Cybercrime

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What are ‘crypto kidnappings’ and why are they on the rise?
Attempted abductions of ‘crypto tycoons’ are becoming more frequent and insurance companies are cashing in.
Published On 6 Jun 2025
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‘Each person had 10 phones’: Trapped in a cyber-scam centre in Laos
Published On 30 May 2025
UK retailer M&S puts cyberattack cost at $400m as disruptions continue
Published On 21 May 2025
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Harrods, M&S hit by cyberattack: What happened, who’s behind it?
Published On 2 May 2025
‘A cancer’: UN warns Asia-based cybercrime syndicates expanding worldwide
Published On 21 Apr 2025
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,125
Published On 25 Mar 2025
Kuwait apprehends members of international gang after cyberattacks
Published On 13 Feb 2025
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Published On 9 Feb 2025
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As scams soar, Singapore decides to protect victims from themselves
Published On 31 Jan 2025

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Department of the Treasury calls cyberattack a ‘major incident’, accuses China-backed hackers.

American flags are displayed with Chinese flags on top of a trishaw

Beijing denies the allegation calling it groundless and says it opposes ‘the spread of false information’.

The US Treasury Building.

Amnesty International claims Serbian activists’ phones hacked by police with spyware tools, raising privacy concerns.

A man uses his phone in Novi Sad, Serbia on April 25, 2024 [Shutterstock]

Some firewalls targeted in the US were protecting critical infrastructure companies, the US Treasury Department says.

The sanctions effectively block any assets of the Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company and its employee Guan Tianfeng in the United States, and usually ban US banks, companies or individuals from doing business with them [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]

Infrastructure in several NATO states has been damaged in recent months, with ‘sabotage’ suspected.

NATO's Dutch Secretary General Mark Rutte gestures as he answers journalists' questions during a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Oganization) Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Nato headquarters in Brussels, on December 3, 2024. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

As Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon continue without pause, the region’s long-fought shadow wars are gaining form.

Russian Embassy in Washington, DC says insinuations of Moscow’s interference in US election are ‘malicious slander’.

The U.S. Embassy with a U.S. national flag, seen behind a building with a Russian national flag in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

FBI is investigating alleged access to mobile phone networks by people associated with Beijing.

Officials have not confirmed that Trump and Vance are among the targets [AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File]

Guo fled the Philippines two months ago as the Senate investigated her alleged links to Chinese cyberscams.

Alice Guo. She had medium long hair, and is wearing an orange T-shirt with the words CIDG DETAINEE in front. She is wearing a black face mask and speaking into a microphone.

Guo fled the country after she failed to attend a Senate hearing investigating her alleged criminal ties.

Alice Guo seated at a Senate hearing, She has dark long hair and glasses. She is wearing black.

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