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Hacker Blackmails Pirate IPTV Services, Threatens To Send User Data To Police

February 10, 2021 World Justice News 0

Two pirate IPTV services have become the latest victims in a growing line of services to be hacked by malicious actors. The platforms, which appear to be linked, have been ordered to pay a bitcoin […]

Hackers threaten to leak plastic surgery pictures

December 25, 2020 World Justice News 0

Hackers have stolen the data of a large cosmetic surgery chain and are threatening to publish patients’ before and after photos, among other details. The Hospital Group, which has a long list of celebrity endorsements, […]

Google blocking 18m coronavirus scam emails every day

April 17, 2020 World Justice News 0

Scammers are sending 18 million hoax emails about Covid-19 to Gmail users every day, according to Google. The tech giant says the pandemic has led to an explosion of phishing attacks in which criminals try to trick […]

Travelex being held to ransom by hackers

January 7, 2020 World Justice News 0

Hackers are holding foreign exchange company Travelex to ransom after a cyber-attack forced the firm to turn off all computer systems and resort to using pen and paper. On New Year’s Eve, hackers launched their […]

US hospitals turn away patients as ransomware strikes

October 2, 2019 World Justice News 0

Three US hospitals have been forced to temporarily close their doors to “all but the most critical new patients” following a ransomware outbreak. “A criminal is limiting our ability to use our computer systems in […]

French ‘cybercops’ dismantle pirate computer network

August 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

A team of French police dubbed “cybergendarmes” has destroyed a virus that infected more than 850,000 computers worldwide, authorities say. The network of infected computers, known as a botnet, was controlled from France and is […]

Baltimore ransomware attack: NSA faces questions

May 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

Politicians representing a US city struck by a ransomware attack are asking questions of the National Security Agency after claims it helped make the breach possible. The New York Times reported on Saturday that a […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]