Cybercrimes News

AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns

The European Union’s law enforcement agency cautioned Tuesday that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes intertwined with state-sponsored destabilization campaigns. The grim warning came at the …

Telegram Lawyer Says Investigation Into CEO Durov Is ‘Absurd’

A lawyer for Telegram boss Pavel Durov, who is the target of an unprecedented investigation in France, said on Thursday it was “absurd” to suggest the head of a social network was responsible for any criminal acts committed on the …

Telegram CEO Held Over Alleged Failure to Stop Crime on App

Pavel Durov, the chief executive officer of Telegram, has been detained in France over claims that the messaging service failed to properly fight crime on the app, including the spread of child sexual abuse material. The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire was …

Should U.S. Retaliate for Cyber Attacks?

The Obama administration should retaliate for a cyber-attack on federal employee records that was the worst breach the U.S. government has ever suffered, members of Congress said on Sunday. “There has to be a price to pay for this,” Representative …

Hawaii Enacts 4 New Laws To Curb Cybercrimes

Four new Hawaii laws are aimed at curbing cybercrimes. Gov. Neil Abercrombie recently signed bills to combat cyberbullying, to prohibit adults from soliciting minors to electronically transmit nude images of minors and to allow out-of-state records to be subpoenaed in …