Computer-enabled crimes: virtual robbery - Negative PID If Bonnie and Clyde had lived in our times, would they have still robbed a bank the way they did? Probably not. From a criminology perspective,

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Understanding the MO of cybercriminals - Negative PID In a previous article, we have seen how cybercrime is, by nature, difficult to define. However, criminologists have successfully categorized different

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Computer-enabled crimes: virtual robbery - Negative PID If Bonnie and Clyde had lived in our times, would they have still robbed a bank the way they did? Probably not. From a criminology perspective,

Computer-enabled crimes: virtual robbery
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Understanding the MO of cybercriminals - Negative PID In a previous article, we have seen how cybercrime is, by nature, difficult to define. However, criminologists have successfully categorized different

Understanding the MO of cybercriminals

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I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

And we though our bullies were mean.... #cyberbullies #misogyny #outloud #hatespeech #onlinecrime

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Incognito Market Operator Rui-Siang Lin Sentenced to 30 Years in Major Dark Web Case Rui-Siang Lin, operator of the $105M Incognito Market dark web platform, has been sentenced to 30 years for global narcotics trafficking.

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Grok AI Is Harming Society

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Paris court finds 10 guilty of harassing Brigitte Macron online Teacher and publicist among those convicted of maliciously posting or sharing false claims French first lady is a man

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Man Charged In Fraudulent Id Market
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Cybercrime Gang Busted for Massive Fake Welfare Portal Scam in India  A massive inter-state cybercrime syndicate targeting government welfare schemes in India was busted by police under an operation code-named “Shutterdown,” revealing one of the largest frauds of recent years involving over 36 arrests and millions siphoned off from government funds intended for farmers, pensioners, and low-income citizens. The gang, which included government employees and technically skilled individuals, exploited structural vulnerabilities in official portals of welfare schemes such as PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, Social Security Pension, and various compensation programs. Sophisticated modus operandi The perpetrators manipulated government databases, using unauthorized IDs to activate fraudulent accounts and reroute OTPs to agents, ensuring transactions remained undetected during operational hours.  Fake beneficiaries were created by purchasing bank account details and identity documents from ineligible persons, who were promised welfare funds in exchange for providing their credentials. Large sums were systematically withdrawn using forged identities and quick cash transactions, backed by real-time data manipulation on government digital platforms. Scale and impact Police investigations uncovered over 11,000 fake beneficiary accounts, with evidence of systematic syphoning through a web of financial activity stretching across districts such as Jodhpur, Kota, Bundi, Dausa, and beyond. The operation led to the seizure of more than ₹52 lakh in cash, luxury vehicles, hundreds of SIM cards, biometric devices, and documents linked to thousands of accounts. Police credited the success of the crackdown to proactive citizen informants, technical surveillance, and coordination between state police and banking institutions, including immediate freezing of suspect accounts and deployment of forensic audit teams by leading banks. Key masterminds and ongoing probe The fraud’s mastermind, Ramavatar Saini, leveraged intimate knowledge of welfare portals to orchestrate the scam, aided by collaborators like Mohammad Laeeq (with access to nodal office systems) and Subhash (who sourced bulk data of ineligible beneficiaries).  Additional suspects from multiple states remain at large, with police announcing rewards for their capture. The breakthrough is expected to spark reforms addressing high-tech vulnerabilities in digital welfare delivery platforms and improve coordination for inter-state financial crime investigations. Authorities have emphasized the need for urgent technical upgrades to official systems and more robust verification protocols to prevent future cyber-enabled misuse of welfare funds. Public vigilance, rapid intelligence sharing, and cross-agency collaboration played a vital role in uncovering the racket and containing its financial fallout.

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🎉 Excited to welcome Prof Jakob Demant from the University of Copenhagen today! He’ll be exploring how young people are reshaping online behaviours across multiple platforms, creating hidden spaces that may foster new forms of deviance and crime.
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Wait, AI for *that*? 🤔 While we focus on AI writing/pics, it's also eyed for sinister online crime uses. Definitely something to watch. What are your thoughts? Full context: cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications... #AI #Tech #OnlineCrime #Future

Tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centres

Tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f... #OnlineScam #Myanmar #Thailand #Cambodia #Laos #UN #UNODC #ScamCentre #ScamAlert #CallCentre #OnlineCrime #Philippines #Nepal #Brazil #MyanmarJunta

Thousands rescued from illegal scam compounds in Myanmar as Thailand launches huge crackdown Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become havens for criminal syndicates operating online scam operations and tricking thousands into enslaved work

Thousands rescued from illegal scam compounds in Myanmar as Thailand launches huge crackdown www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f... #OnlineScam #Myanmar #Thailand #Cambodia #Laos #UN #UNODC #ScamCentre #ScamAlert #CallCentre #OnlineCrime

AI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are cracking down on the troubling spread of child sexual abuse imagery created through artificial intelligence technology

Laws & law enforcement in the US have been slow to handle online hate and harassment, now wonder if the will patterns will continue with AI. Seems laws regarding chlidren may be the first bridgehead. The European AI act may be useful here. #onlinehate #onlinecrime #AI abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

Academy chain with 35,000 pupils to be first in England to go phone-free Exclusive: Ormiston academies trust says impact of smartphones on learning and mental health has been ‘catastrophic’

English academy group with 35,000 pupils is going phone-free because “the impact of phones on learning and mental health has been ‘catastrophic’” www.theguardian.com/education/20... #Ethics #TechEthics #OnlineCrime

Sextortion training materials found on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to new report "Yahoo Boys" is an informal network of cybercriminals who have gained cultural clout over the last several years in West Africa.

"While the Yahoo Boys and other threat actors have been operating for years on mainstream social media platforms, the parent companies of those platforms have been slow to substantially stem the activity." #socialmedia #Meta #onlineabuse #onlinecrime #sextortion www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

“This report does very little to consider the issues Māori face with YouTube, and online hate speech in various Google services including adverts.”

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