Police

Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages

Officers put in danger when republican dissidents grabbed hold of their names and details

Legal25 Sep 2024 | 2

Tor insists its network is safe after German cops convict CSAM dark-web admin

Outdated software blamed for cracks in the armor

Cyber-crime19 Sep 2024 | 25

California upgrade company aims militarized 'Tactical' Cybertruck at police forces

Criminals expected to counter Tesla truck with water guns and driving offroad

Offbeat07 Jun 2024 | 82

Euro cops disrupt malware droppers, seize thousands of domains

Operation Endgame just beginning: 'Stay tuned,' says Europol

Malware Month30 May 2024 |

UK data watchdog wants six figures from N Ireland cops after 2023 data leak

Massive discount applied to save cop shop’s helicopter budget

Security23 May 2024 | 15

Can I phone a friend? How cops circumvent face recognition bans

Updated Just ask a pal in a neighboring town with laxer restrictions

Security20 May 2024 | 9

Cops developing Ghostbusters-esque weapon to take out e-bike thugs

'Who you gonna call?' Dunno, my phone's been stolen

Bootnotes14 May 2024 | 67

Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op

Feature Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted

Security18 Apr 2024 | 13

Cop shop rapped for 'completely avoidable' web form blunder

Made public highly sensitive data on complaints about Metropolitan Police Service

Security15 Mar 2024 | 14

Cops turn LockBit ransomware gang's countdown timers against them

Authorities dismantle cybercrime royalty by making mockery of their leak site

Cyber-crime20 Feb 2024 | 17

Waymo services driverless car software after Phoenix truck collision

Alphabet owned autonomous vehicle biz files voluntary recall report

AI + ML14 Feb 2024 | 11

UK lawmakers say live facial recognition lacks a legal basis

Lords warn Home Secretary there is nothing to regulate wider trawl of large populations

Public Sector30 Jan 2024 | 32

DEA nabs $150M from dark web drug lord based... in Coventry

Plus: Dodgy ex-US official also sentenced for software and database theft in big day for the courts

Legal29 Jan 2024 | 15

EFF adds Street Surveillance Hub so Americans can check who's checking on them

'The federal government has almost entirely abdicated its responsibility'

Security22 Jan 2024 | 2

Secret multimillion-dollar cryptojacker snared by Ukrainian police

Criminal scored $2M in crypto proceeds but ends up in ‘cuffs following property raid

Cyber-crime12 Jan 2024 | 8

Motorola loses appeal to kill price cap on UK Airwave emergency services contract

Tribunal nixes appeal from provider of network that cops and firefighters can't seem to migrate from...

Personal Tech09 Jan 2024 | 16

Manchester's finest drowning in paperwork as Freedom of Information requests pile up

Updated Enforcement notice issued months after data regulator schooled police force

Security20 Dec 2023 | 30

Northern Ireland cops count human cost of August data breach

Officers potentially targeted by dissidents can't afford to relocate for their safety, while others seek support to change their names

Security12 Dec 2023 | 16

Interpol makes first border arrest using Biometric Hub to ID suspect

Global database of faces and fingerprints proves its worth

Cyber-crime01 Dec 2023 | 8

Ex-GCHQ software dev jailed for stabbing NSA staffer

Terrorist ideology suspected to be motivation

Security03 Nov 2023 | 43

UK policing minister urges doubling down on face-scanning tech

'No question' it will solve more crimes, Tory MP claims

Security31 Oct 2023 | 49

Irish cops data debacle exposes half a million motorist records

Details of civilians and Garda officers were included, as well as high-res scans of identity documents

Security24 Oct 2023 | 9

Europol knocks RagnarLocker offline in second major ransomware bust this year

Group will be remembered as staunch negotiator and a bullier of critical infrastructure orgs

Cyber-crime19 Oct 2023 |

San Francisco mayor suggests police drones and CCTV can cure city's crime woes

Suggests bodycam footage should replace paperwork for simple arrests

Cybersecurity Month19 Oct 2023 | 30

Northern Ireland's top cop quits after security breach, disciplinary controversy

Simon Byrne faced backlash over FoI blunder, plus claims officers were 'punished' to appease Sinn Féin

Security05 Sep 2023 | 2

Northern Irish cops release 2 men after Terrorism Act arrests linked to data breach

Came in wake of the force publishing their own people's data in botched FoI

Security04 Sep 2023 | 27

Man arrested in Northern Ireland police data leak as more incidents come to light

