Moment of reckoning is here for Australia’s cyber security
No one — no government, no company, no individual — has bulletproof cyber security. Computer code always has flaws that can be exploited.
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California’s unemployment fraud reaches at least $20 billion
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has given away at least $20 billion to criminals in the form of fraudulent unemployment benefits, state officials said Monday, confirming a number smaller than originally feared but one that still accounts for more than…
Sex crime allegations about police and staff shoot up by 600% in five years
Between April 2018 and March 2021, 66 police staff faced disciplinary proceedings after being investigated over sex claims and misconduct was proven in 63, according to IOPC data…
Drugs, crime, protests: Ecuador stares into abyss…
Drugs, crime, protests: Ecuador stares into abyss… (Third column, 22nd story, link…
2020 saw the highest number of reported hate crimes in two decades
The original data published in August had a technical error that inadvertently excluded some data from Ohio…
Why China’s new property tax is bad news for Australia
Why China’s new property tax is bad news for Australia The Australian Financial Review…
Ahead of COP26 climate summit, world remains on a dangerous trajectory and financial pledges are falling short
The findings raise the stakes for — and threaten to undermine — the success of a United Nations climate summit in Glasgow next week…
Can Blockchain Technology Solve The Cases of Document Fraud and Manipulation?
Document verification is growing more and more challenging for institutions, companies, universities, etc. due to the monotonous and complex processes needed to authenticate documents. First, most documents are received in paper form which increases the workload of the verifier. Additionally, issuing of documents is not transparent hence fake documents can be created – reducing the…
Georgia man used $57k in COVID fraud cash to buy this Pokemon card
A Georgia man appeared in court documents accused of defrauding the government for thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief money. Part of said money was placed in a bank account, and part was spent on one single Pokemon card. As you may have guessed, that Pokemon card was a 1st-edition Shadowless Charizard from the first…
Ken Saro-Wiwa Didn’t Commit A Crime, You Can’t Pardon An Innocent Man—Sowore Knocks Buhari On Proposed Pardon
Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed posthumous state pardon for the late environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and others executed in the height of the Ogoni crisis in the 1990s. President Buhari recently hinted about a possible posthumous state pardon for Saro-Wiwa and others executed by the General Sani Abacha dictatorial…