US Hands Over Russian Cybercriminals in WSJ Reporter Prisoner Swap

Plus: Meta pays $1.4 million in a historic privacy settlement, Microsoft blames a cyberattack for a major Azure outage, and an artist creates a face recognition system to reveal your NYPD “coppelganger.”...

NYPD Body Cam Data Shows the Scale of Violence Against Protesters

A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the “bad apple” myth...

The NYPD Had a Secret Fund for Surveillance Tools

Documents reveal that police bought facial-recognition software, vans equipped with x-ray machines, and “stingray” cell site simulators—with no public oversight...

NYPD Fingerprint Database Taken Offline to Thwart Ransomware

The New York Police Department’s database of fingerprints was knocked offline over the weekend thanks to a ransomware scare, according to reports. The malware was introduced to the network via a contractor who was installing a digital display, according to an article in the New York Post. To do t...

New York Police Used Cell Phone Spying Tool Over 1000 Times Without Warrant

The New York Police Department NYPD has admitted that it used controversial cell phone spying tool "Stingrays" more than 1,000 times since 2008 without warrants. In the documents obtained by the New York Civil Liberties Union NYCLU, the NYPD acknowledged that the department has used Stingrays to...

FBI, NYPD Form Financial Cybercrime Task Force

The FBI has formed a new cybercrime task force with the New York Police Department and the Metropolitan Transit Authority whose job will be to go after high-level financial cyber crimes, employing a model of interagency cooperation that the bureau and other federal law enforcement agencies have...

Anonymous Hackers Release alleged pepper spray NYPD Officer's Personal Info

Anonymous Hackers Release alleged pepper spray NYPD Officer's Personal Info The Anonymous activist collective today released personal information about a New York police officer who is believed to have sprayed pepper spray on women protesters on Wall Street. The group released phone number,...

Anonymous Hackers Release alleged pepper spray NYPD Officer's Personal Info

Anonymous Hackers Release alleged pepper spray NYPD Officer 's Personal Info The Anonymous activist collective today released personal information about a New York police officer who is believed to have sprayed pepper spray on women protesters on Wall Street. The group released phone number,...