One particularly scary consequence of privacy breaches involves criminals obtaining a target’s personal information and then contacting law enforcement to file an “emergency” report that there is imminent violence at the person’s home or someone is behind held hostage. Law enforcement “swat” teams may then rush to the scene, and in tragic cases, innocent people…
Distributer of encrypted phones bugged by feds handed a prison sentence
Sam Ribakoff reports: A man who distributed bugged phones to Colombian drug traffickers and money launderers as part of a bizarre international FBI sting operation was sentenced to over five years in prison for racketeering and conspiracy in a San Diego federal courtroom. “Your honor, I want to say sorry to my family,” said Osemah…
X’s privacy dilemma: When blocking is not really blocking anymore
Neeraj Dubey and Pushpit Singh write: With social media constantly evolving, privacy concerns are growing, especially in jurisdictions like India, where data privacy is a fundamental right. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) introduces strict privacy regulations for digital platforms in India. Recently, X announced a controversial update to its block function: blocked users…
Artificial intelligence and cybercrime: implications for individuals and the healthcare sector
Introduction: The malicious use of artificial intelligence has created new types of security threat for both individuals and the healthcare sector. Although artificial intelligence is a fundamental technology of our age, it has enabled the creation of new types of large-scale cyberthreat, and artificial intelligence-based cybercrime has grown rapidly worldwide. Medical data are a prime…