November 28, 2019 Georgia man gets 7 years in prison for swindling women on Match.com, Craigslist Money can't buy you love, but a Georgia man who used Match.com to meet the supposed woman of his dreams showed his love's money could buy an $80,000 BMW -- a car the 34-year-old used to skip town and leave his lady high and dry, until the law caught up with him.
November 27, 2019 Florida authorities investigating offer to sell baby for $500 on Craigslist Someone in Florida posted a Craigslist ad purporting to sell a newborn baby for $500, leading investigators scrambling to determine if the ad was just a hoax.
November 20, 2019 Nigerian scammer mastermind of $1M internet fraud scheme from inside jail: authorities A Nigerian internet scammer serving a 24-year jail sentence was allegedly able to mastermind a $1 million “mega scam” from inside a maximum-security prison, anti-corruption officials said.
November 8, 2019 'Donald Trump Screen of Death': President’s likeness used as ransomware bait Malware creators are getting political, using the president's likeness as bait for victims.
November 7, 2019 New York tech firm sold Chinese equipment with 'made in USA' labels to American government: prosecutors A New York-based technology firm allegedly engaged in a decade-long fraud scheme that created a potential national security risk by importing Chinese-made surveillance and security equipment and selling the technology to the U.S. government as “made in the USA,” prosecutors said Thursday.
November 2, 2019 Penny Nance: Fight against sex trafficking and child porn could be hurt by change to Internet Potential changes to the functioning of the Internet could inadvertently open the floodgates of harmful content and hurt efforts to identify and stop sex trafficking and child pornography
November 1, 2019 Mongolia arrests 800 in cybercrime probe Police in Mongolia arrested roughly 800 Chinese citizens during an anti-money laundering operation, local authorities said.
October 30, 2019 Hackers hijacked DC’s surveillance cameras just before Trump’s inauguration: report Days before Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, a pair of hackers managed to seize control of Washington, DC's surveillance cameras.
October 27, 2019 The Who's Pete Townshend: Child porn arrest saved my life The Who's Pete Townshend has said his child abuse pics arrest saved his life - as it led him to discover he had bowel cancer.
October 25, 2019 Ukraine police arrest hacker wanted in US, suspected of stealing $6M from American banks A 32-year-old man accused of hacking into U.S. financial institutions and stealing more than $6 million was arrested in Ukraine as he was hiding from American authorities.