The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday reported the arrest of Chinese national YunHe Wang on charges of creating and using malware that was used in cyber attacks, large-scale fraud and child exploitation. The indictment was unsealed on May 24 and alleged that Wang and his associates created and spread malware, compromising a network [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit court delivered a ruling on Friday that provided a partial judgment in favor of the Black and Latino Army lieutenant, Caron Nazario, who had been pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during a traffic stop by two Virginia police officers. Nazario claimed the two police officers violated his Constitutional [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that the detention of non-citizens without a bond hearing violated their due process rights under the US Constitution, upholding a lower court decision. Judge Carney delivered the opinion of the two judge panel, which consolidated two cases, where noncitizens were held pending removal proceedings [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a district court’s order to release jailed indigent Oregon defendants if they do not receive legal counsel within seven days. Oregon has been facing a shortage of qualified criminal defense attorneys. This has led to Oregon indigent defendants being jailed for months without [...]
The Texas Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the state’s abortion laws Friday. The issue at hand was whether Texas’s civil abortion law prohibiting abortion unless a woman is facing a life threatening condition violated the state constitution. The case, which is known as Zurawski v. Texas, was brought by 22 patients and physicians, [...]
The Swedish Security Service, commonly referred to as Säpo, said on Thursday that the Iranian government used criminal networks in Sweden as proxies to threaten the security of groups in Sweden and other states Iran perceives as threats. Säpo said that Iran is one of Sweden’s greatest security threats. According to Säpo, Iran committed acts [...]
North Korea launched Thursday around 10 suspected short-range ballistic missiles to its eastern sea and attacked the global positioning system, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff reported. The missiles flew about 350 km and landed in the East Sea, an area in which the South Korea hosts major air force bases. Although North Korea [...]
Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that 560 million Ticketmaster customers may have been compromised in a data breach by ShinyHunters, a known hacker group. The group claimed in an online forum that 1.3 terabytes of Ticketmaster customer data, including names, phone numbers, addresses and credit card details of customers had been stolen. They are asking [...]
The United States sanctioned five current and former Ugandan officials on Thursday for their involvement in corrupt practices and human rights violations, making the individuals ineligible for entry into the US. Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, former Minister of Karamoja Affairs Mary Goretti Kututu, former Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs Agnes Nandutu and Minister [...]
The Slovenian government on Thursday endorsed a motion to recognize a Palestinian state and and sent for parliamentary approval. Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob announced on Monday that, after a series of consultations, he would place on the agenda of a Thursday government meeting a decision to forward recognition of Palestine to the National Assembly. [...]
