this order. Pathak can now fight the case...Read More

The Vallejo City Council on Tuesday directed city staff to research measures to deter violent crime in the summer including purchasing security towers, developing a block party program, re-establishing a safety-oriented school program and subsidizing park programs for youth. Staffers were asked to present proposed budget amendments funding the measures at the council’s regular meeting...Read More