Hackers threaten to release police records, knock 911 offline
A cybercriminal gang that breached the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department’s computer network in a ransomware attack published detailed information this week about nearly two dozen officers, including Social Security numbers and psychological assessments.
The group, Babuk, already had posted on the dark web lengthy dossiers of several officers. It claimed it stole more than 250 gigabytes of data late last month and is threatening to release more information as well as share files containing the names of confidential informants with criminal gangs if officials don’t pay a ransom.
The most recently posted documents contain sensitive information about 22 officers, such as fingerprints, dates of birth, polygraph test results and residential, financial and marriage history, according to NBC News. The hackers claim that they demanded $4 million in ransom and the department countered with $100,000, which the
Rising Crime Takes Center Stage In New York Mayoral Race By Catherine TRIOMPHE
05/15/21 AT 9:28 PM
New York, which has long prided itself on being one of the world s safest cities, is experiencing a surge in crime, with the topic becoming a central theme of a mayoral race set to be decided in June.
Crime was endemic in the Big Apple in the 1970s and 1980s when America s largest metropolis was gripped by a budgetary crisis, but it has been on a continuous downward trend since the mid-1990s.
However, the picture has deteriorated drastically since last summer. What initially looked like a byproduct of the movement against police violence following George Floyd s murder and social dislocation caused by the pandemic appears no longer to be the case.
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