US Police Forced to Pay Bitcoin Ransom
It’s strange to think that the police force could become a victim of hackers. The strict network security implementation would make you think that they’re safe ...
April 15, 2015 at 12:58 pm by Robert Ainsworthpolice
Guy Caught Watching Lord of the Rings While Driving at 60mph
A van driver is said to have been caught watching a DVD version of Lord of the Rings while speeding at 60 mph on the M25 near Cobham in Surrey, UK. The police stated they were ...
April 10, 2015 at 9:58 am by Gabriel Roşu
Attack at NSA Headquarters: One Dead, Two Injured
This morning at the NSA’s Fort Meade headquarters an unidentified car attempted to ram the entrance gate. Shots were fired after the gate was rammed, authorities are ...
March 30, 2015 at 5:01 pm by Ryan Leiserowitz
UK Police Calls for ‘Adult Only’ Game Ratings
Violent media has long been a scapegoat for societal ills: from the 1960s through to the 1980s, conservative reactionary Mary Whitehouse waged a one-woman war on social ...
March 24, 2015 at 9:28 pm by Ashley Allen
US Cop Fired For Racial Abuse on Xbox Live
A Deputy from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has been fired after being caught on camera making racial threats over Xbox Live. Former Deputy Michael Slater abused a man ...
March 12, 2015 at 12:28 am by Ashley Allen
Seattle Police Launches YouTube Channel to Share Body Camera Footage
Police body cameras have been a big source of contention lately. With various police shootings in the US, and the subsequent protests, many have called to have body cameras ...
March 1, 2015 at 10:28 pm by Ryan Simmons
Kinect to Teach Police “Use of Force” Options
A new piece of software for the Windows version of Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect peripheral could be used to teach cops how to deal with confrontational situations. The ...
February 17, 2015 at 12:58 am by Ashley Allen
Crime Predicting Software Being Used by Police
No, this isn’t Minority Report made real, but it is close. New “predictive policing” software from developers such as PredPol helps police to determine ...
February 12, 2015 at 4:58 pm by Joe Dincer-Ubl
Las Vegas Man Arrested for ‘Swatting’
Swatting, the act of calling real SWAT police on unsuspecting gamers is a freaking dangerous stunt to pull. It’s also something police forces are becoming tired of, as ...
February 9, 2015 at 12:58 pm by Peter Donnell
Thieves Attempted to Use An iPod nano to Take Credit Card Information
We’ve all been warned of the many ways thieves can take our card information from ATMs. There’s all the elaborate card readers, cameras and other devices that ...
January 13, 2015 at 9:55 am by Ryan Simmons
Man Arrested by UK Police Over Twitter Joke
A man who joked on Twitter about the recent crash of a refuse truck into a hotel lobby has been arrested by UK police over the tweet. The unnamed 19-year-old man handed ...
December 26, 2014 at 4:16 am by Ashley Allen
The Pirate Bay is Back… On IsoHunt!
Just a week after Swedish police shut down the BitTorrent juggernaut, the Pirate Bay, the site is back, resurrected from an internet grave by torrent search site IsoHunt. ...
December 16, 2014 at 11:58 am by Peter Donnell
Could This be the End for The Pirate Bay?
Police in Sweden have reportedly taken down popular torrent site The Pirate Bay. The site has also been down today, notable as it is seemingly the first time in months users ...
December 9, 2014 at 7:33 pm by Ryan Simmons
Real-life Minority Report: German Police Trial Software to Predict Crime Before it Happens
Steven Spielberg’s 2002 science fiction film Minority Report painted a future in which crimes can be predicted, and thus prevented, before they occur. The Pre-Crime ...
December 3, 2014 at 8:45 pm by Ashley Allen
Anonymous Hacks KKK Twitter Due to Ferguson Threats
As part of their new #OpKKK campaign, the well known internet group ‘Anonymous’ has taken control of the Klu Klux Klans public twitter account in a bid to fight ...
November 17, 2014 at 5:32 am by Chris Smith
