AI fraud may be too much for some financial companies, warns Treasury Dept
By Masha Borak The risks of generative artificial intelligence are looming over the financial services industry. As access to more advanced AI tools becomes available,…
Crime
Rule by Criminals: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “In these days of worldwide confusion, there is a dire need for men and women who will courageously…
Florida Town Installs Live Facial Recognition to Protect Against 3 Trespassers
By Chris Burt Lakeland, Florida is not known as a particularly violent city. It does not appear on lists of America’s most crime-ridden towns. But…
Nigeria’s Kidnappings Show Urgent Need for Reforms
By Emily Thompson At least 137 school children who were kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have been released. There is widespread…
Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks
This post was written by Rachel Hochhauser, an EFF legal intern We’ve written multiple times about the inaccurate and dangerous “gunshot detection” tool, ShotSpotter. A…
“It’s Enraging”: NYC Homeowner Arrested For Changing Locks After Squatters Take Over
By Tyler Durden A woman who inherited a home in New York City full of people squatting illegally was arrested and led away in handcuffs…
Oh Canada: Parliament Moves To Impose Potential Life Imprisonment For Speech Crimes
Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have previously discussed the unrelenting attacks by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his allies on free speech. There has been a…
Nigerian Schoolchildren in Imminent Danger
By Emily Thompson Can you imagine sending your child to school only to find out they’ve been kidnapped by a criminal gang demanding a ransom?…
Generative AI Enabling Identity Fraud at Scale: Au10tix Report
By Chris Burt An eight month-long identity fraud campaign coordinated by organized crime groups has attempted 22,080 fraudulent user onboarding attempts by repeatedly applying generative…
Terror Threat? NYC Mobilizing 1,000 National Guard Troops In Subways
By Tyler Durden New York Governor Kathy Hochul is mobilizing 1,000 National Guard troops and State Police officers across New York City’s subway system in…
Haiti Chaos Leaves Civilians in Urgent Need of Help
Op-Ed by Emily Thompson An explosion of gang-led violence in Haiti has prompted the government to declare a state of emergency and impose a curfew…
A Matter of National Security (Part Two)
By Mark Adams Read Part 1 Some things cry out for explanation. Like finding $90,000 in marked bills in a Congressman’s freezer. Or finding out…
Mobile Banking Malware Growing Rapidly, ThreatFabric Warns
By Bianca Gonzalez Online payment fraud prevention provider ThreatFabric has shared research on the return of the Anatsa trojan virus, which is expanding its reach…
Pakistan Executes AI-powered Criminal Identification System
Activist Post Editor’s Note: The author is clearly supportive of this technology, perhaps not knowing the multitude of complications and errors that have occurred in…