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John McAfee is Missing – Presumed Captured by the CIA
I daresay that as I write this, there is someone in Hollywood desperately lobbying to get a film made about the life and times of John McAfee. I mean, to say that he is an ‘interesting’ character would be as much an understatement as to say that the Antartic can…
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Indian Police Confirm PUGB Mobile Players Are Being Arrested
PUGB Mobile Players Being Arrested A little over a week ago, it was revealed that 4 major cities in India had ban people from playing PUBG mobile. At the time, although we did hear about it, we treated it as a nonsensical law that was likely just to gain attention…
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Man Arrested For Selling Netflix & Spotify Passwords
Man Arrested For Selling Passwords! With various subscription-based services offering you access to music, films or TV, it is of course, critical to ensure that your password is good and regularly updated. When you own access to an account that, for example, allows multiple-simultaneous logins, it’s hard to know whether…
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Man Arrested After YouTube HQ Visit To Get His Account Back
Man Visits YouTube HQ To Get His Account Back! Now, if you’re looking to try and make it as a YouTube personality, then having your account deleted just when you start out is clearly going to be a bit of a frustrating experience. One man in America did, however, find…
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Two Arrests Made Over Gatwick Airport Drone Shut Down
Gatwick Airport Drone Incident You would have certainly noticed in the news earlier this week how a drone spotted flying in close proximity to Gatwick Airport caused huge disruption. The clear safety issue led to the airport effectively being shut down for around 24 hours as they attempted to ascertain…
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Chinese ‘State Backed’ Hackers Charged In The US
Hackers Charged With Attacks On US Companies There is little doubt that many countries apply what is known as ‘state-backed’ hacking groups. For those of you unaware of the term, this is quite literally an organisation that receives funding from a state with the sole purpose of looking to conduct…
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UK Man Jailed For Selling Illegal Sky TV Streaming Devices
UK Man Jailed For Selling Illegal Sky TV Streaming Devices If you really enjoy your TV programs, then, unfortunately, these days you are almost required to have a subscription TV service of some type. Be it Now TV, Netflix, or Sky, if you want to watch all the popular programs,…
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Man Charged With Sending Death Threats To FCC Chief
Man Charged With Issuing Death Threats To FCC Chief This time last year, it’s unlikely that many of you would know who Ajit Pai was. When it was announced, however, that Net Neutrality in the US was coming under threat, many people quickly came to know the name of its…
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Three Men Arrested For US Swatting Death
Three Men Arrested For Swatting Death Incident Swatting, if you are not aware, is where people or a person reports to the police that someone has a gun and is threatening violence. This usually results in the police turning up at the house and entering in a full-blown gun drawn…
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Professional Starcraft Player Arrested For Alleged Match Fixing
Professional Starcraft 2 Player Arrested In the last 5 years, the world of online gaming has expanded massively both in terms of provides and prize monies. As with many sports, many consider them having ‘made it’ when bookmakers begin taking bets upon them. One professional gamer, has, however, found himself…
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Julian Assange Has His Arrest Warrant Appeal Turned Down
Julian Assange Julian Assange, the founder of the website Wikileaks, had a date with the UK courts in regards to appealing his arrest warrant. Currently, in a form of exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, he was hoping to be able to leave without finding the police waiting for him…
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Wikileaks Julian Assange Asks UK To Drop His Arrest Warrant
Julian Assange Julian Assange is a somewhat divisive figure. After founding Wikileaks in 2006, he most prominently came to the forefront when in 2010 he released a number of documents in relation to the Iraq and Afghanistan war. In addition to this, shortly after an extradition order was placed for him…
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LAPD Arrest Suspect in ‘Swatting’ Hoax That Led to Shooting Death
The Los Angeles Police Department has now arrested 25-year old Tyler Raj Barris. This is for his involvement in a “Swatting” hoax, which eventually led to the wrongful death of a Kansas man Andrew Finch. Four officers surrounded the house, but one officer fired on Finch as he got out…
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French Man Sentenced to Two-Years in Prison for Visiting Pro-ISIS Website
The French government is not taking any threats of terrorism lightly, sentencing an 18-year old teen several weeks ago for naming his Wi-Fi SSID “Daesh21”, but now have also has sentenced another man for visiting Pro-ISIS websites. The man was convicted on Tuesday and was not known previously to the…
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French Teen Names WiFi After ISIS – Gets Suspended Jail Sentence
Coming up with creative names for you Wi-Fi is almost a tradition in the tech world, and can often be pretty hilarious. However, it seems not everyone thinks logically before naming their Wi-Fi, such as a teen in France, who has been convicted in court for naming his Wi-Fi “Daesh21” after…
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