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International law enforcement has shut down 27 of the most popular platforms used to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Europol announced in a statement on 11 December 2024.  The operation called PowerOFF, conducted across 15 countries to include the US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Finland, which led to the identification of 300 users of these platforms and the arrest of three administrators in France and Germany.

Europol explained that the takedowns were timed ahead

The secure messaging service Signal[1] has released the details of a search warrant it received from the Santa Clara, California Police which shows the efforts US law enforcement agencies will go to force online platforms into disclosing the personal information of their users.  In the search warrant, the police sought to get the name, street address, telephone number, and email address of a specific Signal user, which is not necessarily unusual.  It also wanted billing records, the dates of whe

As more cities see their police departments targeted with ransomware attacks, some analysts are voicing concerns that the attacks, which could lead to inaccessible systems and potentially compromised evidence, could impede criminal prosecutions.   

Among the latest developments, the police department in the City of Azusa, Arizona, recently reported that it had been hit by ransomware in March 2021, resulting in the compromise of personally identifiable information (pii), including Social Security