Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. A package of bills aimed at preventing violence in Michigan schools passed a legislative hurdle Wednesday– days after the three-year anniversary of the Oxford High School shooting in which four students were killed. The...Read More
A 35-year-old man from Seattle was arrested on felony charges of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes after a Kent Police Department (KPD) investigation found evidence of the suspect sending sexually explicit messages to the victim. Kent Police found that the child met the suspect while trick or treating earlier this year. According to...Read More
PORTLAND (WGME) — Mainers lost more than $31 million to internet-enabled scams last year, according to a newly released report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). That’s a 65% increase compared to 2023, when data show Mainers lost nearly $19 million. The average loss per Mainer reporting a cybercrime was around $14,725—below the...Read More
A “dangerous predator” who plotted to sexually abuse a five-year-old girl has been jailed. Jared Lamb, 46, sent explicit messages about how he intended to abuse the child and a series of indecent images to undercover officers posing as the girl’s father, South Yorkshire Police said. He was arrested when he travelled to Sheffield after...Read More
What’s behind “staggering” surge in cybercrime over the last year – CBS News Watch CBS News The FBI put out its annual warning that cybercriminals are targeting us — especially older people. Victims last year reported losses of $16 billion dollars — up 33% from the year before. Scott MacFarlane reports that more and more...Read More
The Florida nurse accused of having sex with her 15-year-old stepson gave a revolting excuse to her husband after he walked in on them, according to court documents. Alexis von Yates, 35, attempted to apologize to her enraged husband when she was caught red-handed and completely nude underneath a blanket last July during the teen’s...Read More
BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) — A 50-year-old New York truck driver faces multiple felony charges following an undercover operation conducted by Brookville Borough Police and an online predator detection group. According to court documents filed by the Brookville Borough Police Department, 50-year-old Joseph Matthew Falisi, of Liberty, New York, was arrested on January 2, 2025, at...Read More
Threat actors are increasingly harnessing automation, commoditized tools, and AI to systematically erode the traditional advantages held by defenders, according to Fortinet. “Our latest Global Threat Landscape Report makes one thing clear: Cybercriminals are accelerating their efforts, using AI and automation to operate at unprecedented speed and scale,” said Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist and...Read More
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images As Marks & Spencer – and its customers – continue to reel from a major cyber attack, other people who have gone through similar experiences have been sharing what it is like to be targeted by hackers. “It was an absolute nightmare,” says Sir Dan Moynihan. He runs the...Read More
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its Internet Crime Report 2024, highlighting US$16.6 billion in losses reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) over the past year. Fraud accounted for the majority of these losses, while ransomware remained the most pervasive threat to critical infrastructure, with complaints increasing by 9 percent compared to...Read More
