FBI says number of cyber crime cases involving kids double from 2019 to 2020
An FBI Agent tells News 8 if you or someone you know falls victim of a cyber crime don t delete anything. Call us, we are going to help you investigate the crime . Author: David Bohlman (WQAD) Updated: 6:31 PM CDT June 24, 2021
MOLINE, Ill. The threat of online predators is rising at an alarming rate. From 2018 to 2020 the amount of cyber crime involving children victims has more than doubled.
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FBI Statistics showing the amount of cyber crime involving child victims from 2018 - 2020. Children and teenagers typically don t want to report these crimes. They are hesitant, they re embarassed and don t want to get in trouble. So we see a few cases trickling in here or there, but generally that s the tip of the iceberg. Said Special Agent Siobhan Johnson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Chicago.
More than 26,000 students, educators impacted in Judson ISD ransomware attack
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People complete applications and interview for available positions at the Judson ISD Job Fair at Judson High School on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Judson ISD was accepting applications and giving same-day interviews for teachers, teacher aides, substitutes, bus drivers, child nutrition, custodians, maintenance and Adventure Club aides.Marvin Pfeiffer, San Antonio Express-News / Staff Photographer
Judson Independent School District’s computer and communication systems remained paralyzed Thursday as staffers scramble to understand the extent of a ransomware attack detected a week earlier.
District officials weren’t disclosing what information the cyberattack compromised but acknowledged that Judson computers, telephones and e-mail services were still down. A district spokesperson Thursday confirmed the outages were the result of a ransomware attack.
FBI investigation into Jan. 6 capitol incidents turns to Hillsdale County
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FRONTIER A federal investigation into the Jan. 6 incident at the U.S. Capitol turned its attention to Hillsdale County Thursday, when an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation visited the home of Lance Lashaway, after a short telephone call earlier in the morning that ended with Lashaway pleading the Fifth Amendment.
Lashaway, vice chairman of the Hillsdale County Republican Party who serves on the city of Hillsdale’s Tax Increment Finance Authority, released an audio recording to Hillsdale Daily News of a conversation he had with the agent.
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