Plus laptop and radio with yet more officers details reportedly nicked from car

Security17 Aug 2023 | 41

You're not seeing double – yet another UK copshop is confessing to a data leak

Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies admit to accidentally including raw crime data in FoI responses

Security15 Aug 2023 | 59

Cumbrian Police accidentally publish all officers' details online

Names, job titles and salaries included in unwitting leak

Security14 Aug 2023 | 87

Northern Ireland police may have endangered its own officers by posting details online in error

At least it was a blunder and not a hostile attack, unlike what happened to another UK public body this week

Security09 Aug 2023 | 33

The number’s up for 999. And 911. And 000. And 111

Opinion When the world’s on fire, what number do you call?

Networks03 Jul 2023 | 229

Comms watchdog to probe errors that left Brits unable to make emergency calls

Police reported backlog of 999 calls after unspecified technical error

Networks28 Jun 2023 | 48

Singapore to roll out (literally) more Robocops

Stop! Or I'll move very slowly towards you and stream video to HQ

AI + ML16 Jun 2023 | 12

Capita wins £50M fraud reporting contract with City of London cops

No, the irony isn't lost on us either

Security14 Jun 2023 | 26

Software rollout failure led to Devon & Cornwall cops recording zero crime for 3 months

Updated It’s not a crime if you don’t have a record

Software02 Jun 2023 | 28

'Top three Balkans drug kingpins' arrested after cops crack their Sky ECC chats

Maybe try carrier pigeons instead

Cyber-crime13 May 2023 | 27

288 arrested in multinational Monopoly Market takedown

US tells criminals it 'will find you' and has a particular set of skills

Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 16

International cops urge Meta not to implement secure encryption for all

Why? Well, think of the children, of course

Security21 Apr 2023 | 40

Brit cops rapped over app that recorded 200k phone calls

Officers didn't know software was saving personal data and neither did people on other end

Security18 Apr 2023 | 36

Smile! UK cops reckon they've ironed out gremlins with real-time facial recog

Report says code has improved – and thousands could still end up falsely ID'd, argue privacy advocates

AI + ML06 Apr 2023 | 39

Criminal records office yanks web portal offline amid 'cyber security incident'

ACRO says payment data safe, other info may have been snaffled

Cyber-crime06 Apr 2023 | 20

US police have run nearly 1M Clearview AI searches, says founder

Crimes Clearview has helped solve include murder and the devastating scourge of ... shoplifting

AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 15

Europol warns ChatGPT already helping folks commit crimes

There is no honor among chatbots

AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 48

Cop warrant orders Ring to cough up footage from inside this guy's home

Don't say you weren't warned

Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 75

Americans have the right to livestream police traffic stops … probably

Handy thing, that First Amendment. Now, about the Second …

Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 19

Eurocops shut down Exclu encrypted messaging app, arrest dozens

German and Dutch authorities say the app was a favorite of organized criminals and drug smugglers

Security07 Feb 2023 | 40

Euro-cops shut down crypto scam that bilked millions from unwitting punters

If the investment opportunity sounds too good to be true …

Security13 Jan 2023 | 26

Sting op takes down 50 DDoS-for-hire domains, seven people collared

Cops give denial-of-service sites an extra special denial of service

Security15 Dec 2022 | 2

London cops break into gallery to rescue lifelike art installation

'Kristina' is a sculpture of a woman with her face in a bowl of soup

Offbeat14 Dec 2022 | 65

San Francisco terminates explosive killer cop bots

I'll be back, or perhaps not

Security07 Dec 2022 | 44

San Francisco lawmakers approve lethal robots – but they can't carry guns

Updated Update: Plan pulled after public outcry

Security30 Nov 2022 | 58

International cops arrest hundreds of fraudsters, money launderers and cocaine kingpins

$155,000-a-month lifestyle ends in cuffs for suspected crim

Security29 Nov 2022 | 24

San Francisco politicians to vote on policy endorsing lethal force for robots

Asimov would like a word

Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 67

Cops swoop after crooks use wireless keyfob hack to steal cars

Hotwiring is so 2021

Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 116

Privacy watchdog steps up fight against Europol's hoarding of personal data

If you could stop storing records on people unconnected to any crimes, that would be great

Security23 Sep 2022 | 10

Why bother with warrants when cops can buy location data for under $10k?

How Fog Data Science sells records of your whereabouts, according to the EFF

Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 36