Tag Archives: Crimes

Charlize Theron Critized for Comparing Privacy Invasion to Rape

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The South African native-born, Charlize Theron caused pandemonium in the media world by saying that the meddling by others in her private life felt to her like she was being physically assaulted and...

One-Month Rape Sentence awarded to Teacher overturned

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Stacey Rambold was a teacher who had raped a 14 year old student. He was given a very light prison sentence of a single month due to the judge’s faulty thinking. The judge thought that the victim was...

Identity theft tops the FTC’s fraud complaint list again

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As the digital age continues to grow at a blinding speed, threats over the Internet are also on the rise. According to a new report published by the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is still...

SANS Institute Report on Cyberthreat To Healthcare Industry

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In light of last weeks cyber-attack on Forbes (here), the release of new cyberthreat report yesterday specifically for healthcare was both timely – and sobering. Maliciously disrupting the...

Philippine court says online snooping illegal

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines Supreme Court said online surveillance by authorities is illegal without a court order and that online libel is a criminal offense, in a ruling Tuesday that...

Immigration Services Made Extra-Lenient by Obama

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The government under Obama has made it easy for many people who were stuck as illegal immigrants in the United States to gain a legitimate status. Even if they have families in countries which have...

Feedzai Using Data Science and Machine Learning To Minimize Payment Fraud

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The US fight against payment fraud got a new player last week as Feedzai, a data science company based in Europe, launched in the US with a system that uses real-time, machine-based learning to...

The Mormon Who Creates Billions of Fake Identities Every Month

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Suspicious NSA and FBI agents have contacted Jacob Allred about his websites, and Social Security Administration investigators, waving badges, have showed up at his door. Businesses have cursed him....

Feds: Russian creator of SpyEye pleads guilty

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Feds: Russian man who created bank hacking software pleads guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud ATLANTA (AP) — A Russian man who federal authorities say created a computer program used to drain bank...