Aaron O’Halloran’s ‘idiotic actions’ resulted in a 15-month sentence and delays on the line of up to eight hoursA man has been jailed for 15 months after driving a car half a mile down a railway track, causing passenger delays of up to eight hours.Aaro…
Howard University cancels classes after ransomware attack
Washington, D.C’s Howard University has canceled classes after becoming the latest educational institution to be hit by a ransomware attack. The incident was discovered on September 3, just weeks after students returned to campus, when the University’s Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) detected “unusual activity” on the University’s network and intentionally shut it down in order […]
Jailhouse rock: how history’s crimes live on in music
From Maggie May to Ronnie Kray, crooks have long inspired songs, as a new book provesIn the 1960s when Sir Stephen Sedley, the former appeal court judge, was a young barrister, he successfully defended a number of Travellers in Kent who had been charge…
群馬、栃木、埼玉の「3県境」プレートが盗難
やや旧聞に類する話ではあるが、栃木、群馬、埼玉の3県が接する「3県境」に設置された金属製プレートが8月17日に盗難に遭っていたそうだ。プレートは直径8センチの真ちゅう製で、コンクリート製の杭に固定されていたという（東京新聞、NHK）。
こうした3つの都道府県境が接する場所は全国に48カ所しかなく、ほとんどが山中などアクセスが困難な場所にある。この栃木、群馬、埼玉の3県境のプレートはアクセスも容易なことから観光名所ともなっていた。この3県の境界は、明治から大正の期間に曖昧になっていたものを測量、各…
The SEC and the DOJ just charged this startup founder with fraud, saying he lied to Tiger and others
Today, both the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Manish Lachwani, cofounder of a mobile app testing company Headspin, with fraud. The SEC says he violated antifraud provisions, and the civil penalties it’s seeking include a permanent injunction, a conduct-based injunction, and to bar him for serving as a corporate […]
Domestic abusers ‘weaponised’ Covid in England and Wales, study finds
Police forces urged to stay alert to ‘Covid blaming’ as an excuse or defence by suspectsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus was “weaponised” by domestic abusers during the pandemic and police forces should remain ale…
A moment that changed me: the shock of being beaten by teenage fascists
Violence, when it happens, is clumsy and banal. The possibility of a repeat kicking lurked around every corner and the hometown I loved was cast in sinister huesThe first time I was beaten up in the street I was 16 and had intervened when a boy tried t…
Puppy smuggling: UK plans crackdown with curbs on dog imports
Proposals would ban imports of dogs aged under six months, and those with cropped ears or docked tailsPuppies aged under six months could no longer be imported into the UK under tight new welfare standards proposed by the government.The pushback agains…
Police in London hunt for man as part of double murder inquiry
Search for 49-year-old Lee Peacock follows discovery of bodies within space of hours at separate properties in WestminsterDetectives are trying to find a 49-year-old man as part of a murder investigation after two bodies were found within the space of …
Ransomware recovery can be costly, and not just because of the ransom
Ransomware is rarely out of the headlines. Just last week, IT consulting giant Accenture was hit by the LockBit ransomware gang, days after Taiwan-based laptop maker Gigabyte also fell victim to an apparent ransomware attack, leading the hackers to leak gigabytes of confidential AMD and Intel data. Unsurprisingly, ransomware — which has rocketed in activity […]