NEW YORK CITY — A New Jersey-based scammer was just sentenced to two to six years in prison for running an identity theft ring that fraudulently obtained more than $400,000 and attempted to steal an additional $992,000 from Manhattanites, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told Patch. Unfortunately, the type of scam that defendant Miokar Wehye...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
Hackers behind a series of destructive, financially motivated cyberattacks against some of the U.K.’s largest retailers are now going after big American brands, Google said Wednesday. “Major American retailers have already been targeted,” John Hultquist, the chief analyst for Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, told NBC News. At least three top British retailers have experienced cyberattacks...Read More
CompTIA announced today it will begin development of a new certification focused on critical cybersecurity skills in operational technology (OT). CompTIA’s proposed SecOT+ certification will bridge critical knowledge and skill gaps between OT and IT. The certification will equip OT positions, such as floor technicians and industrial engineers, and cybersecurity engineers and network architects on...Read More
LockBit ransomware hackers have been hacked. getty Scammers who prey on the fears of individuals are high on my list of “most hated” cybercriminals, if I’m being honest, but they are not number one. That honour belongs to the organized ransomware gangs that have absolutely no qualms about attacking hospitals and blood banks, literally putting...Read More
Fairport, N.Y. (WHAM) — According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York, Tony Rodriguez, 40, of Fairport, used Roblox, a popular online gaming platform, and other social media platforms, communicate with children. BACKGROUND: Fairport man accused of using Roblox to communicate with minors for sex After a mult-agency investigation led...Read More
The Adugodi police in southeastern Bengaluru said they dismantled a cybercrime racket with the arrests of 12 men, mostly hailing from Uttar Pradesh, who allegedly duped people with work-from-home scams described as too good to be true. At the heart of the operation were two unlikely masterminds—Harshavardhan Ojha, a 25-year-old BTech graduate from Balia, UP;...Read More
BOSTON — A registered sex offender in Massachusetts is among convicted child sexual predators, who are in the country illegally, arrested by federal officers in several states on Monday, ICE officials said Wednesday. Carlos Araujo of Leominster, an Uruguayan national, is among four men arrested Monday in Massachusetts, California, New York and Texas, U.S. Immigration...Read More
A former Meta employee has accused the company of knowingly allowing children onto its virtual reality platform, Horizon Worlds, despite safety risks and potential violations of federal law. Kelly Stonelake, who worked for the company for nearly 15 years and led product marketing for Horizon Worlds until early 2024, submitted a sworn statement as part...Read More
Gandhinagar: Aimed at increasing the state police’s ability to combat crime, chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday launched two portals — iPRAGATI and the Cyber Crime Refund portal‘Tera Tujhko Arpan’. In addition, the govt also launched an application to reactivate bank accounts frozen due to financial cybercrime complaints.An official govt statement said the portals were...Read More
