WASHINGTON COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) – On Thursday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) conducted a child predator sting, arresting five men for luring a minor and online sexual corruption of a child. Investigators used multiple dating apps, social media sites, and other online platforms to pose as minors. The men arrested contacted the profiles and...Read More
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. State legislators made school safety a top priority this year after 19 students and two teachers died in the 2022 Uvalde school shooting. But even after they passed a sweeping bill on the...Read More
article The Minneapolis police logo on a squad vehicle. (FOX 9) MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A man who worked as a substitute teacher is charged with several counts of disseminating child pornography and soliciting a child for sex after an online child predator sting group set up a meeting at a Minneapolis park. Preston Casey...Read More
Andrei Vladimirovich Tarasov, a 33-year-old Russian cybercrime figure known online as “Aels,” has returned to Russia after evading US extradition. Released from Berlin’s Moabit Prison on January 5, 2024, Tarasov had been held for approximately six months following his July 2023 arrest on computer crime charges. The Berlin Superior Court of Justice determined that US...Read More
Instances of such personnel accessing data without business need were independently detected by the Company’s security monitoring in the previous months, Coinbase said, adding that all such instances were part of a single campaign leading to the theft of data in May from internal systems. Speaking on the attack vector used, Ishpreet Singh, chief information...Read More
In a significant setback for US cybercrime enforcement efforts, Russian hacker Andrei Tarasov has evaded extradition to the United States and successfully returned to his homeland, intelligence sources confirm. Tarasov, 33, known in cybercriminal circles by the aliases “Aels” and, more recently, “Lavander,” was arrested in Berlin on July 18, 2023, as part of a...Read More
UNICEF and Lego announced their collaboration on a recently released RITEC Design Toolbox (RDT), a guide for game designers on “[how to] incorporate support for children’s well-being into their design process.” According to the FAQ, the RDT encompasses different design facets (including UI and product design), and different management levels. Primarily, its purpose is to...Read More
A child predator in Biloxi will spend more than three decades in prison. Michael Ryan Gilbert, 37, pled guilty Thursday to one count of sexual battery and one count of child exploitation. Circuit Court Judge Christopher Schmidt sentenced Gilbert 50 years with 16 years suspended in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, leaving...Read More
Mangaluru: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Bengaluru, organised a ‘Consumer Awareness Programme‘ here on Friday, and highlighted various aspects of telecom rights, privileges, and cybercrimes. The programme was held in association with TRAI regional office Bengaluru, and St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor.B Rajendra Kumar, regional head and adviser, regional office, TRAI, Bengaluru, was...Read More
