For at least eight years, the New York State Police have bought an array of programs that sift through mass quantities of social media information — including from companies with access to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram’s internal data — contracts obtained by New York Focus show. The documents shed new light on the state police’s…
Tel Aviv-based newspaper Haaretz has revealed how Toka, a company founded by the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and the Israeli military’s cyber chief Yaron Rosen, has mastered terrifying technology capable of locating security cameras or webcams, hacking into them, monitoring their live feeds, and altering them without a trace. Regulated by the Israeli…
The Personal Data Protection Authority in Greece issued on Monday a 50,000 euro fine to Israeli-owned spyware company Intellexa. The company, owned by former Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian, is accused of failing to cooperate with an ongoing investigation into the use of spyware in Greece. According to Greek media, the Data Protection Authority launched…
Gary Barnett, an American-Jewish land developer, has dived headfirst into the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate land controversy in Jerusalem by purchasing the land for NIS 750 million from its current owners, Nayot Komemiyut Investments. About 1,000 housing units, and the five-star Inbal Hotel, stand on the land in the neighborhoods of Talbiyeh, Rehavia and Nayot. The…
An Orthodox Jewish woman was flashed while she was on her Instagram livestream on Saturday night. The story went viral after a Jewish podcast Mislaibeled spoke about it on their Instagram, turning it into a joke. “Someone jumped onto Flatbush Girl’s [Instagram] live last night, just absolutely waving his shlong for the entire world to…
Over 700 women attended an Orthodox concert in Hackney this weekend, despite the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations urging women not to go. A full-time nurse and mother of five had her performance forbidden from attending for fear of bringing “spiritual harm” to its audience. Bracha Jaffe is an Orthodox Jewish female musician who covers…
Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested on Monday at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, Italian paramilitary police said. Messina Denaro was captured at the clinic where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, said Carabinieri Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto, who heads…
Andrey Medvedev, a former platoon commander from the so-called “Wagner Group,” illegally crossed the Russian-Norwegian border and applied for asylum in Norway. He spoke about this in an interview with the Russian human rights project Gulagu.net. It is alleged that the border crossing took place on Thursday, January 12, near the Russian mining town of Nikel…
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against an NYPD cop who was accused of spying for the Chinese government, according to a new report. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York’s office moved to dismiss the case on Friday, explaining in court filings that their investigation had “obtained additional information bearing on the…
The former police chief of Fairfax County, Virginia, and three ex-officers are on trial for allegedly covering up a sex trafficking ring, as one of the victims – an illegal immigrant – took the stand accusing the four law enforcement members of being clients of the prostitution enterprise they allegedly allowed to operate. A federal jury in Alexandria, Va.,…