On May 2, Annabelle Dickson, Mark Scott, and Tom Bristow reported: Britain’s tough new plan to police the internet has left politicians in a stand-off with WhatsApp and other popular encrypted messaging services. Deescalating that row will be easier said than done. The Online Safety Bill, the United Kingdom’s landmark effort to regulate social media giants,…
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Central NY man hacked local middle-schoolers’ SnapChat photos and tried to extort them, police say
Elizabeth Doran reports: A 24-year-old Van Buren man has been accused of extorting Central New York children after he hacked into their social media and stole naked photos of them, police said. The man targeted kids attending Pine Grove Middle School in the East Syracuse Minoa School district, police said. Police, however, said they believe…
Texas Man Sentenced for Extortion and Cyberstalking a Utah Woman for Sexually Explicit Photographs and Videos
May 3 – Salt Lake City, Utah – A Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to five years imprisonment for multiple counts of extortion and cyberstalking a Utah victim and her family. According to court documents, for over a year, Jordy Julian Alvarez, 28, a Texas resident, repeatedly harassed and intimidated the female victim to provide…
State declines to deny covert use of spyware to monitor Irish citizens
Cianan Brennan reports: The Government has declined to confirm whether or not State agencies routinely use spyware to monitor Irish citizens, following an inquiry from the European Commission. Last December, the Commission wrote to all EU member states seeking to clarify the extent to which such software is in use by Governments across the bloc….