Category: Crime & Justice
Kim Dotcom, roguish face of 2010s online piracy, will finally be extradited to the US
Kim Dotcom, the Megaupload founder and hard-partying face of early 2010s online piracy, is finally headed to the US. Reuters reports that New Zealand’s justice minister signed an extradition order on Thursday to end the entrepreneur’s nearly 13-year legal battle, paving the way for the German-born Dotcom to face charges…
Read MoreBlock reportedly greenlit transactions involving terrorist groups and sanctioned nations
Block appears to be squarely in the government’s sights. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are reportedly probing extensive compliance lapses at the parent company of Square and Cash App. NBC News says a former Block employee has handed over documents to federal authorities, painting a picture of…
Read MoreFugees rapper Pras accuses his lawyer of using AI in closing arguments
Rapper “Pras” Michel, one-third of the legendary hip-hop group The Fugees, accused his lawyer from a recent federal criminal case of using AI in his closing arguments. In seeking a new trial, the “Ghetto Supastar” artist says via Ars Technica that his one-time attorney, David Kenner, used an AI program…
Read MoreHitting the Books: Tech can’t fix what’s broken in American policing
It’s never been about safety as much as it has control, serving and protecting only to the benefit of the status quo. Clearview AI, PredPol, Shotspotter, they’re all Carolyn Bryant Donham’s testimony behind a veneer of technological validity — a shiny black box to dazzle the masses while giving the…
Read MoreHitting the Books: How the ‘Godfather of Cybercrime’ got his start on eBay
The internet has connected nearly everybody on the planet to a global network of information and influence, enabling humanity’s best and brightest minds unparalleled collaborative capabilities. At least that was the idea, more often than not these days, it serves as a popular medium for scamming your more terminally-online relatives…
Read MoreDOJ says it disrupted a major global ransomware group
The US Department of Justice has spent months infiltrating and disrupting the Hive ransomware group, the agency announced on Thursday. The DOJ says Hive has targeted over 1,500 victims in more than 80 countries, extorting hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom payments. Working with German and Netherlands law enforcement,…
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