Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans DIGITAL experts have been recruited to help police catch cyber criminals. They have joined a dedicated digital intelligence team (DIT) within Staffordshire Police, set up to carry out covert investigations into crime committed online. The new specialists could be helping to…
‘Come at me Aussie police’: Hacker behind posts of hundreds of pictures of naked Queensland women taunts authorities and vows to keep uploading them
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A hacker responsible for sharing nude images of up to 700 Brisbane women on a New Zealand-based file-sharing service online, has taunted police after they ordered for the photos to be removed. The freely available images, which showed ‘girls from Brisbane…
Local police chiefs focus on accountability, technology
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The national debate over how police interact with the public hasn’t gone unnoticed by several chiefs in Lake County. It’s the paths they’re taking to increase police accountability that differ. Police chiefs in Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Griffith and Schererville also…
A watchful Regina gas station clerk has foiled what police believe to be an attempted credit card scam — one that could have implications that reach beyond this province.
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Johnson City police arrested an Elizabethton woman Tuesday on charges that she used another person’s credit card to make purchases. Heather K. Richardson, 23, 220 Nave Hollow Loop, Elizabethton, was with fraudulent use of a credit or debit card and theft…
Police: Bethesda Fraud Suspect Cloned Credit Card
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A man allegedly cloned a victim’s credit card, then used it to make fraudulent purchases at a Bethesda grocery store. Police are looking for help to identify the suspect photographed above. Detectives say he used the cloned card last month. The…
ShotSpotter stations in New York can recognize gunfire, direct police to crimes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The City of New York has announced plans to adopt an innovative anti-gun violence device, The ShotSpotter, which aims to slow the increase in gun crime in New York City. ShotSpotter is made up of acoustic sensors that detects the sound of gunfire. The sensors…
Stafford police seek man wanted for credit card fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Stafford Township police are looking for the public’s help to locate a New Brunswick man they say is wanted for credit card fraud. $50,000 arrest warrant was issued for Terence Flaherty, 28, charging him with fraud and theft, according to police…
Police: Woman sought for using stolen credit card
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans HANOVER, Pa. (WHTM) – Police are asking for tips from the public to solve a case of credit card fraud. State police on Monday released surveillance photos of a woman who allegedly used a stolen credit card to buy $650 worth…
Falls police hit cutting edge of crime scene investigation with new laser scanner
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The increasing expectations of juries in criminal cases that they will see evidence presented to them like what they view on the popular CSI series of TV shows. Of course, the TV shows present a mix of experimental technologies, not currently…
Faribault Police Department to improve its data extraction technology in 2015
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Technology: It’s everywhere. And it’s being used for crimes, too. However, solving a crime that involves technology with limited resources can be quite difficult. Currently, Faribault investigators have to thumb through a device and take pictures of its content. This method…