US prosecutors arrested Oxygen Forensics' American CEO Lion Reiber and Russian national Vladimir Davydov, alleging the Virginia-based company concealed Russian ownership to win US government contracts, including a five-year deal with the Secret Service awarded in September 2024. British police, including specialist Metropolitan Police units, have also used Oxygen's phone-unlocking software during live investigations, according to public documents. Prosecutors say Reiber falsely told US officials in 2022, 2023 and again in March that the company had no top-level owner and no Russian involvement in building the software.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-01
After St. Lucie County, Florida ordered removal of Flock license-plate cameras from local roads, police discovered 14 cameras operating without required permits. Eleven of those cameras have no identified owner, while the Sheriff's Office claimed the remaining three but declined to explain why it never obtained permits or whether it accessed the data collected.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-01
Publisher Future laid off its entire staff at Android Central, with at least four employees including managing editor Derrek Lee confirming the cuts publicly. A Future spokesperson told The Verge the site will keep publishing, relying on freelance contributors, though no details were given on future staffing plans.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-01
Dutch authorities have arrested a man identified as Van der Stap as part of an investigation into the Shiny Hunters hacking group, according to KrebsOnSecurity. Van der Stap had previously served prison time for data theft and extortion and had publicly rebranded himself as a reformed hacker working in offensive security.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-30
British Transport Police ran a six-month live facial recognition trial at London railway stations, scanning over 500,000 faces at a cost exceeding £320,000. The single alert generated during the trial turned out to be a false positive, with no arrests resulting directly from the technology. Despite this, BTP extended the pilot through November and expanded it to some London Underground stations, where three subsequent alerts confirmed people were complying with court-imposed conditions.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-29
Dutch authorities arrested Pepijn van der Stap, a Dutch man previously convicted of data theft and extortion in 2023, who reportedly joined cybersecurity firm Neo Security after his release last year. Krebs on Security and Reuters identify him as the suspect, though neither Dutch police nor the FBI officially named him, and ShinyHunters denies he has any association with the group. Dutch police say he is also suspected of incitement to commit two murders, while FBI officials describe him as one of the group's alleged leaders.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-29
Dutch authorities arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man on September 15 on suspicion of participating in the ShinyHunters hacking group, which the FBI says has breached over 140 organizations including Pornhub, Ticketmaster and AT&T. Police say evidence found on his laptop also pointed to plans to have two murders carried out abroad, prompting a separate investigation into that alleged plot. He has been remanded in custody for at least 90 days.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-29
Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man on September 15, described by the FBI as an alleged leader of the ShinyHunters extortion group. Police say a laptop seized from him contained details of two planned murders abroad, and a Rotterdam court has ordered him held for at least 90 more days pending trial. The FBI says ShinyHunters and its associates have breached over 140 organizations and collected at least $70 million in extortion payments since last year.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-29
British Transport Police ran an 18-deployment trial of live facial recognition across major London railway stations from February to July, scanning over 500,000 faces at a cost exceeding £320,000 and nearly 100 officer-hours. The trial produced a single watchlist alert, which proved to be a false match, and no arrests. BTP has since extended the trial by four months into London Underground stations, reporting three confirmed alerts of individuals complying with court-imposed conditions.
theguardian.com
· 2026-09-29
Dutch police confirmed a 24-year-old Amsterdam man, arrested earlier in September, is being investigated in connection with the ShinyHunters hacking group. He is set to appear before the Rotterdam District Court on September 29. Media outlets have identified the suspect as Pepijn van der Stap, previously convicted in 2023 for hacking and extorting more than a dozen companies.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-28
Dutch authorities this month arrested Pepijn van der Stap, 23, a previously convicted cybercriminal from Almere and Lelystad, on suspicion of assisting ShinyHunters with data thefts and extortion schemes. Van der Stap was convicted in 2023 for hacks under the alias 'Umbreon' that prosecutors said netted between €1.5 million and €2.7 million, and he served part of a four-year sentence before his release in December 2025. He had since presented himself publicly as reformed, working in offensive security at the Dutch firm Neo Security.
krebsonsecurity.com
· 2026-09-28
Rehan Ahmed of Southall, west London, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for running an unlicensed vinyl-pressing operation since 2017 that generated nearly £2.7 million. City of London Police raided his 'Phoenix of Vinyl' business in 2024 after the British Phonographic Industry made a test purchase, seizing 2,791 fake records spanning 108 artists, four vintage presses, 3,000 metal stampers, and thousands of sleeves and labels.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-27
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