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Source: International Criminal Court.

South Africa refers Israel to ICC for Gaza war crimes

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File photo: Signage is seen outside of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in Washington, DC, US, 30 August 2020. Reuters/Andrew Kelly

US court orders South African firm's CEO to pay $3.4bn for bitcoin fraud

Kanishka Singh and Chris Prentice 28 Apr 2023

Source: Wikipedia. Former US President, Donald Trump.

Trump arrested, first American president in history to face criminal charges

4 Apr 2023

Source: Reuters.

Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

8 Jul 2022

Washington Post reporter faces spy trial in Iran

Washington Post reporter faces spy trial in Iran

21 Apr 2015

US charges filed in largest internet breach on record

US charges filed in largest internet breach on record

11 Mar 2015

As hacking grows, biometric security gains momentum

As hacking grows, biometric security gains momentum

10 Mar 2015

ISIS threatens Twitter founder

ISIS threatens Twitter founder

3 Mar 2015

Obama ranks N Korea cyber capabilities as not so good

Obama ranks N Korea cyber capabilities as not so good

18 Feb 2015

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

5 Nov 2014

The loss of credit card information and the fraudulent theft from banks after the card information had been stolen is the crime that most people in the US fear. Image: Stock Image:

Credit card hacking is US's top crime fear

28 Oct 2014

Targeted malware attacks, mainly against Android phones have increased tenfold with 588,000 users worldwide being hacked by criminals after their money. Image:

Hackers targeting mobile phones for banking information

23 Oct 2014

About 92% of US people believe that social media networks give people the right to be more abusive than they would be in a social environment. Image:

Pew says online harassment levels high in US

23 Oct 2014

Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa got stuck in a chimney after she allegedly tried to break into a house of a man she met online. Image:

Woman stuck in chimney after online dating goes sour

22 Oct 2014

Alleged money-laundering kingpin, Arthur Budovsky has pleaded not guilty to running an underground money-laundering agency for criminals throughout the world. Image:

Underground bank founder pleads not guilty

15 Oct 2014

Marissa Mayer says Yahoo is forced to comply with requests for user information from US and other security agencies but says that the US still tops the charts in terms of requests for user information. Image: Wikipedia

US wants information about citizens from search engines

29 Sep 2014

The FBI's Andrew McCabe says that for more than ten years HP was involved in paying bribes to government officials to win contracts. Image:

HP fined $59m for bribing Russian officials

12 Sep 2014

Jennifer Lawrence, whose nude pictures were published after an apparent hack of iCloud services seeks to prosecute anyone owning or circulating nude pictures of her. Image:

Celebrity iCloud hack investigated by Apple, FBI

2 Sep 2014

Twitter's Dick Costolo says that images and videos of the beheading of US journalist James Foley have been removed from Twitter and posts will be monitored to remove any new postings of these gruesome pictures. YouTube has also removed the video posted on its site. Image: Twitter

James Foley's beheading removed from Twitter, YouTube

21 Aug 2014

Paedophile John Henry Skillern was arrested after Google tipped-off police about images he was send via Gmail. Image:

Google tips-off police over child porn suspect in Texas

5 Aug 2014

US attorney Sally Quillian Yates says that each one of the people included in the indictments will be prosecuted under US law for piracy and theft of intellectual property. Image:

Android app pirates face prosecution

22 Jul 2014

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US snooped on Muslim-American leaders: report

11 Jul 2014

Google's Vint Cerf says that he believes the Internet will get more intuitive through the use of artifical intelligence algorithms. Image: Wikipedia

Concerns over possible 'censorship' of the internet

4 Jul 2014

McAfee's Vincent Weafer says malware is a growing threat for smartphones. Image:

More and more apps vulnerable to malware

25 Jun 2014

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says 'kill' switches on phones are highly effective deterrents against the theft of smarphones. Image: Politico

'Kill' switches added to Android and Microsoft smartphones

23 Jun 2014

Microsoft's lawyer David Howard says that the US court order it is challenging is unenforceable for servers in another country. Image:

Microsoft fights USA court order over overseas data

13 Jun 2014

CSIS Fellow, James Lewis says cybercrime is a low-risk growth industry offering great returns. Image:

Global cybercrime worth $445bn

10 Jun 2014

A character on the Creepy Pasta website allegedly prompted two girls to stab a friend 19 times. Image:

Girls say internet character "made them do it"

4 Jun 2014

Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev has been detained and charged in the US for creating a sophisticated cybercrime syndicate. Image:

International raid targets data-stealing computer virus: US

3 Jun 2014

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