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Hong Kong customs to use AI to check 6,000 digital images in seconds for crime-fighting boost
Published on 30/07/2024
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs will establish a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can process up to an hour of surveillance camera footage or about 6,000 images within seconds to crack down on crimes involving digital evidence.
Cambodian cybercrime law seen as threat to dissent
Published on 09/04/2024
» The Cambodian government is pushing ahead with a cybercrime law that experts say could be wielded to further curtail freedom of speech amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
Better than AI? The UK police who never forget a face
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» SULHAMSTEAD (UNITED KINGDOM) - Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the world.
Supreme Court upholds Ufun fraudsters’ 12,265-year jail terms
Online Reporters, Published on 19/07/2023
» The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling sentencing 22 people to 12,265 years each in the Ufun online pyramid scheme and ordered them to pay 356 million baht to 2,451 victims.
Operation Cookie Monster: police shut huge cybercrime site
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» THE HAGUE - A global police operation has shut down one of the world's largest online marketplaces where cybercriminals can buy stolen identities and passwords, law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday.
Operation Cookie Monster: police shut huge cybercrime site
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» THE HAGUE - A global police operation has shut down one of the world's largest online marketplaces where cybercriminals can buy stolen identities and passwords, international law enforcement said on Wednesday.
US seizes $3.4 bn in bitcoin stolen from Silk Road
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» NEW YORK: The US government announced Monday it had seized $3.4 billion in bitcoin from a real estate developer who stole the cryptocurrency from the dark web marketplace Silk Road a decade ago.
Holy murder mystery on a wealthy island
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 21/02/2022
» Not much happens of note on Shelter Island, New York, all 3,240 bucolic hectares of it. Sandwiched between Long Island's North and South Forks, it is the kind of place where people seem to know one another, where car doors are often left unlocked and where, for about 20 years, the most bothersome problem has been Lyme disease-carrying black-legged ticks.
Apple revives encryption debate with move on child exploitation
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - Apple's announcement that it would scan encrypted messages for evidence of child sexual abuse has revived debate on online encryption and privacy, raising fears the same technology could be used for government surveillance.
Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers arrested over protests
AFP, Published on 26/08/2020
» HONG KONG - Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were arrested on Wednesday in a police operation focused on last year's huge anti-government protests, the latest move in a widening crackdown against the city's democracy camp.