[ad_1] MILWAUKEE — A nationwide effort to track and arrest online child predators leads to two arrests in Wisconsin. The Department of Justice said Wednesday Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators, resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse...Read More

[ad_1] Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s National Police (Polri) Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, has stated that online fraud and gambling are currently the most prevalent forms of cybercrime in the country. He made this statement during “The Risk-Based Mentoring Program on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Crimes” held in Jakarta on Thursday. General Listyo emphasized...Read More

[ad_1] An online sexual predator who used computer games to groom and abuse a vulnerable 11-year-old boy has been jailed. Christopher Collinge, now aged 33, used a mutual love of computer games to befriend the boy, before bribing him with to share explicit images in return for credits to his PlayStation account. Collinge was exposed...Read More

[ad_1] African airlines are facing a significant threat from cybercrime, with millions lost annually to payment fraud. A recent report by Visa in collaboration with the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) sheds light on the vulnerabilities facing these airlines and offers solutions to address the issue, ultimately boosting revenue and improving passenger payments. Michael Berner, Head...Read More

[ad_1] WARREN, Ohio, (WKBN) — Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder is appealing a county judge’s decision that her office pay Bazetta Township over $80,000 it lost when the township’s tax fund was mistakenly deposited into a fraudulent bank account. Read next: Ohio primary election: What’s on the ballot, and where can I vote? Yoder filed...Read More

[ad_1] The UK has announced a series of new cybersecurity assessment schemes in a bid to push secure by design principles. Unveiled at the CYBERUK 2025 conference, the new initiatives are designed to enable firms to demonstrate their cyber resiliency, and boost confidence in the products and services used by organizations. The first scheme is...Read More

[ad_1] Play ransomware exploited Windows zero-day. getty The ransomware threat is far from over, despite the internal private communications of some of the cybercriminal gangs being leaked, snitches being offered big bucks for information on gang members, and the childishness of DOGE-trolling attackers demanding $1 trillion payments. If you want evidence of this, look no...Read More

[ad_1] Cybercrime continues to be a rapidly rising threat, with cases in the Philippines tripling to 10,004 in 2024, according to the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC). CIBI Information Inc., the country’s first and only local credit bureau, recognizing the urgent need for a coordinated, data-driven approach to fight cybercrime, officially launches the Fraud...Read More

[ad_1] Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Emily Juarez no longer feels safe letting her two older children ride public transportation or walk to their LA Unified school after an increase in reports of violence near district campuses. “I stopped maybe a couple of weeks ago,”...Read More

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Twelve Chinese nationals — including mercenary hackers, law enforcement officers and employees of a private hacking company — have been charged in connection with global cybercrime campaigns targeting dissidents, news organizations, U.S. agencies and universities, the Justice Department said Wednesday. A set of criminal cases filed in New York and Washington add...Read More