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 […]
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 […]
Scattered Spider – the teenage hacking collective that breached multiple organisations in 2023 in a series of social engineering attacks – has been linked to the ongoing cyber incident unfolding at Marks and Spencer (M&S) according to reports. According to Bleeping Computer, which was first to report the new development citing unnamed sources close […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shanaz Musafer, Liv McMahon & Ije Ndukwe BBC News Getty Images The country may be enjoying the sunny weather, but the storm clouds that have been gathering over Marks & Spencer currently show no sign of abating. We are now well into the second week of a cyber attack that has hit one of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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