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Officers accused of turning Flock network into a women-stalking tool
12+ hour, 52+ min ago (671+ words) Key Takeaways by nexos.ai, reviewed by Cybernews staff. A growing number of police officers in the US are suspected of misusing license-plate reader systems. License-plate reader systems are vital crime-solving tools, but they can also enable stalking, according to…...
German police uncover €7 million money laundering scheme using nail salons and restaurants to convert darknet drug profits
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (314+ words) German police have nailed a Vietnamese money laundering scheme in which criminals were converting profits they made on the dark web, selling drugs for cash. Investigators claim the seemingly legitimate businesses funneled 7-figure sums of euros. The German police have…...
Fargo IRL: another AI facial rec error sends innocent granny to jail for six months
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (800+ words) Fargo, the TV series, is fantastic in depicting the absurdity of it all. It turns out that real life in this North Dakota city can be just as farcical: A 50-year-old woman had to spend months in jail after cops,…...
Operation Candy: data from phones seized in rural Sweden uncovers massive global crime network
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (474+ words) This major international investigation began with the seizure of two mobile phones in a small rural Swedish town. Data extracted from these devices then surprisingly revealed a global criminal web spanning Europe, Asia, and Australia. Sometimes, even data from a…...
30 arrested as Europol’s Project Compass targets violent online network The Com
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (409+ words) Led by Europol’s Project Compass, 28 partner nations – including the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, and the Netherlands – joined forces to help take down 30 members of the violent online cybercriminal network known as The Com. Launching its first-ever operational mission in…...
Flock cameras are getting destroyed, police using data to hunt vandals
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (384+ words) License plate reader (LPR) cameras from the major surveillance company Flock Safety are being vandalized across the US. In Suffolk, Virginia, Jeffrey Scott Sovern allegedly destroyed 13 AI-powered cameras between April and October. Sovern faces 13 felony destruction charges but has pleaded…...
Police spend $85,500 to access AI platform that can geolocate photos
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (483+ words) Emails have revealed how law enforcement agencies spent $85,500 on a platform that can provide location information in seconds after analyzing its background. It seems to have broadened its user base after the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office (MDSO) and the Los Angeles…...
IcedID malware creator fakes own death to escape FBI, still gets busted
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (382+ words) Sensing that law enforcement was onto him, a Ukrainian suspect who developed and managed the IcedID malware botnet faked his own death in an attempt to escape extradition to the US. It worked, but only for a while. According to…...