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Police Dept. in Massachusetts Paid Crypto-Malware Ransom to Retrieve Files
Ransomware equipped with encryption capabilities has been victimizing police departments rather indiscriminately nowadays. Although paying ransom to hackers…
April 12, 2015
Indian Police to Shoot Protesters with Pepper Spray Equipped Drones
In order to disperse protesters, Police in India will now use drones equipped with pepper spray. Is it…
April 10, 2015
NY Cops Reveal Using Stingray Spy Tool 47 Times Without Warrant
New York’s Erie County police department has revealed that it used Stingray spying tool for tracking users’ cellphone…
April 8, 2015
Hackers shutdown police website for third time in one week
The DDoS attack on Finish Police website forced the servers to remain offline for hours. The official website…
March 29, 2015
Anonymous Targets NYPD Captains Union Website with Malware
On Friday, a cyberattack on NYPD captains union website infected it with malware and forced it to shut…
March 23, 2015
$1.5 million Spent by NYPD on electronic ears for gunshots surveillance
NYPD cops have started testing a system, which allows them to immediately track the location within 82feet from…
March 21, 2015
Canadian jailed for refusing to unlock his phone at the airport
Alian Philippon, a 38-year-old citizen from Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec, will be facing up to 24,000 Canadian Dollars fine and…
March 6, 2015
Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Website Hacked by Pro-Palestinian Hackers
The official website of Colorado’s Larimer County Sheriff’s Office ( LCSO) was hacked early Tuesday morning by famous hacking group AnonGhost.…
March 5, 2015
US Police Dept Pays Crypto-Malware Ransom to retrieve sensitive records
Midlothian Village, Illinois, Police Department became the target of ransomware having file-encryption capabilities and hence, the department had…
February 28, 2015
Police use Facebook to find person who dropped bag of cocaine
Usually police is known for catching criminals but the Crewe police department (CPD) from State of Virginia is…
February 28, 2015