The Ethiopian police, who according to reports, are responsible for mass detention of minorities and persecution of opposition forces and journalists, have purchased technology from the Israeli digital intelligence company Cellebrite to hack into the cellphones of detainees. The Ethiopian federal police have been using Cellebrite’s systems since 2021, at the height of the civil…
The infamous stepdad of slain rapper Tupac Shakur has been released from prison after serving nearly 40 years in the 1981 Brinks armored-truck heist that left two Nyack cops and a security guard dead. Mutulu Shakur, a 72-year-old former Black Liberation Army member who is terminally ill, was granted release by the US Parole Commission…
Prosecutors investigating accused crypto grifter Sam Bankman-Fried have demanded information from high-level Democrats — including the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the incoming House minority leader — to help prove their sprawling case, according to a report. Top Dem lawyer Marc E. Elias, who represents a…
The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But in contrast you can make much more than 100% if the company does well. For instance the Glencore plc (LON:GLEN) share price is 124% higher than it was three years ago. That sort of return…
Brittany Murphy’s brother has spoken out as he continues to search for answers 13 years after her death as he believes she was ‘taken out’. The actress unexpectedly died aged just 32 in December of 2009 after collapsing at her Hollywood home; the coroner’s report stated that the primary cause of her death was pneumonia.…
A hacker who reportedly posed as the CEO of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the more than 80,000-member database of InfraGard, an FBI-run outreach program that shares sensitive information on national security and cybersecurity threats with public officials and private sector actors who run U.S. critical infrastructure. The hacker posted samples…
An Israel Police officer was arrested and is under investigation for sexually abusing a young woman who came to the police to file a complaint, according to a statement from the Israel Police Department of Internal Affairs. The police officer allegedly walked the woman home after she filed a complaint and committed indecent acts against…
The family of Toronto billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman, who were found murdered in their mansion five years ago this December, are upping the reward money in the hope of catching the killer from $10 million to $35 million. Sherman, who founded generic drugmaker Apotex Inc in 1974., and his wife, Honey, were found dead…
Disgraced cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried has decided not to contest extradition from the Bahamas to the US where he is facing fraud charges. The fallen 30-year-old FTX mogul was arrested Monday night after the Bahamian government received formal notification from the Justice Department that Bankman-Fried was charged with defrauding investors out of $1.8 billion. He…
Turkey arrested 44 people on Wednesday for what officials claimed was their involvement with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, Turkish media reported. Those arrested appear to be largely Turkish citizens, and the group includes several private detectives, as well as the director of a private detective firm named Ismail Yetimoglu. No Israelis were arrested. According…