Loophole exploited by criminals to use antique guns in crimes closed making 26,000 firearms illegal

Loophole exploited by criminals to use antique guns in crimes will be closed in move that will make 26,000 firearms illegal Seven types of ammunition no longer classed under ‘antique firearm’ category  Legal exemption designed to allow collectors and dealers to trade old firearms It was exploited by criminals and six deaths linked to antique … Read more

Loophole exploited by criminals to use antique guns in crimes closed making 26,000 firearms illegal

Loophole exploited by criminals to use antique guns in crimes will be closed in move that will make 26,000 firearms illegal Seven types of ammunition no longer classed under ‘antique firearm’ category  Legal exemption designed to allow collectors and dealers to trade old firearms It was exploited by criminals and six deaths linked to antique … Read more

‘Twitter hack’ criminals targeted home working employees on a VPN connection

The ‘Twitter hack’ in July, that let criminals access famous accounts, was caused after home working employees were tricked into handing over their login details.   Verified accounts belonging to users such as Elon Musk, Apple and Joe Biden were used to share scam posts promoting the virtual currency Bitcoin during the hack. Home working Twitter … Read more

Under-21s targeted as money mules: Criminals hire university students to transfer dirty money

Surge in student ‘money mules’: Criminals using social media to hire under 21s for dirty money transfers By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 23:07 BST, 29 September 2020 Criminals are using social media to hire university students as ‘money mules’ The number of youngsters being recruited … Read more

Julian Assange ‘binge-watched footage of war criminal’s suicide’

Julian Assange binge-watched footage of war criminal killing himself in court after losing his case, extradition hearing is told Dr Sondra Crosby told court of Assange’s mental health in Ecuadorian Embassy She said he watched the suicide of Slobodan Praljak who drank cyanide Assange was said to be ‘obsessed’ and analysed the man’s face as he was … Read more

Big banks ‘let criminals move dirty money around the globe’ major investigation reveals 

Some of the world’s biggest banks let criminals and fraudsters move dirty money around the world, according to leaked financial dossiers.      More than 2,000 sensitive banking papers detailing more than $2 trillion worth of transactions were analysed after being leaked to BuzzFeed News and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which distributed them … Read more

Big banks ‘let criminals move dirty money around the globe’ major investigation reveals 

Some of the world’s biggest banks let criminals and fraudsters move dirty money around the world, according to leaked financial dossiers.      More than 2,000 sensitive banking papers detailing more than $2 trillion worth of transactions were analysed after being leaked to BuzzFeed News and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which distributed them … Read more

Criminals could use AI devices to ransack homes after sneaking in through LOCKED front doors

Beware the robot cat (flap) burglars! Criminals could use AI devices to ransack homes after sneaking in through LOCKED front doors Robot burglars could enter house via a small space such as cat flap or letter box Machine could then relay information to human and even fetch resident’s keys Possibility was raised in a study … Read more

Criminals could use AI devices to ransack homes after sneaking in through LOCKED front doors

Beware the robot cat (flap) burglars! Criminals could use AI devices to ransack homes after sneaking in through LOCKED front doors Robot burglars could enter house via a small space such as cat flap or letter box Machine could then relay information to human and even fetch resident’s keys Possibility was raised in a study … Read more

How FBI tracked down the celebrity Twitter hackers: Cyber criminals were ‘extremely sloppy’

The FBI were able to track down three hackers who pulled off the largest Twitter breach in history because they were ‘extremely sloppy’ with how they moved their Bitcoin transactions around.  Graham Ivan Clark, 17, of Tampa, Florida; Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, Florida; and Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor Regis, U.K. have all be charged … Read more