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Researchers Hunt Telegram Pirates with AI Tool and Flag Hundreds of Channels

August 16, 2026 World Justice News 0

A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram’s video piracy ecosystem, spotting more than 19,000 pirated titles linked in posts that were viewed more than 4 billion times. The researchers built an AI-powered […]

Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism

July 29, 2026 World Justice News 0

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism by Russia’s security agency. Moscow also said it had issued an international warrant for the 41-year-old […]

Briton admits role in plot to steal $8m in virtual currency

April 19, 2026 World Justice News 0

A British man has pleaded guilty to plotting to hack into the computer systems of 12 companies to steal at least $8m (£5.9m) in virtual currency from US victims. Tyler Buchanan, of Dundee, was involved […]

Ex-intelligence officer accused of betraying Austria in Russia spying trial

January 25, 2026 World Justice News 0

Former intelligence official Egisto Ott has gone on trial in Vienna, accused of spying for Russia in what is being dubbed Austria’s biggest spy trial in years. Egisto Ott, who told the court on Thursday […]

Human Rights

Tanzania announces shutdown of X because of pornography

June 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Tanzania has decided to block access to social media platform X because it allows pornographic content to be shared, the information minister has said. The content was contrary to the East African state’s “laws, culture, […]

DragonForce hackers group give proof of cyber attack against Co-op and claim attacks against M&S and Harrods

May 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

Cyber criminals have told BBC News their hack against Co-op is far more serious than the company previously admitted. Hackers contacted the BBC with proof they had infiltrated IT networks and stolen huge amounts of […]

Russia’s ‘chessboard killer’ Alexander Pichushkin poised to confess to 11 more murders

April 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Russian serial killer jailed for life for killing 48 people has said he is ready to admit to 11 more murders, according to the country’s prison service. Alexander Pichushkin, now 50 years old, targeted […]

Mohammad Comrie, Faiz Shah and Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime

Gang jailed for kidnapping Jewish-Israeli music producer

March 15, 2025 World Justice News 0

A Jewish-Israeli music producer said he felt like he experienced his own “personal October 7” when he was kidnapped by a gang in West Wales and held captive. Faiz Shah, 23, from Leeds, Mohammad Comrie, […]

Inside the ultra-violent neo-Nazi abuse network behind the crimes of a Sussex teenager

January 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

Warning: This article contains references to suicide, self-harm, animal cruelty and grooming. The teenager sentenced to six years in prison for crimes including encouraging suicide and possessing terrorist materials and indecent images of children was part of […]

Alleged Bitcoin hacker searched ‘signs the FBI is after you’

October 19, 2024 World Justice News 0

A man arrested in connection with a hack of the US markets regulator’s X account searched “how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI,” according to court documents. Eric […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]